My friend Yana visited a non-profit career fair held at Columbia University last week. She told me that the administration there was highly overwhelmed with the number of people who showed up. This was, apparently, their biggest turnout in a long time.
Most of my fellow college students are actively looking for summer internships and post-graduate job positions on Idealist, an interactive Web page for non-profit organizations, volunteer opportunities and various causes with international dimensions.
Honestly, I think this is wonderful. Now that many students realize Economics, Finance and Business majors won't necessarily lead them to stable career paths in prosperous industries, they start to approach alternative professions.
I am witnessing a massive expansion of minds. Spontaneous questions and quick answers circulate in the college atmosphere: "Public education policy? Why not!", "Work in Tanzania? Why not!"
The economic crisis brought job losses in many industries like banking and investment. But maybe it also brought employment options for all those people unsure about their future careers.
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There is a difference between employment and volunteering, however, you may be on the right track since unpaid internships, community service (not of the compulsory kind) and volunteer opportunities can also boost your CV and lead to more diversified future career options.
Moreover, with the highest unemployment record in the past quarter of a century or so, what else are we to do? Either commit to a dead-end office job in a cubicle with reduced weekly hours and pay OR go abroad, get moving, do something meaningful for a change. What better time than now... The least we can do is try.
Besides, I even got waitlisted for the program in Tanzania so I guess it wasn't meant to be.
Most popular industries according to Doostang Pulse (Interesting trends, useful facts, the occasional curve ball):
1. Finance & Investment
2. Nonprofit, Education & Government
3. Technology & Engineering
The non-profit industry takes second place, so we are on the right track. Surprisingly, finance is still number one, though.
well, people need to re-organize their finances, not surprising at all.
where does the medical field fall in then? I still believe that the medical research field remains one of the most secure one job-wise and compensation-wise during these testing times
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