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Ms. Nidhi Mishra talks about the field Social Work. A lot of people visualize of a person wearing a simple cotton clothes and fighting for the rights of people or it is the work done by rich people in their spare time. Though, some what it is the truth but not the entire truth.

Social work is an academic discipline of social sciences where the main focus is to improve the social structure of the society. Social work is a profession that serves individuals, families and communities who seek prevention and rehabilitation intervention for an improved quality of life.

Social workers work with or on behalf of or interest of people to enable them to deal with the personal and social difficulties and obtain essential resources and services. Social workers work in varied fields such as disability, drug abuse, poverty, mental ill health, geriatric issues, environmental issues, child abuse, physical abuse, child labour, martial issues, sanitation and many more. These issues are rising constantly and social work has become a vital need of every society. Social work is not only, about doing good deeds and helping the under privileged. Over a period of time, it has evolved into a profession.

To enter this field one can pursue their graduation in social work or sociology after class 12th from any stream or one can pursue post graduation course in social work after completing any graduation. To seek admission for this course you may have to clear institute-based entrance exam. Some of the specializations those are available at the post-graduation level are Children and families, disability studies and actions, Women centered practice, Criminology and Justice, Rural Development and so on.

Along with the required education qualifications one also need to have certain skills sets like: problem solving skills, patience and tolerance, excellent conversations skills, interpersonal skills, awareness of the legal aspects, organizational and observation skills and most important is no prejudices about class, culture, religion and gender.

Job prospects are available in NGO’s, Community groups, rehabilitation centers, hospitals, Educational institutes, rural and community development centers service organizations, industries and co-operatives and public welfare trusts and so on. Opportunities are available in corporate sector too as number of organizations now have a special cell called Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) as well as opportunities are available at international organizations. Social work is a field that enriches the life of not only the taker but also of the giver. If you have genuine feeling to contribute positively to the wellness of mankind then this is the field for you.

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Ms. Suchitra Surve shares information on how one can make their resume presentable while applying for studying abroad. Lots of discussion has been done on careers, aspects that bring out the professionalism in you, and even about studies abroad. Surely you must be watching and following it too. In one of the earlier episodes we have spoken about, Resume, what are the tips on resumes and how to make a resume. I hope you have gone through it. But today we are going to talk on about something, very specific. This is for the students who are intending to apply abroad. So if you have decided that you are going to apply abroad for further studies, than resume is going to be the snap shot, your first introduction. So let’s see typically what happens in a resume, what are the things you should focus on and what are the things you should try and avoid.

Let’s begin with the beginning. Let’s look at a typically written resume. Typically a resume has a name, something called as personal information, which has its date citizenship, gender, followed by career objective, than you have education and then something written about additional courses related to curriculum, work experience, followed by volunteer work, skills, hobbies and interest, and Indian contact information. Do you really think this format is interesting, is it easy to follow? And does it convey what it is supposed to. If we really look at it, the information under these headings is vague. For example, career objective, Education starts with secondary school, goes on to Junior college, and then goes on to graduation. An additional course related to curriculum, of course the student has attended a lot of programme related to their field, which is a good thing, but the way it has been presented, is something that we need to work on. If we look at the time line of work experience, the individual has not mentioned where and for what duration he / she has worked. The volunteer work which follows, it just talks about the work that they have done. And the skills, these are self-skills or self-proclaimed skills that are there along with hobbies and interest. The contact information just has the email, landline and the mobile number.

Since this is a person who has a work experience of more than three years, applying for a Master’s degree, he needs to focus on some other things. As discussed earlier, university abroad are looking at individuals who can bring something interesting, value add to the class. Somebody, who can bring their work experience, somebody who can add on to the value of the class with their theoretical proficiency, so, what are the things you are supposed to keep in mind while making a resume for applying abroad?
Let’s take a look quickly, how the same earlier resume, now looks after making the changes. Start with your name, followed by the address; include the country code in your contact details, along with an official email id. This has to be followed by educational qualification which should be in reverse chronological order, which means, the latest degree has to be mentioned first. While mentioning the degree that you have pursued, mention any kind of specialization or specialization subjects that you have studied, along with the university you hail from, and the percent or CGPA’S that you have obtained. The next in line is work experience, for individuals who have a work experience after completing their graduation and now who are applying for studies abroad; try to focus on the kind of work that you did, the profile that you handle, the designation that you had, the organization name and the duration for which you worked with the organisation. If as a student, you had internships mention that as well, because as a student when you apply, it’s just not the academics, but also internships that matter, which shows the kind of focus you have for a particular career. For internship as well include the area of work, what were the learning’s, and for how long did you work there. If you had any other educational qualifications, add them as well. It might be related to the course or something that you have done online, do mention it.

For more information, please visit our website www.growthcentre.org or call us on the numbers mentioned below. Mumbai +91 22 25287474, +91 22 25288844, +91 96992 16857, Bengaluru +91 78296 88844.