Today’s youth or the Gen Z, as they call it, does everything to be unique, to be different and to be able to stand out of the crowd. The youngsters have the urge to beat the herd mentality and create your own identity. This lot is much more aware, confident and experimental in their choices, from as small as trying new flavours at a new ice cream joint or as serious as their career. They want to explore the unexplored avalanches and the unpredictability is no more a fear but, the new excitement.
If you belong to this lot and are looking to try your hand on something which is nowhere close to the conventional and is slightly or pretty much ‘hat ke’ then you must read along to explore a variety of options!
Here is a list of careers which may not be able to make you mint the ‘moolah’ instantly. But, if you are a hit then it can definitely be your key to success and job satisfaction, both, which are a rarity together.
Sommelier
If food and drinks tickle your senses and you aim at becoming a connoisseur of it then this career could definitely suit your interest. With the advent of the fine dining culture in both families as well as corporate, there is a good scope for sommeliers or wine stewards in simpler terms. This is a highly skilled job where one needs to study wine and food pairing.
Tattoo Artist
Have an inclination for figurative designs? If art, caricatures draw your hands to them and you don’t think that you can do any regular 9 to 5 work and also, your heart tells you that your designs have a language of their own and have the power to change the world then yes! Tattoos are the new mark of identity. All of you who wish to express themselves with their designs and drawings can flex your fingers away to this creative career!
Fashion Choreographer
Have a thing for fashion and glamour but, enjoy running the show from behind the stage, away from spot light? If yes, then you can combine it all by being a fashion choreographer or catwalk/runway choreographer who designs the whole movement and layout of a fashion show. This is a fun as well as hectic job where you need to have good people as well as event management skills apart from creativity.
Dance therapists
With Yoga making a comeback sorts on the fitness scene there are other form of exercises also being explored with. Dance has been a hobby and a profession for centuries but the use of various dance forms as therapy is the new experiment which is gradually picking up. Various traumatic patients and children in special care are given dance lessons and researches have shown that it improves their chances of cure. So, if you enjoy dance and want to contribute to the society with your art form too then, you can definitely try out being a dance therapist.
Ethical hacker
Ethical hackers, as the name suggests, are those who hack company accounts legally so that the organisations can identify the flaws in their systems and can take measures to rectify them. Ethical hacking, also known and internet security is a well-cut job for those who love to spend hours on computers and have a bug for software.
If you like the concept of living out-of-the-box and by setting the trends than rather following one, then these careers will definitely catch your attention. However, with every new thing comes an experiment and with that comes a risk. These new-age careers may not come with a set guideline or an instruction manual as the conventional ones, but, they definitely have the perks of independence and job satisfaction. So, identify your passion and hit the roads which are a little less travelled!