What to do after +2?

2. Gaining Soft Skills – Public Speaking, Communication, Time Management, etc

• Upskilling yourself is the best thing to do after +2. This will help you a lot in your career. 
• Learn basic soft skills like public speaking, communication, time management, and foreign language or Music.  
• Explore your creativity, and explore what can interest you and what does not.  
• Skills can also make you money if you can monetize them smartly. You can work as a freelancer, having more Skills means having more opportunities. 
• These are the skills that can help you grow as a person. Learning new things is the cornerstone of self-development.
• Gaining new skills will also help you while applying for new jobs. As you can add your skills to your CV and make it look better.
• Learning new things can also be taken as an exercise for your brain as your learning speed increases. For example: The more you start learning new things the more you want to learn about them. 
• After gathering new skills your mindset will change, and you will have different opinions about things you didn’t know about before. Also knowing certain skills can boost your confidence level. 
• And gaining new skills like communication or public speaking can also help you build your career in it if you are interested. 
• Learning soft skills isn’t that tough. You can even learn from youtube for free.
• But if you want to learn with a proper curriculum and structured course, you can use e-learning platforms like Udemy, Skillshare, and Digital Gurkha. 

3. Gaining Hard Skills – Digital Marketing, Sales, coding

• Hard skills refer to those skills used in a professional setting to fulfil certain business objectives.
• Learning hard skills like digital marketing, sales, and coding can help you the most in your career.  
• It will increase your productivity and efficiency while working and studying. You can also monetize these kinds of skills very easily. 
• After learning these kinds of hard skills you can build a good portfolio and start working. 
• Taking these early courses can help you understand the field and work in it as a freelancer or job holder or start something of your own. 
• Learn the skill in which you are interested and want to build your career.
• If you think your choice of career does not require any hard skills then you might be wrong.   
• Because every career, business, and field requires sales knowledge, marketing knowledge, and some technical knowledge.     
• And yes this kind of hard skill can be taken by everyone but it might be a little tough to master. 
• If you are interested in starting your own business, learning hard skills like digital marketing, sales, and coding skills can help you a lot. 
• You can gain the skills that you are interested in but some skills like finance and investment are something that everyone should know at an early stage.
• You can learn hard skills like Digital Marketing from different institutes in Nepal that provide physical plus online classes. 
• Digital Gurkha is one of the most renowned platforms to learn Digital Marketing in Nepal. It provides onsite and online courses for digital marketing enthusiasts at a good price.

Also Read: Digital Marketing in Nepal | A Complete Guide

4. Preparation Classes – Dr, Er, Abroad 

• You can also take preparation classes for abroad studies like IELTS and PTE to pursue your higher studies. 
• But if you want to study in Nepal you can also join other preparation classes.
• If you want to pursue BBA in your bachelor you can join CMAT preparation classes. But only if you are applying for TU which is Tribhubhan University or KUMAT for KU which is for Kathmandu University.
• If you want to pursue your career in the medical field, you can take MBBS test preparation classes and if you are interested in accounts and finance you can take CA preparation classes. 
• These kinds of test preparation classes will help you in the entrance exams of your desired field and open your path for further studies in the particular course. 

5. Attend Events – Counselling, Groups, etc. 

• Many consultancies and colleges frequently keep organizing events for students, you can also join in it. 
• This will help you be open to more options, gather more knowledge about the topics, and get answers to your questions.
• Counseling can be very helpful especially when you are confused. 
• When there is a person who has more experience than you, he/she can make things easily understandable for you. 
• You can also join Facebook groups that are related to +2 students and listen to their views and thoughts and also talk about yours. This will help you clear your thoughts. 
• To find the events that are happening in Nepal you can go to websites like Events in NepalUpcoming Events | Event Nepal and Kathmandu, Nepal Events & Things To Do | Eventbrite where you can find events that are happening near you, inside Kathmandu, and Nepal.

6. Apprenticeship & Internship 

• One of the best things to do after +2 is to start an internship or apprenticeship. 
• Because you will get to learn many things being an apprentice or an intern since you will get to work under someone.
• And not having much experience does not matter much when applying for an apprenticeship and internship.
• You might not be earning much during this period but you will get to learn a lot and gain experience.
• You will also gain a network and you will build good connections with the people. 
• You will also get to learn how a corporate office works, how things run in an office, and many more.

How to choose your degree/college?

1. Explore what you love 

• Learn, study, and research different fields or topics and see what grabs your interest. 
• Start exploring, remember what you loved to do, and imagine yourself in the position where you want to be, think if that is something that you want to do.
• Gather some knowledge about how a  business works, how investing, paying taxes, and finance work. 
• Because whichever field or career you choose these are the things you need to know and will help you grow in your career. 
• You can use different tools to determine what career you want to choose such as O*NET Interest Profiler at My Next Move, Skills Matcher | Careers | CareerOneStop, and you can also do a simple test like SWOT analysis to analyze your strengths and weakness.

2. Consult with Seniors

• Consult with your seniors or with someone who has much more experience than you.
• This is because they can suggest to you many things, and they can teach you from their mistakes. 
• You can learn from their experience, what they did, and how it went for them. This will help you not repeat their mistakes and do what worked for them.  
• Since your seniors have already been in your place and done the things you did, they can say a lot from their experience and give good advice.

3. Research and Compare

• Research and compare different colleges, what can they offer you, and what will be the best for you. 
• Research their curriculum and courses then compare them to other colleges and choose what gives you more value. 
• While researching you can also come across many other degrees or colleges, which you might like. So take your time and do your research to get the best out of all. 

Conclusion

One of the most confusing times of your life can be pretty easy if you can do the proper research on different career options available from different platforms and sources. 

You should not rely on one source of information. Explore different ways of researching that will help you find the right career for you and grow you as a person too.

To know what to do you should also work on yourself first, and explore your interests and hobbies. Because even if you are interested in something you need proper research on that topic to start your career in it.