DO YOU WANT TO HAVE HIGH JOB OPPORTUNITIES WHEN STUDYING ABROAD?
With studying abroad policies constantly changing and increasingly strict, Vietnamese students also become more careful when selecting their majors. How to have more advantage in applying for a job when studying abroad but also have opportunities to find a job if returning to Vietnam?
We together look following analysis from international HR professionals for the best preparation!
HEALTH CARE
According to a report by The Commonwealth Government, the Australian government will invest heavily in the health care industry for decades, especially for the elderly. The basis of this decision is based on the Australian population projections: better a life expectancy, better environment helps to extend life expectancy rate in Kangaroo country. By 2055, the number of people over 100 years old in Australia will be around 40,000.
The health care industry in Australia is very diverse, not only doctors but also have nurses, aides, pharmacists, family doctors …
In international worldwide, health care is also one of the most caring majors in the world. According to Worldwidelearn, an economy is growing brings to an increase in the need for healthcare. Especially, health care and how to nurturing their babies is the most important concern in their life.
In Health care website, the highest salary for this job is 256,039 USD / year (~ 5 million VND) (A surgery) when working a developed country and the health care assistants receive the lowest salary 37.847 USD/year (~ 755 million VND).
BIG DATA
In the technology era 4.0, the collection, management, and analysis of information (big data) of customers is very important.
“Big data is a revolution for the entire IT industry and it is estimated that startups will earn 300$ to 500$ billion from this industry” – Matt Ocko, co-CEO of Data Collective Fund at San Francisco said.
Experts also calculated, from 2009 to 2020, the data will increase by 4,300% thanks to the expansion of online social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram … If you know how to capture and manage this data well, Business companies will earn huge profits.
There are three disciplines directly related to big data: Software Engineer / Computer Science, Data Engineer, and Data Scientist.
According to Payscale, the average salary for a data engineer in Australia is nearly 1.8 billion VND / year, while the data scientist is about 2.8 billion VND / year.
Simulation diagram of the industry’s roles and skills related to big data. – Source: Datasciencecentral
GROUP OF SCIENCE – TECHNOLOGY – ENGINEERINGS – MATHEMATICS (STEM)
When the economic and financial sectors become massively and saturated with resources, the scientific bloc naturally comes to the throne. STEM is a compound word of four disciplines: Science (science), Technology (technology), Engineering (engineering) and Mathematics (mathematics). Computer Science is also included in this complex (esa.doc.gov).
People working in the STEM industry (STEM worker) are understood to have specialized knowledge in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Their work is often related or processed on computers and equivalent tools.
According to the Georgetown Public Policy Institute, STEM is one of the most flourishing areas in the United States. It is forecasted that by 2020, the number of new majors in the STEM group will increase by 26% compared to 2010, behind the health care sector (31%).
In terms of career opportunities, STEM workers are the group with the lowest unemployment rate compared to other industries (esa.doc.gov). STEM workers’ salaries compared to other industries are also more prominent
Typical academic disciplines of STEM are forecast to have strong growth in the number of employees and related projects in the period of 2012 – 2022. – Source: bls.gov
