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| Thakkur, a fresh science graduate, was in the job market for 18 months till he decided to take up a one-year insurance diploma, and automatically landed a job. |
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| At a time when the job market has virtually died down, there are immense number of openings in private insurance companies. It is expected that by 2003 end, new job creations in this sector alone will touch one lakh! |
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| Ten thousand alone in terms of direct employees, close to 50,000 direct agents, well over 20,000 employees to man various brokerage firms, and a host of others required to help other intermediaries like corporate agents, third-party administrators (TPAs), and direct selling agencies. |
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| And this is just the requirement the industry is looking for this year alone! |
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| Over 10 companies in both life and non-life insurance sectors are looking for fresh blood to meet their growing business needs. Even as insurance is not today an academic discipline, it is fast emerging as one. |
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| The Bombay University has engaged a team of ex-insurance personnel to co-ordinate a two-year post-graduate diploma course in insurance management, which will take off shortly. |
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| Many management institutes are eyeing this academic segment as well. Clearly, this is the time for graduates to thinks of pursuing a career in the field of insurance. |
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| Even doctors and chartered accountants are in high demand, but if you are a fresh graduate, your choice of institute might just land you a job. |
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| Take Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, its visiting faculty not only trains, but also recruits the students on completion of the course. |
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| This management institute, whose prime objective is MBA, offers a one-year insurance management development programme as well as a four-month intensive course, aimed to train young graduates and professionals for opportunities in risk management. |
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| With many students completing their graduation and looking at becoming MBAs, management institutions are looking at ways and means to combine an MBA curriculum with a insurance diploma as in the case of Narsee Monjee Institute. |
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