Entrepreneurship is about taking a calculated risk and multi-tasking. It is about understanding people and guiding them towards a goal. Women are naturally gifted in all these aspects. That is why entrepreneurship is one of the best professions for women.From setting up a small store and a business out of the home to set up an IT company
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1. Entrepreneurship
and an innovative start-up, women are there in every conceivable sector. They are not shying away from setting up large scale industries on their own or joining their family business. It is no longer taboo, for a woman to be at the top – as the Chairperson or the CEO of a company.
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2. Career Counselling
Guiding students to the path of success and helping them find their way through life as a Career Counsellor is very fulfilling as one of the best jobs for women. You can find a job as a Counsellor with schools, career counselling organizations, and various NGOs. You can also set up your independent practice.As a Career Counsellor, you
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2. Career Counselling
would be assessing students’ aptitudes, interests, personalities, and various other behavioural traits. You would help students understand what they are good at and which educational and career options are best suited for them.
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3. Teaching
Teaching has always been considered one of the best jobs for women. It is not only an extremely noble and rewarding profession but also an excellent way in which women get to play an important role in shaping people’s lives.With the rapid growth in India’s education sector, the number of job opportunities has been increasing enormously over
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the last decade or so. For those with a B.Ed. degree, teaching jobs in schools offer decent salaries.In Government schools, Government Aided schools and in many private schools, you may earn in the range of Rs. 35,000 – 1,00,000 or more a month depending upon your experience and job position. Higher salaries are offered
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3. Teaching
to Principals, Vice Principals, etc.If you choose to opt for a teaching job in a college or university, you may earn between Rs. 55,000 – 2,25,000 per month or even more. Professors and Senior Professors earn on the higher side. Teaching is undoubtedly one of the best professions for women.
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4. Healthcare/ Medicine
Women are born caregivers. Evolution has made women like that. For more than a century, women are highly demanded in some of the job roles in healthcare and there are some jobs, which are only meant for women. For example, in jobs like those of Staff Nurses and Nursing Assistants, women have more opportunities.
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4. Healthcare/ Medicine
Besides Nursing, the healthcare sector offers some of the best jobs for women. You can opt for various options depending on your educational qualifications.
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5. Human Resources
This field is good for those who have a penchant for working in corporate jobs and have the ability to help people solve their issues and problems. Human Resources Management is one of the rapidly developing career options for women. You can obtain an MBA or a PGDM in Human Resources Management to get a
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good beginning. The main functions of Human Resources personnel are to shortlist and interview candidates, hire and train them, set their pay, design appraisal systems, benefits and perks, formulate policies and leave structures, look after employee welfare and settle disputes.
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6. Finance & Banking
The Finance & Banking sector offers some of the best professions for women because this field requires a lot of patience and people management skills. It is not as if there is any discrimination in favour of women or men, but in some roles such as Customer Services Executives and Relationship Managers, women often perform better.
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7. Interior Design
Women often put a lot of effort and planning into decorating and setting up their own homes. Needless to say, it requires keen observation, a sense of aesthetics, an excellent sense of design and creativity to beautifully maintain a home.This field offers some of the best jobs for women because it allows women to use their
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creativity in a productive fashion. You will need a Diploma / Degree in Interior Design or in Interior Architecture or in Interior and Furniture Design to get a good job. You can also set up your own business in this field.
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8. Information Technology
With the rapid expansion of the digital or Information Technology (IT) industry, the demand for professionals who have the required skills is forever on the rise. This is a great opportunity for those women who take an interest in the IT sector and computers in general. Information Technology and Computer Engineering
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fields offer some of the best jobs for women.
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9. Media and Journalism
For women who are creative and good at communication, the media sector holds a wide range of opportunities. This field of work allows women to exercise their creative freedom to a considerable extent along with the opportunity for job satisfaction. These make this field of jobs one of the best jobs for women.
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10. Fashion Design & Merchandising
A sense of style, fashion, intellect, and creativity is like second nature to women. Moreover, the fashion industry offers some of the best and high paying jobs for women.Some of the jobs are in which you can build up a rewarding career are:1. Fashion / Apparel Designer2. Fashion Merchandiser3. Textile Technologist4. Fashion Technologist
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11. Law
The field of Law has some of the best jobs available for women. Therefore, in various law firms today, women lawyers are doing commendable jobs. For instance, lawyers like Indira Jaising, Meenakshi Lekhi, Vrinda Grover, Menaka Guruswamy, and Karuna Nundy are treated like celebrities.Also, among the sitting Judges
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of the Honourable Supreme Court of India are Indu Malhotra and R. Banumathi. They are known for some landmark judgements. Therefore, jobs in law and judicial services are some of the best jobs for women.
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12. Social Work
Social Work requires people with deep empathy for others as well as a wide understanding of the problems of different communities. Understanding the typical issues that women face is also an advantage. Moreover, social Work offers a lot of job options for women.
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Some of the professions in this field that women can opt for are:1. Social Worker2. Project Assistant3. Project Coordinator4. Psychiatric/ Mental Health Social Worker
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13. Nutrition / Fitness
With rapidly increasing awareness about being fit and healthy, the opportunities in the fields of Nutrition, Dietetics, Fitness, Yoga, etc. are also growing by leaps and bounds. These fields offer some of the best jobs for women. Some of the career options are:1. Nutritionist2. Clinical Nutritionist3. Dietician