With the economy showing an upward trajectory and new avenues of business opening up, there are new kinds of jobs on the anvil, which nobody had imagined just a few years ago.

All thanks to technological boom the world over that India has got hooked on to in recent years.

E-commerce segment is part of the Indian economy for more than 15 years now, but the real impact on people’s lives as well as on the country’s economy on a big level is only coming into the picture right now.

In fact the last couple of years has been massively instrumental in waking up e-commerce from the slumber it was in. The growth of online shopping giants like Flipkart, Snapdeal, Amazon, etc. have been testimonial to the potential that this segment has to offer in terms of business activity.

What’s important to note is that these companies are not run on an auto-pilot mode, but need huge manpower for them to function seamlessly.

Obviously, some of the senior and middle-management guys are hired from existing organizations who had an experience of selling in retail, but a lot of openings are there in junior segment and that’s why a very new kind of skill set is required to deal with a new kind of an industry.

The kinds of jobs that are on the anvil are generally called e-commerce executives:

UI/UX Developers:

These developers are in great demand to create web-based applications as well we apps for smart phones that can make the end user experience extremely smooth and easy while being business friendly as well.

Interaction Designers:

These guys basically plan the complete flow of the website so that the organization can keep a track of the customer’s preferences, sales, gathering data etc.

E-commerce Merchandising Specialists:

To attract new customers, the website needs to look a certain way and the products need to be displayed in a manner that makes a potential customer visit the site. This is the job of these specialists to ensure an e-commerce site gets maximum eyeballs!

Digital Marketers:

Website is on, running smoothly, displaying great products, but what if no one knows about it? That’s where digital marketers pitch in by advertising and marketing about the e-commerce site at different platforms.

Content Writers:

Whatever you see written on the e-commerce website is written by someone and they are called content writers. They are more and more in demand since the number of active websites is on a steady rise!

These are all related to the website or applications, but there is more to e-commerce than just online activity. Offline, logistics department is in place to manage the orders to ensure timely delivery. Then there are customer care centres to handle customer queries and solve their problems. A finance department is required to handle the transactions taking place apart from a sound technical department to ensure the entire activity of uploading a website till the product gets delivered and payment collected goes on without a single hitch!

E-commerce space has definitely created a huge platform for jobs of various kinds and those who don’t even have experience can get something to do in such an organization. As per estimates, this is going to become almost a Rs. 50,000 crore industry by 2016! Go figure!

Grab your resumes and rush for these companies. They are always in need of skilled and educated manpower with their ever-expanding businesses!

Good Luck!

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How would it be if you get to know that the founders of Rediff.com, Zivame, Snapdeal, Reliance and even Infosys are there to guide you personally into their experiences as entrepreneurs.

Who can be better people to guide you into the world of start-ups and what all you need to learn before venturing into doing something of your own and building a company that you can call yours?

This is what happened at the Bangalore Literature Festival in the month of February this year that comprised of top authors, artistes and speakers for around 24 panels and more than approximate 20,000 attendees for three whole days with topics ranging from politics to Bollywood to music and even entrepreneurship and the steps to building a successful start-up company.

So let’s have a look at the lessons that you can take away from this event:

You don’t need to plan to be an entrepreneur; you can be an accidental one

With many it has been true that they have stumbled upon a great idea of entrepreneurship and have then implemented their idea to become accidental entrepreneurs, only because of their will power, determination and conviction or maybe because of some external stimuli that comes in the form of a given situation which leaves you with no other option other than starting up something new.

idea

Idea need not be gizmo-related or a mapped out area

It is not true that all start-ups are somehow related to technological advancements, they can very well be a completely unchartered area, which nobody has explored so far. Something which is entirely original and comes from a deep insight and social, economic or environmental thought is much welcomed in the start-up scenario.

Un chartered area

Continuous Evolved Learning is the Key

Identifying what can be a good idea for an entrepreneurial venture and continuing with learning procedures to solve difficult situations and having new ideas is the key to the unaltered growth of your company.  You may also have to unlearn in some situations and be imaginative in your approach as you have to show how you are different than your competitors otherwise you can never have the selling benefit.

Continuous evolving

Execute What You Plan

You can have several ideas related to creating the products and services in the company, but the real task that will daunt on you is when you think of its execution, that requires knowledge of the finances needed to pull off the task, your knowhow on how to carry off the operation and the team work. You would need to carry out a lot of experimentation, management of different projects and their step-by-step planning.

Plan Execution

Failure Is Actually the Stepping Stone to Success

When Thomas Edison failed 999 times while lighting a bulb, he claimed that not only did he finally succeed after a lot of trials and experimentation, but he also came to know 999 ways in which a bulb cannot be lighted. Isn’t it inspiring enough?

Failure lets you have the chance to comprehend and understand your mistakes in ideas and execution and certain insights into the operational functionalities of your company. You cannot learn from anything more than what you can learn through failures. The skills and knowledge you acquire along the way will lead you to not only bounce back with double the energy and passion but may also be valued enough by another company, maybe in the country or abroad.

Failure is success

The Fest taught that a start-up needs bright perspectives which you have fostered throughout till your present age and also perseverance and persistence that will help you keep through all your ordeals and get your work done despite rejections and adversities. You need to be flexible to create new things if your old ideas don’t work in certain circumstances.

The Fest witnessed around 60 speakers from ‘Easy Money’ book’s author, Vivek Kaul to Reliance Retail CEO, Damodar Mall and Snapdeal Co-Founder, Kunal Bahl to Infosys Co-Founder, N.R. Narayana Murthy.

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