Benefits of Career Planning in Advance !

I met a cousin of mine a few days back. It’s been a while we last met because she was all busy gearing up for her board exams and then occupied with the usual hassle of getting admission in a college. I thought it’s time I be the good elder cousin and ask her about what she is up to in her career and give her all those ‘valuable tips’ which usually elder sibling give to the younger ones who had just started to plan their career or about to! Deep down I wanted to intimidate her a bit, the way my elder siblings did, by using jargons and words alien to me in all their professional advices.

Right Job and Career Palnning

Much to my surprise, my cousin was nothing close to intimidated! It seemed she is well ahead of her peers in planning and executing things for herself! She was crystal clear she wanted to do a Journalism course and wanted to pursue TV Journalism in the future. She had listed down the top Journalism colleges in India way before her boards and was bang-on sure about the requirements, cut-offs and admission procedures of each of them. She had prepared herself in a way so that she could land up in one of those colleges. And she did! She was bubbling with happiness and with her achievement, and couldn’t stop talking about the happening things in her college. I never knew my little cousin would grow up to be such a pro-active girl!

She has already figured out the internship programs the best journalism graduate schools provide, and has made up her mind to intern during her vacations. Guys, she is barely 19 and she is planning her career and enjoying her life just the way she wants! I know there are many who are laid back and enjoying these initial days of college, but trust me, I think you can enjoy yourselves better if you think forward and plan out things well in advance. I didn’t give any tips to her, because I know she’s smart enough to do without them! May be you could too, just look around!

Tips to Crack the Mass Communication Entrance Exam

Are you planning to earn a mass communication degree from the best institute around? Some colleges offer a post graduate diploma in mass communication as well and you may want to explore that opportunity, after graduation of course.

Mass communication is a unique stream that requires a different kind of preparation altogether so you can crack that entrance exam with a good score. Limited seats and wide syllabus makes it even tougher. However, the power of social media has made that job relatively easy as we bring you a few tips that will help you cease the moment when the big day arrives.

1. Enhance your general knowledge by reading every day.

Yearbooks and general knowledge guides are one thing, but if you really want to prepare yourself objectively and accurately, then look no further than newspapers as they hold the ultimate key to cracking that entrance exam. Going through the past events in yearbooks and limited guides will never be as helpful since you wouldn't be able to get the whole picture. Therefore, the easiest method to go about it is to dedicate a couple of hours reading 2-3 different newspapers every day. Focusing on current affairs and understanding editorial topics will not only make you a better communicator but it will also broaden the horizons of your mental makeup which is a highly regarded faculty when it comes to mass communication.

2. Download previous year's question papers and try to attempt them.

Exam patterns differ from college to college. Therefore, it becomes crucial to look at some of the previous years' question papers of the institutes that are easily available online; they may also be available at local book stores that sell studying material for entrance exams.

3. Be Original

Original content is valued in mass communication for a very good reason. They don't just evaluate you on your writing skills but also your ideas and opinions, thought process and cognitive makeup as well. Therefore, your expressions need to be as original as possible, so stick to your ideas and thoughts, however crazy they may seem. Remember, if it's your idea, you can make it work!

So go get that mass communication degree/diploma if you want to raise your voice to say something to the world and make a difference.