Dated February 02, 2006
(Questions answered on career concerns)
I am going to complete my graduation next year. I'm interested in multimedia and animation. What are the career prospects in these fields?
Manish Joshi
Gaziabad
From clay animation and puppet animation, to two and three- dimensional animation, animators create sequences of motion picture art that tells a story or communicates a message. Animators often work in animation studios and the entertainment industry. Jobs can be sought with advertising firms, animation studios, multimedia and post-production houses, TV channels, entertainment and game development houses. Many of them work as freelancers or set up their own animation studios.
Animators use their drawing skills to create moving images and effects for feature films, TV commercials and short features. One can work as an animator for cartoons, feature-length movies, TV commercials or motion graphics and multimedia or as a game designer.
I would like know the future prospects for a speech therapist and an audiologist.
Srinivas Iyengar
Banglore
Jobs for speech therapists and audiologist exist in hospitals, clinics, rehabilitation centres and in special schools. Speech therapists and audiologists are part of a team consisting of specialists like neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists and the like. Speech therapists also have the option of setting-up private practice after they have had a few years of experience.
What are the career prospects available for librarians?
Madhavi
Visakhapatnam
Librarians are increasingly in demand in schools, colleges, universities, research institutes, commercial/industrial/scientific organisations, audio-visual media, public and private sector undertakings, government departments, national museums, public libraries and other organisations which require handling of large information.
Embassies also employ professionals for their information centres in major cities. Two major libraries in the country — The American Centre and the British Council Libraries based in prominent cities all over the country also offer employment opportunities in this field.
Library professionals can also diversify into teaching Library Science. However, for teaching jobs, higher academic qualifications are required. You can even become a lecturer after completing Masters in Library Science and later qualifying the UGC-NET. If you are enterprising enough, you can even open a library for children or special groups of professionals, or even operate a mobile library.
Librarians can seek jobs at various organisations and documentation centres such as the National Archives of India, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), specialised libraries focusing on music, fine arts, drama, religion and philosophy such as the Sahitya Academy, Sangeet Natak Academy and Lalit Kala Academy, Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre (INSDOC) with regional centres at Bangalore, Calcutta and Chennai, Defence Science Information Centre (DESIDOC), New Delhi and National Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC), New Delhi.
I want to opt for an M.B.A in international management. Is it a good choice? If so, what are the job opportunities and which area of specialisation has the most opportunities?
Sushma Reddy
Pune
International management is a new area of study that focuses on building a corporate firm's capabilities and positioning it in a competitive external environment.
International management draws on business strategy, and other functional areas of management and related subjects of particular regions and countries. Students opting for this specialisation are taken in by national and international organisations to work overseas or alternatively, to work with foreign organisations.
These organisations include foreign business firms, government departments, and multilateral organisations (WTO and the World Bank).
In addition, students are eligible for functional positions in international human resource management, international marketing, etc.
Can you give me some tips for sending a good email cover letter?
Prasanna
Chennai
Use the subject line properly. Don't waste the subject line of your email by just using something boring like the job requisition number. Instead, use the subject line to entice the reader to look at your cover letter.
Keep your cover letter concise. Your cover letter shouldn't be longer than one screen in length.
Use keywords relevant to the job you are seeking. Since your info may be stored into a database, using keywords will improve the chance that your cover letter and resume will come up in future searches.
Stick with plain text (ASCII). Limit line length. Lines should be no more than 60 characters in length. Although some email packages automatically do word wrap, you should check. You don't want a cover letter that displays as fragmented on multiple lines.
Use proper grammar. Just because it's an email, doesn't mean you shouldn't use proper grammar. Avoid various shortcuts used in everyday emails.
Proofread before sending. Use a spell check and take the time to thoroughly proofread it.
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