Best career options for students in commerce stream

Introduction

Commerce oriented employees are always required in banking sector or any multinational company on regular basis, they are also required in other industries like stock market, auditing and accounting firms, financial groups etc for assessment of personal wealth and investment of the clients. Commerce is one the most important subject while you are selecting your stream for making a flourished and prosper career, there are lots for possibilities for commerce background students after finishing their course. Below I am giving you list of few important commerce oriented courses which a student can pursue after 10+2th or intermediate.

B.com honors will make your future

B.com honors is specialized course in commerce stream and after finishing it the concerned student is likely to be placed in reputed banks, multinational companies, financial institutes, government or private sector firms etc. B.com honors student gets opportunities to work in almost every sector whether it is accounting and auditing or public administration, sales and marketing etc and if they are having mathematics as subject in their high school 10+2 commerce stream or intermediate then they can even opt for MCA or do research work in statistics, operational research and they can also do B.sc Computer science course after finishing their high school.

B.com is equally good

This is ordinary level of plain graduation course in which student takes admission in bachelor of commerce degree and the main subjects in this course are financial accounting, economics, business management, company law, marketing, human resource, statistics, e-commerce, marketing management and communication skills in English. After finishing this course student can get job in reputed private or government firms same as B.com honors student, but they get lesser opportunities and are mostly considered for marketing and clerical based jobs. Students can also prepare CAT (Common aptitude test) and AIMAT (All India management admission test) along with their job MBA (Master in business administration) courses in various stream such as finance and marketing, human resource, Information technology etc.

CS (Company secretary) is really responsible job

Students can also chose CS (company secretary) course for getting good jobs in corporate companies, for becoming CS there are two methods, first is to pursue this course just after passing 10+2th (Commerce) stream or secondly you can also chose this course after 3 years by passing your graduation degree. After 10+ 2th streams the CS (Company secretary) course is divided into 3 levels in which first is foundation, second is executive level and third one is professional level. Company secretary CS professionals gets job as administrator in big and reputed multinational companies.

CA is not just accounting

The syllabus of CA (Charted Accountant) course contains majority of commerce portion, hence it is one the most favorite and preferred course by the B.com graduate students, after doing CA you can join any bank, reputed company, financial institute, equity sector, treasury or audit department of any multinational company. You can also do professional practice after becoming a CA and this career option is not just limited to company cost accounting. 

Cost accountancy is a good path

Cost accountant course is almost equivalent to CA course with same pattern and syllabus and almost every company in India needs a good cost accountant for their firm. A cost accountant's job is to prepare the estimated budget and costing for entire production and manufacturing of the products done by company, they also prepare cost budget for marketing campaigns and promotional events for the product launched by the company for becoming a efficient cost accountant one needs to take this specialized course with required training from any financial institute or college.

Financial studies is unique

This course is unique and not similar to B.com honors, students who took up this course study financial subjects as their major from reputed financial studies specialized colleges, students can also do masters in financial studies after finishing their graduation, Delhi University runs post graduate and under graduate programs in financial studies. Students are likely to be placed in banking sector, equity market, stock market and financial companies.

Economics is eye opener

Economics honors is associated with arts and social science studies still it falls under commercial background and commerce students likes to take such courses specialized in economics such as BA economics, MA economics etc. Students can also pursue PhD courses in economics and can become an economist. Many companies, banks and financial institutes hires economist for forecasting, analysis, assessment and surveillance of their consumers need and productivity.

Sales and Marketing is kind of self employment

Although it’s a tough career option for commerce students after B.com or any other commerce specialized course still many students prefer to work in sales and marketing domain as it is really flexible as per schedule, they get extra incentives and they holds special recognition and reputation in their company. If you stabilize your position as sales manager in this sector then you will get great salary package and incentives compared to any other job position. Many institutes are running several courses and give short term period training on sales and marketing area, the job involves your presentation of your personality and product so that you can take the order from your client.