BJMCA - Journalism A Profession with Spark

There is always a correct time for everything like choosing a profession. Choosing a career can be a very difficult task particularly in a world that offers an array of paths, all of which seems to be leading to a golden goal. So, Students are supposed to pick their career wisely as their whole life depends on what they choose now. There are number of career openings for the 12th passed students. But if you have good communication skills both written and spoken, and you are always interested in the happenings around the world then journalism will suit you the best.

This is the age of information and media is the greatest resource of all the information, be it print media or electronic media. And "journalists" are the ones who are really responsible for all that information. It can be said that they hold the power to influence the crowd with the information that they posses. Journalism is a highly responsible job and extremely interesting at the same time. There are numerous media schools that offer diversity of courses related to journalism. There is no fixed duration of all the courses. These courses can be categorized into degree courses, diploma courses and short term courses.

The duration of time depends on the kind of course you are doing. Degree courses are typically of 3 years, some of the degree courses are BJMC (Bachelor in journalism and mass communication), B.A.Hons., in journalism and many more. Diploma courses and small term courses are of shorter duration that might vary from months to a year, whereas some media school also provide part time diploma of 3 years. All three types of programs are best to learn about journalism but a degree program is the most effective one. If you are going for a diploma course or a short term course after 12th then it is sensible to do graduation in any subject side by side.

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Why BCA?

A BCA degree in computer applications can take you places. With this bachelor's degree, one can find a wisely good start in the IT industry. BCA holders get job in Information Technology parts like Business Process Management, hardware & software Services, BPO and engineering services.

18,000-25,000 INR per month is generally the Entry level job salary and this can be earned only after you complete a small training which is also called as internship. One can simply apply to businesses involved in ITES and IT segments both in the public sector and private. With your BCA degree, you can also apply jobs to organizations and companies engrossed in other commercial segments.

Most of aspirants looking for profession opportunities after BCA typically end up doing their Masters in the same field i.e. MCA. BCA followed by an MCA or MBA is the most common path for students interested in the domain of IT.

We cannot live without information technology and thus computers are being used universally from a small departmental store to giant MNC, but BCA is an altogether different course which will not train you to work in a small store since it has much got more value than those short term diploma courses which can get you swiftly a diploma within a few months.

Below are some of the employment chances or segments for BCA graduates.

Banks, Graphics, BPO, Faculty in training institutes and schools, Multimedia, Electrical and Electronics OEM, Desktop Publishing, Financial Institutions Government Departments and Agencies, Security and Surveillance Software Development, System Maintenance, Software Programming, Testing and Development, Website Design, Game Design Mainframe.

Some of the main responsibilities of an IT expert are

• to develop new software to ease the working environment;

• testing the feasibility of the fresh software;

• integrating software with existing systems;

• Support, maintain and document software functionality and several more related to this.

Careers Opportunities after BCA

• Entrepreneur

• Join Indian Railways with ITI

• Joining MNCs

• Checking-out into e-commerce industry

• Joining IT firms Software and Web Developments

• Computer Networking

• App Development Industry

• Travel Agencies

• Media house, Printing house and Publisher

• Higher Studies

BCA course is best for those students who are interested in Computer Science and programming & want to pursue their career in the similar field. Present trends say that it is a good alternative to the conventional Computer Science Engineering program. BCA course has plenty of Computer Science and programming in its curriculum. Students are given in depth knowledge on topics like hardware and software, Programming languages, computer networks, Database Management, World Wide Web, Logic, and Multimedia etc.

For graduates, job openings exist in both Private sector as well as Government sector. Also, self-employment options are there if any student desires to have his own set up. After BCA, which starts after 12th standard, graduates may appear for Government jobs.

MNCs are the prime recruiters when it comes to Private sector. Web hosting, Electronics Industry, IT sector, are few other sectors that also recruits BCA graduates.

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