Jobs to do in the time of recession

This has been a bad time, a real bad time for the freshers and those wanting to switch jobs, leave alone the ones among us who felt betraye...

This has been a bad time, a real bad time for the freshers and those wanting to switch jobs, leave alone the ones among us who felt betrayed on being thrusted the pink slip… job cuts have not been uniform all around, but yes, let us feel the reality, jobs are not so much abundant as it was just a year back!

What to do in these times of recession, if you are any of above three entities – the fresher, the job hopper and the job loser? Naturally what you should do is wait for the better time to come… when that would be? It is debatable; no one has foreseen the future. But if Ben Bernanke, the US Federal Reserve chairman is to be believed, the recession should end within this year.

So, may be you should use these times to:
1.0 Upgrade your skills.
2.0 Scale down your job expectation for smaller jobs in smaller places with smaller salaries – but gain the job experiences, which would be valuable later. If required, go for part time jobs – if one is not sufficient, go for two or may be more!

Why?
Because the worst thing to show off to any future prospective employer is a break in job/study. So may be you would use these times wisely so that you can do the explaining later to the prospective employer as follows:
1.0 You were a fresher and wanted to earn some more knowledge before going for job (Although actually in reality, you did not get one despite trying as there were fewer jobs!)

2.0 You wanted some diverse experience in “X” field; therefore you had quit the good job voluntarily and went for the “X” experience by taking up the smaller job (Although actually in reality, you were shown the pink slip!)

Laid off employees from such good organizations as Unitech, Vishal Retail, Nucleus Software, The Park Hotels and Trident Hotels have joined SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises)

Also, while the going is bad in some other part of the world, job availability in India has not become so bad. Career Graph (the weekly Thursday career magazine from The Telegraph, premier English daily in Eastern India) in its Annual 2009 issue (published on March 26, 2009) has shown the story to be altogether different in India, specially in some specific sectors. And it has provided the statistics and direct interactions with industry honchos to support what they said.

According to CareerGraph, in its that well-researched report, following sectors in India are going to offer huge job opportunities:
1.0 Insurance industry.
2.0 Banking (Specially Public Sector Banks).
3.0 Healthcare industry.
4.0 Telecom industry.
5.0 Infrastructure industry.
6.0 Renewable Energy sector.
7.0 Accountancy.
8.0 Petroleum industry.
9.0 Education.

According to CareerGraph, among other banks, State Bank of India (SBI) is set to recruit 25,000 people in this year alone. With such figures, can you say the job situation in India is that bad?

This blog keeps serving you doses of important information on finding jobs and therefore may be you would keep visiting it to get those important leads for finding the right job!