Career
Hotline Q Can you please tell me how to go about applying for ground jobs or for those of cabin crew in private airlines? What are their requirements? — Sukhvinder A All airlines are on a recruitment drive for cabin crew, ground staff and pilots as they have been allowed to fly to foreign destinations. A large number of foreign airlines are also stepping up their flights to India. If you are a friendly and personable single Indian between 18 - 27 years and meet the specified requirements, you can submit your application for cabin crew online. For Jet Airways, your minimum height should be 170 cm (male) and 157 cm (female) with a clear unblemished complexion (your weight should be proportionate to your height & age). Minimum qualification: 10+2 /Diploma in Hotel Mgt, fluent in Hindi and English. In addition, you must be mature in attitude and outlook, a people's person with good interactive skills. In short, you must be a team player. If your application fulfils the specified criteria, you will be invited for a preliminary interview. If you are successful at this stage, you will be called for a second interview and a grooming check. If short-listed, you will be advised to attend a final interview at a later date. If selected, you will be required to clear medical tests and on reporting for training you need to submit a demand draft for Rs.50, 000 as training deposit, which will be refunded after 3 years of service. You will be undergo 10-12 weeks of training at Mumbai during which you will be paid a stipend of Rs. 8,000 p.m. To graduate, you will need to clear all exams and appraisal flights. On completing the course successfully, you can look forward to an attractive remuneration package including allowances and benefits. For ground staff, single graduates below 25 years with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a pleasant personality and ready to work in shifts, can post their resume along with a photograph (full-length and passport size) to: Manager - Human Resources, Jet Airways India Pvt. Ltd., Ground Fl, Airport Commercial Complex, Netaji Subhash Chandra International Airport, Dum Dum, Kolkata 700 052 (www.jetairways.com). Air Deccan, the low cost carrier with over 100 daily flights across a large number of destinations, is also expanding its network. To apply for the job of In-flight Assistant, e-mail your resume to: hrd@airdeccan.net (www.airdeccan.net). For Air Sahara, log on
to www.airsahara.net.
CFA & CPA courses Q Are the CFA and CPA programmes offered by the ICFAI, Hyderabad, internationally recognised. Are these programmes affiliated with the American institutes that offer these certifications? — Gurpreet Kaur A The MS (Finance) programme (leading to the CFA Charter from the Council of Chartered Financial Analysts) offered by ICFAI University in India is different in design, structure, scope, content and examinations from the CFA programme offered by the CFA Institute, USA. The two institutions are independent of each other; and have no reciprocal arrangements. Due to certain trademark restrictions, the CFA designation conferred by the CCFA, India, cannot be used in USA and Canada. For details, check their website: www.cfainstitute.org Similarly, the CPA programme of ICFAI University is totally different from the CPA programme of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), USA (www.aicpa.org), or that offered by other CPA Institutes in other countries. Thus, ICFAI's CFA and CPA programmes are not affiliated to the corresponding US institutes and are unlikely to be recognised globally. Personnel programme Q I am a first year B. Com student. I would like to do a diploma in personnel management either on a part-time basis or through correspondence. — Maninder A All diplomas in personnel management are offered at the postgraduate level, so you will have to wait till you complete your final year of B.Com. The eligibility for most of these courses is a basic bachelor's degree. However, correspondence courses are essentially meant for those who need to supplement their work experience with formal qualifications. Since you have time on your side, you should preferably go for a regular MBA or related PG course instead. Typically, you will be inducted as a management trainee and would start off as an executive or assistant manager in a business organisation, manufacturing company, export or trading house, financial concern, bank, NGO, PSU or MNC. Engineer the right planQ I will be taking the AIEEE this year. Kindly tell me something about the various branches of engineering. What should I do if I don't get the branch of my choice? — Harjinder Singh A I have often noticed that the interest and aptitude of students who opt for a particular branch of engineering has no obvious relationship with the courses they land up with. This is mainly due to two reasons: Lack of proper information and guidance about what each field is all about and its scope in the long term. And even more commonly, the student ends up taking whatever branch is available in the pecking order due to the limitation of seats in some of the popular branches like computer science or electronics and communication. The present system of technical education in India (unlike its American counterpart, which offers multiple entry-points and amazing flexibility) for instance, is a rather straight-jacketed one, with more or less a single entry point and a rigid course structure. This being the case, I would advice you to gather as much info as possible about the various fields and talk to some practicing engineers, so that you end up making an informed choice. The AICTE has approved 32 courses in engineering and technology at the undergraduate degree level (check out the list on www.aicte.ernet.in). And don't fall for courses with exotic new-fangled nomenclature — like the ones flaunted by some of the private universities in Chhattisgarh which have been derecognised by the Supreme Court like "Master of Biotechnology Administration" and "B. Sc with Automobile Sc"! In case you don't get the field of your choice, plumb for the next best one (if you're not prepared to take another shot at the exams next year). The good news is that you have good chances of upgrading to a more 'desirable' field at the M. Tech level in many cases. Another option would be to top your engineering degree with a top-of-the-line MBA. A techno-management qualification is always in demand. The writer is a noted career consultant Please send in your query, preferably on a postcard, along with your full name, complete address and academic qualifications to: Editor, Jobs and Careers, The Tribune, Sector 29, Chandigarh-160030, or at careers@tribunemail.com — Pervin Malhotra
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Q I have
completed Class XII. Now, I wish to take up genetic engineering or
bio-medical engineering. What are the prospects?
Presently, opportunities for
bio-medical engineers lie essentially in the field of research and
development. The R&D departments of pharmaceutical industries
keen to upgrade the quality of their products would be another
option.
