By Aaditya Malhotra |
When I planned to pursue Political Science as my majors, I always thought of two career options: Civil Service and Academia. There is a generalised notion that if you are a student of Political Science, or for that matter any Social Science, you have to become either a Civil Servant or a Professor, not to mention that the only other option is to listen your rishtedaars rant about your career choice!
However, when I started studying at Hindu College, and when I joined Abhyas, I learnt that the stereotypical jobs which the society offers to me is just the tip of the iceberg. When I jumped into the sea, I saw a plethora of other opportunities which exist.
Before coming to what these job opportunities are, allow me to elaborate the skills, both unique and general, a student of Political Science develops while studying the subject.
First of many is the ability of critically analysis. Political Science requires its reader to read between the lines. Be it Hobbes or Marx, you won’t understand anything without analysing what the author wants to say. Secondly, a student of Political Science is most tolerable. He will listen to all your arguments before coming up with his own. He will read the same author with different perspectives, and will come to his own conclusion. This brings me to the other skill, the skill of research: the student will have to research a lot in order to do justice to the subject. And all these conclude in one trait which every student of Political Science will essentially develop: innovation. In the 21st century, prospective employers look for innovative minds more than anything. All companies have engineers and managers, but not all companies have innovators. When a company faces competition from other companies, it requires something unique to win, and that is what the innovators bring.
More and more companies are hiring Humanities students as interns for this reason. Employers understand that they will be benefited from the unique skills a Humanities student has. The profiles are innumerable: research analyst, content writer, data collection, customer behaviour, lobbyist professionals, law, public relations, human resource
management, so on and so forth. With this, comes the problem of choosing what fits you well: and this is why internships are important for students of Political Science. Apart from earning your pocket money (if you are lucky enough), you will gain valuable experience and get to know the profile in which you fit well. From now on, whenever your extended family members ask you as to what you plan to do, tell them you are innovating, and tell them you are a proud student of Political Science.
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