I am 24 years old, no proper employment record, a 8 supply bcom degree that I couldn't finish in pandemic and thereafter while some of my friends got into private banks without clearing supply, i got rejected for a entry level job at HDFC citing it's mandatory to be graduate which demotivated me even more. Will it be good to finish BCOM after 6 years????, I use to help my friends getting familiar with the topics and clear their doubts but now I just feel like a gooner. I know 4 languages can write 3 not fluent in tamil. Call centre job was a best possible option but I develop a hearing issue whenever I use earphones already (so I avoid them) thus I'm skeptical about that. I write short fictional stories with a social message and been passionate about screenwriting. Where should I approach for a job. Should I put Bcom on my resume, like just completed/not (I didn't dropout of college) should I go tv channels. I know this is too much, hope you could give me an answer ????

Hi. Myself SS. I am 25, working in a CA firm in Assam. I am not a graduate. I have studied three years in BCom but couldn’t pass and now that it has been two years, I don’t feel like completing it. My teachers and everyone in that institution said I won’t be able to find a job because I am not a graduate, even though I have worked in three companies. But the stipend was not good enough. I think my experience and skills are enough for me to find a job and I feel I should make a fake degree or photoshop just to add on my CV. I am very tense regarding my career as I am not from a good financial family. I wanted to do something else but because of money problems I couldn’t. That made me angry and I wasted my three years of BCom. Please suggest what I should do. Thank you.

Dear Mayank, I am 38 year old Bcom graduate who have not found a proper job yet. I started working at age of 22 in office (was undergraduate at that tym) no scope of growth as I was undergraduate. Now after completing Graduation I still not getting good job offer. Request you to please enlighten me and show me path. Regards, Vishal

I am a bcom general graduate with 73.52% in 2022, after that i taken gap years for mba entrance preparation but not able to crack or get desired percentile in any. Currently in 2024 i am repeating again for mba entrances to secure admission in 2025. I have no work or internships experience, no awards or certifications. I got 51.17 in 12th commerce and 54.71 in 10th. I got only a digital marketing beginner certification by google digital garage earlier on 2023. Currently i taken a digital marketing course from udemy of digital marketing to hone and develop the required skills I have been searching and applying for jobs since graduating but not able to get any desired one. Now i want to get into a good mba college tier 2 because may not eligible for tier 1 and 1.5 as per my profile but i will try anyways. So for that i need to make my profile good and need certifications and jobs or internships. I interest in sales, marketing, more but also Hr domain. But nowadays i am only getting Inssurance sales, bpo, telecaller or telemarketer, Kpo, sustomer support type jobs of around avg salary of 150000 pa. Which a 12th pass candidate also getting. I often thinks to get into bpo to gain experience and money to fill my profile and manage preparation expenses but also fear that what if i get stuck in that industry. I wanted to do mba to enchance and start my career in a management role to achieve a leadership role in upcoming years as a professional in sales and marketing industry. I don't know, i think i am stucked and lost in spiral web between situations and aspiration. I also thinking to get into banking or try govt. Exams to secure a job but i also feel that it will distract me more from my real life goals. I was not a great student or person earlier but now i am changed i know my responsibilities and i know my goals but i want a clear view to walk on that path. Please help with your genuine guidance. THANK YOU

Dear Rediffguru, I did my engineering in ECE long back in 2006 and started my career as a software engineer in a top-tier IT MNC in India. Soon I lost interest in the insurance projects I was assigned with. I worked with Mainframe systems for 3 years and due to the very unimaginative nature of my work, I quit the MNC against the wishes of my parents. I always had this passion for visual narrative and storytelling, so I appeared in the entrance exam of FTII in Film Direction course in 2008 while I was still working in the IT sector. I got AIR 8 but failed to crack the interview. As my parents were very disappointed with my career choices and always pressed me to be in a job, I did not sit for the FTII exam in the following year, and instead started learning 3D Animation & VFX from a so-called prominent institute. I had completed 5th year in painting from Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chandigarh while I was in class X, so animation was not difficult to grasp. But I suffered due to poor infrastructure of the Indian animation industry, meagre starting salary etc. I had to start my career afresh with a low salary in 2013 and changed a job to land in one of the Big Four MNCs in its creative department in 2015. I have completed 8.5 years in this firm and have been working as a Manager since 2020. While I was learning animation, I assisted in live-action filmmaking. Later, before joining the Big Four firm, I got selected in the first ever Film Restoration and Conservation Workshop in India, organized by the Film Heritage Foundation. I was also selected twice in 2 national level screenwriting programs for my story ideas but could not materialize the ideas into scripts due to lack of time on my part for commitments to the office job. Those programs had fixed timeframes for completing screenplays. After spending a substantial time in the current job which has not been offering me anything new anymore, I decided to renew my connection with films. I got selected in the entrance exam to study Master's in Film Studies at Jadavpur University in 2022. My course will end soon in June. I have studied Master's while working in my present organization as a part-time employee and I am scheduled to join back as a full-time employee from July this year. I am a family person now and got married last year. My parents are old & ailing and I look after them. They are not in a position to oppose my career choices anymore. My question is, what career options could you suggest for me going forward? Shall I pursue a PhD or look for suitable creative job options? As I have been in touch with films and related studies due to my Master's, I do not wish to lose the momentum again. I am 40 years old and aware of my complex situation. Please advise. Thank you so much.