Introduction
After a bachelor’s degree, most students think that they should go for post-graduation or not. Most of the students don’t know about the benefits of higher education in the career. When the word education beyond the bachelor degree comes, it includes post-graduation programs and all the other programs which are done after bachelor for increasing the skills and knowledge. These skills help in career growth. Post Graduation is a great way to gain knowledge and to increase earning potential. It gives career opportunities and also opens the path for career growth. Graduation became a normal degree that permits you to appear in the competition, so a postgraduate degree will help you show yourself different from the competition. By doing post-graduation, you will add some more academic values to your resume. So, let’s discuss how post graduation helps in a career but first of all, we discuss what post-graduation is and which courses are open after graduation.
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Post Graduation
Post Graduation is the program that is undertaken after graduation. In this program, we learn about the subjects in more detail. A postgraduate course can be 1-2 years long. The course is designed in such a way that it gives more detailed knowledge on the subjects which were in the undergraduate program. Many courses are studied under post-graduation in universities. There are four main types of postgraduate degrees: taught courses, research degrees, conversion courses, and professional qualifications.
1.Taught courses: Master’s courses like MTech, MBA, MA, M.Sc., etc., and postgraduate diploma(certificates) come under taught courses. These courses are for 1-2 years. In these courses, many projects, practicals, and seminars are completed by students, which helps in increasing their knowledge. You will also get many opportunities to give presentations in the seminar, doing research work, and participate in the research work. These activities help in personality development.
A postgraduate diploma is a shorter qualification than a master’s degree, and a postgraduate certificate is shorter than a postgraduate diploma. A postgraduate diploma or certificate is an academic or vocational qualification. A postgraduate certificate normally takes around four months, whereas a diploma takes around nine months.
2. Research degree: PhD, D.Phils., integrated PhD, research-based master’s programs come under research degree. A research degree is also called a doctorate. These courses are for 3-4 years. Independent research is the main component of such courses. A doctorate can be taken after a master’s degree or after a bachelor’s degree. The core of a research degree is the successful completion of a research project that makes an original contribution in a particular area of study.
3. Other courses: After graduation, many courses are done by students. These courses are not for a degree, only for increasing the career opportunity and skills for getting career growth.
Conversion courses
Conversion courses are intensive postgraduate programs that prepare you for a career when undergraduate programs have not been prepared for. Graduate Diploma in Law (GDLs), Graduate Diploma in Psychology (GDPs), Postgraduate Certificates in Education (PGCE) are some conversion courses. These subjects offer different courses in medicine, social work, and others. Their main purpose is to allow gaining additional knowledge and skills that need to redirect you to your new career path.
Professional qualifications
Postgraduate Certificates (PGCerts) or Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) are some courses in the professional qualifications. Professional qualifications are vocational training courses that relate to a specific industry or career path. These courses are shorter than the master’s or Ph.D. and not equivalent to a postgraduate degree. These courses are with the same format and structure as the master’s degree.
Now, we discuss the importance of post-graduation for career growth:
- Great way to progress in your career: Sometimes we don’t know where we have to go, and we randomly choose any field for graduation, but after that, we realize that our interest is in a different field. Post Graduation is the second chance to go for your interested field. By taking admission in your desired field, you will get knowledge about that field which will help you in making your career. In the post graduation program, you will get detailed knowledge of that subject which will help you further in career growth. These courses are designed keeping in mind the skills that an aspirant needs once they finish the degree. So, whatever you learn will be useful to you after you have acquired your degree.
- Way to increase the earning potential: Post Graduation adds more academic value to your resume. A resume is the first ladder for climbing any job stairs. So, when your resume is attractive, then the chances of getting a job also increases. A postgraduate candidate gets preference from the others and chances of getting a higher package from an undergraduate candidate—many doors of career open after completing post graduation. Post Graduation is a professional degree. It works by increasing the value of your academic degree. At this time, a bachelor’s degree became a normal degree, and it is a certificate that shows that you are eligible for the jobs but doing post graduation gives you additional benefits. Post Graduation also gives you the time of two years for the university, which helps you to put your legs strongly into this competitive world by getting knowledge and self-development.
- Opportunity to expand your skills: In post graduation, you will get the chance to increase your skills. When you increase your skills then the chances of getting the height in the career also increases. At this time, you get different opportunities to expand your skills.
- Managing project
- Project making is the main part of post graduation. The project increases your confidence and gives you an idea about real-world works. Projects are the moon of the resume. A good project can be the only reason for your selection.
- Increase capacity of critical thinking: Learning about different subjects and involving in different projects opens the capacity of critical thinking.
- Working with people from different disciplines and cultures: At colleges, you meet people of different cultures and backgrounds. Meeting people of different backgrounds helps you to build your learning. It Is the best time to make the networks.
- Taking responsibilities for your learning and development: Higher education makes you more independent and responsible. We do self-learning which helps us to become self-learner and self-guide.
- Developing soft skills: Soft skills include strong abilities in the areas like communication, teamwork, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. Each of these talents adds value to the organization where you will work.
- Get the chance of personality development: Sometimes we don’t be active in our bachelors due to some reasons. In such cases, higher education helps in personality development. By actively participating in different activities, you can develop your personality. Personality development is the key to getting success in the career. From job to business, personality development is the main part. These programs help you to develop self-awareness, learn new strategies and overcome challenges.
- Chances to Pursue your interest: College life is the best time to know about your passion and to pursue it. In college, you have enough time to explore your interests and go through all of this one by one. In these 2 years of post graduation, you will get enough time to think about your interests. It is a way to give a second chance to your life after graduation if due to some reason you were not able to pursue your interest in the undergraduate program.
- Help in changing careers: Sometimes we want to make our career in the field different from our bachelor’s degree. We complete our bachelor’s degree but after that, we realize that our interest is not in that area. In such a case, post graduation helps a lot. You can do postgraduation in your desired field and make your career in that field. By doing post graduation, you get the knowledge about that field which will help you to pursue that career path.
- Learn something new: At this time, you will learn something new. Doing anything gives you experience. Every course is designed to teach you something and by getting involved in such courses you will learn something new.
- Grow your social networks: Making networks is useful at every phase of life. When you grow your interaction with fellow friends, juniors and seniors then you know about the variety of professional backgrounds. You get to know people who are in similar conditions or possess similar interests like you. Many times, your friends help you to give recommendations. Having a professional network helps in updating about the upcoming opportunities. Actively participating in different activities makes your resume attractive and chances of getting jobs increase a lot.
- Helps in Job security: Having a postgraduate degree leads to better job security. It can be understood that an educated employee is so important for companies that they are ready to pay bills for employer education. A postgraduate degree works as a shield in your job security in most cases. Preparing for higher education takes hard work and time but that work prepares you for a more fruitful life.
