November 23, 2009

Being part of the demographic aged 18-25, I was once influenced by the change in direction when it came to choosing professions. While most of our parents were accountants and sea men (I was surprised to know that most of the kids my age had accountant mothers and sea-faring fathers—this was an effect of the ages, an economical phenomenon like that which Malcolm Gladwell explained in Outliers ), our generation was offered two more globally relevant industries to thrive in—information technology and nursing.  Our parents enthusiastically urged us to take up nursing or IT in college—and in the blink of an eye, more and more colleges and educational institutions proliferated, boasting of top notch education that promised to bring their students to places, specifically, abroad . There were endless commercials about landing a good job abroad (yes, they had to emphasize overseas work) through taking up courses such as nursing and IT.

See the article here:
Diversified Career Paths: The Derivative of an Evolving BPO Industry