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Career is gaining the prime focus in recent days; as the cut throat competitive world had set parameters for almost everyone in every field. This cut throat competition has made the world realize the difference between career and job. Since childhood students are trained to acquire a career in different fields. Almost every child is asked for his ambition at some point of time. As per the famous saying it’s always better to be safe than sorry, thus being prepared is always regarded as the best option. According to the survey approximately 73 percent of the students acquiring higher education opt for career oriented education. The ratio is increasing with passing time.

Many programs do offer career oriented courses. These courses include internships and trainee job positions, etc. The word professionalism has acquired its due importance in recent years and many institutions offer professional courses like Computers, Publishing, Athletics, and Foreign language to professional electives like Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) courses. With the increasing craze for career oriented education higher education has acquired great importance. The education has changed its format from stable, bookish and serious to flexible pertinent and quickly adaptable.

Career oriented programs more or less focus on practical knowledge thus securing place for concepts like management, advertising etc… This practical education makes it easier for the youth to enter the industry with a relevant knowledge and background of the job they are applying for. The faculty included for such programs are mostly the renowned and well established experts from the field who not only provide the education but spice them with their own experiences that enables the students to not only understand the concept but also be prepared for the possible situations, ups and downs in the field they aim to be in near future. It also helps them for planning and organizing their future career plans.

It is seen in recent times the requirement for career oriented individuals is rising and so are the institutes offering such type of programs. These programs brings out the best in the students at the college levels itself in order to make them ready for the industry to be capable of facing all the challenges surrounding the job.

Career oriented education is thought as a progressive concept. It is evolving with the time and gaining its due importance. Though career oriented education shapes the personality of the individual and makes him proficient and responsible to pursue a particular career, it is up to individual to plan his career, and be focused on his career plans to acquire success in terms of salary hike, increment and appraisal.

Behavioral science is the study of the behavior, but is it as simple as that? Studying a behavior is no joke. Behavioral science basically studies the behavior of both the human and animal in the controlled and naturalistic world. Thus we can say behavioral sciences studies organisms’ behavior. It’s split between neural decision science and social communication science.
Neural decision science studies the link between biology and decision making while social communication sciences studies the link between communications and individual relations through social interactions.

Neural decision science covers subjects like Social Psychology, Cognitive Theory, Psychobiology, Management Science, Social Neuroscience, Ethology while social-communication science covers subjects like Anthropology, Organizational Behavior, Behavioral Finance, Social Networks, Memetics, Organizational Ecology.

Behavioral sciences prove really useful in management studies. Management basically means managing people and when you study human behavior it’s easier for you to manage them. Thus a management program includes subjects like organizational behavior or organizational finance.

In order to pursue a career in behavioral sciences you must possess certain skill. Human nature is dynamic and unpredictable but a behavioral scientist must adapt and understand the dynamic changes in the society; be it individual, group or social changes. Conversation is very important for a behavioral scientist in order to understand his subjects and thus require superior interpersonal communication skills. While studying organizations, behavioral scientists must understand the professional ethics of the organization on one hand while maintain the integrity of the profession (behavioral science) on the other hand. Data analysis is yet another important function in behavioral science. Behavioral scientist needs to analyze the data through advanced computer applications to test the data and convert it into theories. A behavioral scientist must contain good presentation and writing skills to facilitate their findings and research to lay person or a vast audience lacking behavioral science knowledge. Human behavior is dynamic and thus creating a fixed theory for a behavioral scientist is not possible thus in order to create a theory he has to be on field , critically evaluate the problems and solve them, as the problems change the theory also changes from time to time. While creating the theories a behavioral scientist must compare his research with other behavioral scientist in order to get an effective theory, thus a behavioral scientist must possess superior project management skills.

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Given below are few career options which you can think of at low cost of education.

Graphic Designer: – For all those who have a creative mind can go for graphic design course which is not expensive at all. All you need is a lot of creativity and wild imagination. There are many reputed companies who hire fresher and give them on the job training by providing them stipend. As you gain experience and display you creativity, salary won’t be a problem.

Health and Fitness: – This is another field which is gaining ground due to increasing stress and hectic lifestyle. A health or fitness expert is very much in demand these days. The fee for this course is in the range of few hundred to few thousand dollars depending on the course duration. You yourself have to be of good stature if you want to make a career as a fitness instructor.

Real Estate Agent: – This is the least expensive of all. There is no formal training as such. A person can work under an experienced broker and then start of on his own. For a good broker sky is the limit.

Insurance Agent: – The process of becoming an insurance agent is very simple and does not require much education. The duration of the course can be anywhere between 2 to 3 months. The commission paid to insurance agent is huge and there are instances where insurance agent earns thousands of dollars every month.

Accountant: – Though its not equivalent to a chartered accountancy, it still holds some value as almost all the companies have accountants to handle there financial transactions. Those who are good at accountancy can learn on the job with nominal stipend and later on work on a decent salary.

Teaching: – To be in the field of teaching one has to complete bachelors of education. The fees for the course might be slightly on the higher side but still it is much cheaper as compared to other courses.

Medical Transcription: – Medical transcription involves converting the audio tapes of doctors into text format. The number of patients is increasing day by day, so are the medical prescription. The course of medical transcription is not expensive and the duration is also less ranging between 6 months to 2years.

Chartered Accountant: – This might come as a shocker. The degree of Chartered accountancy is considered to be very prestigious. Comparatively the fee is low as compared to the value of degree. The only concern is the duration of the course. The total number of years involved for completing the course is more than 4 years. The passing percentage is also very low.