Dedication towards work is driven by passion and interest and not through monetary needs. Employees should feel satisfied and get assistance to grow constantly to utilise the time at their workplace productively. For someone who does not aim to work just to make a living, shaping their hobbies into a career is the best way to begin.
Hobbies help us to attain mental and emotional peace and help in the development of social, interpersonal, and creative thinking skills. Students stuck at home during COVID-19 lockdown could utilise this time and polish their interests by enrolling in certified online trainings. If you are fond of doing any of the 3 things mentioned below during leisure time, you can learn these professionally through online trainings.
Learning new languages: Your love for learning new languages has immense potential than just being a hobby. Enrolling in an online training such as the French language training can keep the complexities of learning during lockdown at bay. An official language of 29 countries, learning French can help you get an edge over your peers while applying for higher studies internationally. Through the training, one can learn to read, write, understand, and speak French in their everyday interactions. An in-built speech recognition engine allows you to practice your French-speaking skills and rectify their pronunciation mistakes. The training also features assignments, assessment tests, quizzes, and exciting exercises. After getting certified in French language, you can work in MNCs, import-export houses, embassies, call centres, tourism and hospitality industry, and can take job roles like teaching and translator and interpreter.
Writing: Writing is a therapy for many. Those who love observing, have attention to details, and prefer to express themselves through write-ups instead of words, should enrol in a writing training program to enhance their skillset. Trainings such as creative writing bring out your inner wordsmith and help you polish your short story, novel, features, news-stories, screenplay, advertising, or editing skills. The peer grading feature helps you to receive and give constructive feedback on the writing assignments. Your peers act as your readers and anonymously help you to rectify your mistakes and polish your writing skills. Reading their write-ups strengthens your vocabulary and allows you to explore different writing styles. Individuals professionally skilled in writing can find lucrative jobs in every industry. They can work as copywriter, editor, journalist, speechwriter, technical writer, novelist, story writer, columnist, PR specialist, film critic, and social media specialist in industries such as education, entertainment, food, travel, hospitality, and healthcare.
Capturing moments: The integration of high-resolution cameras in our handsets helped a lot of people discover their passion for photography. Whether you love clicking the beautiful nature around you or have become the official photographer for every college outing, you could sharpen your skills of capturing emotions, storytelling, lighting and colour, framing concepts, and attention to detail by enrolling in an online photography course.
The course gives you a wide understanding of camera and lenses, white balance and exposure triangle parameters, camera metering and focusing, the art of composition and shooting techniques, and image post-processing. Along with a certificate, you also get placement assistance that helps you to find out the right career opportunities for you. After successfully acquiring the title of a certified photographer, one can work as a freelancer for travel, food, entertainment, and other industries, or could find lucrative job opportunities like a film set, pet, portrait, landscape, sports, product, fine art, fashion, architectural, and aerial photographer.
The writer is Sarvesh Agrawal, founder-CEO of Internshala