Unconventional Career Alternatives Students would Love

While a lot of you must be aspiring to get into one of the major universities with your decided career options, many of you might not be clear on what you exactly want to do after school. There are the major, much loved options like an engineering degree, law, medicine, the arts or commerce subjects. And then there are these other career options that are not quite typical. There are a whole lot of new subjects that have gained popularity in the recent years among parents and students. These are subjects that involve the particular non academic talents or interests that students possess.

So in this piece, we will introduce you to a few of these career options you can go for after school and actually make a career out of it.

1. Photography
Have you always been complimented for how the pictures you click turn out? And do you usually love being behind the camera and capturing moments? Do you love to play with light effects, applications and software for photography? Then, we are hoping you would love to go for it as a profession too. Photography has come up as a major professional career and is seeing a lot of enthusiasts joining it too.

2. Hotel Management
Hotel Management is another field that is becoming very popular among the youth these days. If you thought Hotel Management was for the ones who wanted to avoid the tough streams, you need to know that certain aspects of the course are more difficult than most others. There are several important things you learn about people, interpersonal relationships and several technical aspects of the huge Hotel industry.

3. Animation
Since the popularity of the animation industry, there have been several takers for animation courses. Working in animation can lead you to the top animation studios and create several opportunities in education, publishing and the media.

4. Fashion designing
Fashion designing does not stop at designing clothes and accessories. Those of you studying learning subjects related to fashion design in school must know the technical stuff that goes into understanding textiles, trends, people’s choices, colors, art and so much more!

5. Interior Designing
Like fashion designing, interior designing also requires a whole lot of confidence, belief in oneself, conviction and a vision. Also, what it requires is a sense of the arts required to define various infrastructural areas.

6. Journalism
The field of journalism is not an easy one and requires immense strength of character and knowledge of world. Also, there should be the willingness to learn and get to know more and discover. Also, the idea of making oneself more aware needs to be there. People who work in this field can belong to several types of media, like electronics, print, online and infotainment.

7. Wildlife or nature conservation
Becoming an environmentalist is a very good idea for those of you who have a green thumb or are the kind who think of the effects of the human species on earth. Getting into the field might not be easy and requires a lot of knowledge about concerned species, courage and confidence and a genuine compassion for the environment.

8. Tourism and Travel
Do you like to travel to destinations and know about them in detail? Do you wish others of your kind to be able to experience the joy of traveling? If yes, then you may always become a part of the vast tourism industry in several ways.. Look within to find out what aspect of tourism and traveling attracts you and then go for it!

See this helpful presentation to know the difference between Traditional & Unconventional Careers

There are careers and then there are dream careers. There are things you always wanted to do in life, and then there’s the cubicle!
Although conventional careers like engineering, law and medical are still in demand and will always be, the unconventional careers are growing up at a faster speed too. So if you are the kinds to follow your dreams start now.

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Team Meritnation