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India's service sector has expanded due to the large skilled English-speaking workforce that has attracted many multinational companies. Key service industries include information technology, telecommunications, hotels, banking, media and tourism.

India is set to create one in every four new jobs in the world over the next five years. By 2020, this would translate into an extra 200 million jobs, which will be more than that in America, Europe and China combined. Healthcare

Healthcare

India's healthcare sector is Rs 82,000 crore industry and is growing at 10% a year. People these days prefer private service to government. Many companies have made a substantial investment in setting up state of art hospitals in the cities.
Domestic need for paramedical staff is also high.

Nursing

Nursing is also another highly sought after job in the health sector. With modern medical centers mushrooming everywhere demand for paramedical staff is rising.

How do you become one?

Fresh graduates or diploma holders are preferred. Personal qualities include attention to detail, a caring disposition and quick thinking.
One can also become a nurse in specialized areas such as critical care and intensive care.

Courses offered in Nursing

All India Medical Institute for Sciences (Delhi).
College of Nursing (Ludhiana)
CMC (Vellore)
Medical College (Chennai)
Manipal Institute of Nursing(Manipal)
Apollo Hospitals Educational and Research Foundation (Hyderabad)

How do you get in?

Advertisements are released in local publications. Big establishments maintain a database of applicants and call candidates whenever required.

Salary

Entry level salary begins at Rs 6,000 in big hospitals.

Growth Path

One can rise to the level of supervisor and matron.

Retailing

The country is witnessing an unprecedented boom in the retail sector. Products, which were once on one's wish list, are now available, off the shelf.
Huge Malls are coming up in a big way.
Job openings include customer sales representatives, logistics management and visual merchandising. This segment also offers scope for part-time employment.
Estimates say that by 2015, there will be 10 million jobs up for grabs in retail but the trained talent will only be 1 million.

Customer Service Associates
The key asset to any retail outlet is its approach to the customer. There is tremendous opportunity employment for graduates.

How do you become one?

There is no specialized training required to become one.A smart personality is good communication skills is an asset. However, realizing the importance of this sector a few institutes offer specialized courses.

Courses offered in Retailing.

National Institute of Fashion Design, New Delhi, Bangalore, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, and Kolkata.
Pearl Academy, Delhi and Chennai

Salary

Entry level salaries are in the range of Rs 6,000 and Rs 6,500 in the big shops.

Growth Path

Can become supervisor of the team after 3-4 years.

Telecom

India's network of over 40 million fixed phone lines is one of the biggest in the world and its mobile phone sector is more than 10 million strong. The potential is thus huge, waiting to be tapped.
Opening exists at various levels. Recruitment advertisements appear in newspapers for the entry level, while the consultants fill the rest.

Sales Executives

Telecom companies are using a two-pronged distribution strategy -they directly service corporate customers and use franchisee networks to take care of individual customers. Sales executives can therefore be pat of the company's team or its distribution channel.

How do you become one?

Companies prefer fresh graduates while distribution channels go for graduates and undergraduates. Candidates are required to have good communication skills, pleasant personality, selling and situation handling skills.

Where do you get in?

Leading Networks like Bharti, Reliance , Airtel, BSNL, and many others. Salesmen performing well at the channel end could find direct employment with the principal company. Openings are also advertised in leading newspapers.

Salary

Entry level salaries are in the range of Rs. 5,000 and Rs. 12000.

Growth Path

Depending on one's performance, one can rise up to the managerial level in two years time.