Enjoy & earn this festival season

By Ranjan K Baruah

Christmas is an annual festival and billions of people around the world join this religious and cultural celebration. This also brings job opportunities and career perspectives. Some of the career options which are linked with Christmas could be holiday planner, baking, decoration, organising winter camps for kids and others, organising shopping carnivals, gift wrapping in style, flower arrangements or decorators and also volunteering may be paid or unpaid.

Holiday Planner: During holidays people go out to new places and explore them. People who are involved in holiday planning are called holiday planners. People with degree in travel and tourism management can think of becoming holiday planners. A holiday trip planner is dedicated to travelling plans which aim to help travellers plan their trips to different destinations, either domestic or international. During Christmas, many people travel so holiday planners are in demand.

Baking: Baking is a career that demands lot of creativity, commitment and passion for food. It is an exciting career for those with an intrinsic interest in cooking, have natural culinary talents, artistic skill and social nature. From cookies and gingerbread, to biscotti and shortbread, baking during Christmas is a profitable business. One may learn baking and other cooking through regular courses or short term courses. Skill development courses are available in the short term whereas management courses are for the long term and like diplomas or certificate courses.

Decoration: Festive season also involves decorations. From crepe paper streamers to professionally-designed displays of colour and beauty, decorations generally work within a theme determined by event sponsors and coordinators, setting the stage for the bulk of the event proceedings. Christmas decorations are typically put up in late November or early December, usually to coincide with the start of Advent.

Christmas carnivals: As people are fond of shopping and Christmas is one of the best occasions to organise carnivals. These are not only for shopping but it includes other activities too. This is popular in many countries. These carnivals are organised in different cities in India too. Entrepreneurs may think of organising Christmas carnivals which can be linked to the New Year celebration.
There are other options apart from the above mentioned. The best part is one does not need much formal qualification to be part of these professions. Some of the qualities which are important are skills like good communication skill, self confidence and must be able to manage people and also work in team. Having good knowledge over language, including writing, is another advantage. Leadership skills, work under pressure are also needed.
Most important in this regard is the value of time, it means service must be provided on time. People who are lazy have no place in this profession. One needs to be fast and connected with technology like internet and others. These are professions which demand high perfection, hard work and a lot of patience. With the event management industry poised to grow by leaps and bounds, trained candidates have excellent job opportunities related to occasions like Christmas.
The success of an event or carnival depends on its capacity to procreate themes which have never been thought of before.

Updates
JEE Main: Admission criteria to undergraduate engineering programmes at NITs, IIITs, other centrally funded technical institutions, institutions funded by participating state governments and other institutions should include the performance in the Class XII/equivalent qualifying examination and in the Joint Entrance Examination, JEE (Main). The last date for applying for the entrance of JEE Main is 1st January 2018.
NIFT Entrance: Application are invited for admission to 4 years undergraduate and 2 years post graduate professional programmes for the academic year 2018. Last date for applying online is December 29.
IRMA Admission: Aspirants may apply for admission in Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) on or before December 31.

(Ranjan K Baruah is a career mentor and can be reached at [email protected] or 8473943734 for any career related queries)