Choosing commerce in 12th opens up lots of bright future options after its completion and the
career path leads to gaining high-salaried jobs opening up diverse areas in particular fields
like finance, accounting, and economics. Commerce students after pursuing a different course
like BCom, MCom, BBA, B.Econ, etc., commerce students pursue various career options that
lead to their journey toward other career options.
Different Courses after 12th –
A person who pursues BCom gets the opportunity to engage in various career paths like
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Business Accounting and Taxation (BAT) – offering jobs
like tax consultant, company law assistant, accountant executive, etc.; Certified Management
Accountant (CMA), US Certified Public Accounting (CPA), Financial Risk Manager (FRM) –
the one responsible for analyzing the market and providing strong recommendations to
business tycoons as well as individuals and help them in dealing with any kind of financial
crisis; Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Digital Marketing, etc.
Within BCom also comes a set of different course options like BCom (General), BCom
Marketing, BCom tourism, and travel management (courses without mathematics)
further, offer a different set of career options. Whereas a person who opts for MCom gets the
opportunity to engage in career paths like an Investment Banker, Tax Consultant, Financial
Analyst, Operations, Manager, Chartered Accountant, etc. Other than this there always lies an
option to switch one’s career and the courses can be BA, BA LLB, DEd, BDes in design, etc.
Career options –
The variety of career options and exposure present related to the commerce-related courses
after the 12th are as follows :
- Chartered Accountancy (CA) – This is a prestigious course granted to accounting
professionals and they become experts in taxation, tax laws, auditing, corporate law,
and business law the qualifying professionals are offered various career options with
the post of chartered accountant such as Treasury, Tax Audit, Internal Audit,
Forensic Auditing, Statutory Audit, Finance Controller, Management Consulting, etc. - Company Secretary (CS) – Students who are more inclined towards theory-related
courses like law opt for this course and these generally come under ICSI. The
professionals under this type of legal path generally deal with agreements and legal
purposes in the company and usually achieve senior-level positions in large corporate
firms i.e. get careers in Due Diligence, Project Planning, Capital Market and
Investor Relations, Foreign collaborations, etc. A cost and Management Accountant is
another field that is very similar to CA as well as CS and the students have to go
through different levels to clear it. - Mass Communication and Journalism – Students who prefer to see themselves
oriented toward the fields of media houses, content creation, delivery, public relations,
event management, corporate communication, etc. The career options that originate
the study of this particular field consists of sales managers, marketing managers,
finance manager (the one who plays a vital role in making sound financial decisions
for the company as well as has good leadership qualities while providing apt direction
to their team), Project Manager, Material Manager (the one who is responsible for
basically managing storage, supplies, and procurement of materials), HR Manager,
Business Consultants, Strategic Managers (the ones who help people sort their career
issues), etc. - Corporate Entrepreneurship – The professionals under this particular career path
are usually a part of a large-level organization & focused on developing new ideas as
well as helping the company in its growth and making it more competitive in the
market. It’s done with the help of creating new business models, and services as well
as installing new products and helping the company in maintaining a strong positive
image in the market. - Salary Variation – Depending on the different types of courses, qualifications the salary of professionals lying in the
different posts also vary like a person who has done BCom is salaried within a range of 5
lakhs per annum to 10 lakhs per annum on average depending upon the post (which ranges
as auditor, tax consultant, business analyst, etc.) whereas a person who has done MCom is
salaried within a range of 8 lakhs per annum to 16 lakhs per annum on average depending
upon the post (which ranges from an investment banker, CA, etc.).
Among Indian students, commerce is a very popular stream that offers a very vast variety of
career options and that too very well paid. People who want to be a part of the corporate
world, are highly interested in business politics and directly deal with the market are the
perfect match for this particular field.
