Job After BCA

India has witnessed the emergence of the IT sector probably like no other country in the world which has created a plethora of job opportunities for BCA graduates, especially in the past decade or two. There are several leading IT companies which offers lucrative job opportunities to the BCA graduates with a more than handsome salary packages.

BCA salary in India depends upon the industries, the BCA graduates are working for. BCA holders who get the job in IT segments like software Services, Business Process Management (BPM/BPO), engineering services and computer hardware, their salary ranges between 18,000-25,000 INR per month after you complete a short training.

BCA (Bachelors of Computer Application) degree holders can expect their salary starting from Rs.12000/- per month just after their graduation. The highest salary paid to BCA graduates is Rs.15000/- to Rs.18000/- per month. If a candidate has done further MCA degree or goes for a specialization in a computer programming language like JAVA, Oracle, C++, after BCA graduation, they get a salary around Rs.25,000/- per month

TOP COMPANIES FOR BCA GRADUATE

1. Deloitte
2. TCS - Tata Consultancy Services
3. Infosys
4. Capgemini
5. Wipro
6. Accenture
7. Syntel
8. Aricent
9. Cognizant
10. Infosys

HOW TO APPLY

There are two ways that brings you in a interview-

1) On-campus- These placement or recruitment activities are held on the campus of the college or institute you are studying in. The college invites the best companies and companies that have official partnerships with to come and interview students to gauge their potential as future employees. Companies may use their own form of the interview process. Post the interviews, they make selections, and sometimes even offer jobs and salary figures.

2) Off-campus- This is where you, as an individual, will seek employment on your own. It is completely up to you to get yourself placed in a company after you have finished your education. You have to take a lot of effort but you are a lot more in control of your employment. Many students resort to this type of placement after theyve failed to get an on-campus placement. Sometimes, students may get help from their college placement cell, but this help comes in the form of only providing contacts.

MCA AFTER BCA

Another popular choice about courses after BCA is pursuing an MCA (Master of Computer Applications) and specialize further in their domain. It provides you with the necessary skills and knowledge to become an IT professional. MCA is one of the preferred courses after BCA.

Career Prospects

After doing an MCA, you can apply for roles related to software development in various companies. Some of the roles are as follows:

• Software Engineer
• Network Engineer
• Full Stack Web-Developer
• Database Administrator
• DevOps Engineer
• System analyst

For some of the technical roles, you might have to learn additional skills. For example, if you want to go into app development after MCA, you’ll have to learn about UI, UX, and OS-specific development ( Android, Linux, or iOS) as well. It is one of the most favourite career options after BCA for most of the BCA Students.

Best College for MCA

You can get an MCA degree through tech universities and colleges. Some of the prominent colleges offering MCA programs are:

• NIT, Tiruchirapalli
• JNU, New Delhi
• NIT, Warangal
• Chandigarh University, Chandigarh

MCA Salary Range in India

MCA student will fetch anywhere between Rs. 1,80,000 p.a to Rs. 24,00,000 p.a. Totally depends on your networking and communication skills (by networking I mean networking with peers / alumni and definitely not the subject), knowledge of technology, your problem solving skills pertaining to complex system design and data structure/algorithms.

MBA(Master of Business Administration) AFTER BCA

One of the most popular career options after BCA is getting an MBA degree. Master of Business Administration covers a variety of topics related to management, organization, human resources, finances, and other critical business areas. This field is different from the tech sector, but it surely has its advantages.

Career Prospects

After doing an MBA, you can enter the management sector and apply for leadership roles in different companies. Depending on your specialization, you can apply for management roles in particular areas of organizations. For example, if you specialize in IT, you can become an IT Manager or IT Governance Executive. It is one of the best career options after BCA.

MBA is the most popular course available for students & one of the best courses after BCA. A prominent advantage of getting an MBA is the lucrative pay its job roles offer. Freshers with an MBA in India earn an average salary of 7 lakh per annum, which is substantially higher than many other specializations.

Some of the highest-paying jobs in this field are Investment Banker, Business Consultant, Management Consultant, Marketing Manager, and Project Manager.

How to Enter This Field

There are multiple methods of getting an MBA. You can apply to different management schools in the country, including IIMs and private universities. To apply, you’ll have to sit in the Common Admission Test (CAT in short), the entrance exam for management degrees.

MBA Salary Range in India

According to payscale, the average salary of MBA graduates is 7.2 LPA in India and i can go up to 22LPA

Government Sector After BCA

A BCA degree opens up various opportunities in various Government sectors like a bank, defence etc. There are several exams which are conducted for entry into these Government sectors like UPSC CDSE, UPSC, SSC CGL, SSC etc. These are all graduate-level entrance exams where only BCA degree holders can apply for.

Profiles for Job

MCA degree programme gives candidates an opportunity to work as a professional with different job roles. Each role required different skills and responsibilities. The candidate can choose the job role based on the area of their expertise and interest. Its all up to you what you choose you have plenty of options. Some of the job roles for an MCA passed out candidates is listed below:

Job roles:

1)Software Developer

As a software developer, you would have a central role in building, testing, installing, and maintaining software systems for your clients. You would apply your analytical prowess and problem-solving techniques to meet the specific needs of a business or customer. Software developers are as much engaged in recommending upgradations in existing programs than they are in making all the application system pieces work together.

2)Web Designer/Developer

As a software developer, you would have a central role in building, testing, installing, and maintaining software systems for your clients. You would apply your analytical prowess and problem-solving techniques to meet the specific needs of a business or customer. Software developers are as much engaged in recommending upgradations in existing programs than they are in making all the application system pieces work together.

3)Database Engineer

As a database administrator or engineer, you would be tasked with creating and managing databases, which store and organize data. Besides building new databases, you would also configure existing systems and ensure that everything remains functional. Typically, database job openings require a sound working knowledge of SQL and analytics.

4)Cloud Architect

If you decide to go for a career in cloud technologies, you would be handling massive amounts of data. And your primary duties would be to design, develop, and maintain remotely located servers that house this data.

5)Network Engineer

A network engineer is a technology professional who is highly skilled in maintaining the connectivity of networks in terms of data, voice, calls, videos and wireless network services. These network engineers are also referred to as network architects.

6)Quality Assurance Analyst

As a quality assurance analyst, you use your logical ability and reasoning skills to evaluate IT systems. QA analysts are individuals who can identify the strengths and weaknesses of software, devise innovative solutions, and communicate them effectively to the relevant teams throughout the development life cycle.

7)Testing Engineer

A test engineer is a professional who determines how to create a process that would best test a particular product in manufacturing and related disciplines, in order to assure that the product meets applicable specifications.

8)Technical Writer

A technical writer is a professional information communicator whose task is to transfer information between two or more parties, through any medium that best facilitates the transfer and comprehension of the information. Technical writers research and create information through a variety of delivery media.

9)Data Scientist

A Data Scientist’s role combines computer science, statistics, and mathematics. They analyze, process, and model data then interpret the results to create actionable plans for companies and other organizations.
Data scientists are analytical experts who utilize their skills in both technology and social science to find trends and manage data. They use industry knowledge, contextual understanding, skepticism of existing assumptions – to uncover solutions to business challenges.

These are some popular job profiles for a MCA student For more option just Search on google.

On-Campus Off-Campus Placement

There are mainly two types of campus placements – On Campus Placement and Off-Campus.

On-Campus Placement

In these placements, college invites several companies to their campuses to recruit students studying in that college. After analyzing different skills being taught by the college and the CV, company sets some criteria to qualify in several rounds and finally get a job in that company. Students who fulfil all the criteria and qualify in each and every round get selected.

Some advantages of On-Campus placement

1)In on-campus placement, only the students who study in that particular college compete with each other. So there are more chances of you to get hired.

2)Mostly college negotiates with the companies in terms of packages, date and time of the recruitment.

3)The Training and Placement Cell of the college prepares a list of companies to invite in a particular year. The Training and Placement Cell also inform their students in advance that which company is coming on that particular day. Students just have to go there in perform well.

Off-Campus Placement

If companies are not coming in your college and you are worried about your job or you are looking for an product based company then Off-Campus placement is the best and only way to get Job in your Dream Company.
In these placements, individual himself approach several companies. Individual has to really at par with his skills . If the individual has some work experience, it matters a lot. Keep in mind that Competition is high in Off-Campus Placement, candidates from different regions participate to compete against you. If you are skilled enough and your CS fundamentals are strong then it's easy to get a Job through Off-Campus.

How to apply Off-Campus

1)Careers Page

Almost every company has a career page where they post all their job openings. Regularly check the career page and apply for a suitable job opening.

2)Job Referrals

Employee referral is an internal method for finding job candidates.
employee referral is a structured program that companies and organizations use to find talented people by asking their existing employees to recommend candidates from their existing networks.
Tip--> Create a linkedIn account follow the peaople who are working in company which you want, Find job openings when you get any lead then just directly send message the employee of that company include describe yourself, what you want and also attach your resume with it.if your resume is good enough then chance is very high of getting referral.

3)Hiring Challenges

Many companies host hiring challenges on platforms like HackerRank, HackerEarth, TechGig, etc. Most popular formats of such hiring challenges:

• DSA coding questions
• DSA coding questions along with MCQs on CS concepts.
• Development challenges

Take part in these challenges and try to get a good rank. If you do well, you can get an interview call from the company.

4)Talk to a Recruiter

Recruiters are people who either hire for their companies or for some other companies. It makes a lot of sense to directly reach out to them if you are looking for a job at companies that they are associated with.
Building a good LinkedIn profile can help you a lot in that.

Top Companies for MCA Students

Top Product Based Companies(Tech Giants)

1. Adobe
2. Google
3. Microsoft
4. Amazon
5. Samsung
6. Facebook
7. SAP
8. VMware
9. Amdocs
10. Intel

Popular Startup

1. Paytm
2. CRED
3. Swiggy
4. Practo
5. Ola

Top Service Based Companies

1. Tata Consultancy service(TCS)
2. Infosys
3. HCL Technologies
4. Wipro
5. Accenture
6. Mphasis
7. Hyperlink InfoSystem
8. Capgemini India Pvt ltd
9. Cognizant
10. Aricent

Government Job After MCA

Apart from private jobs, there are various government jobs available for MCA passed out candidates. Those who wish to apply for government jobs after MCA must check for government job openings. The list of government jobs after MCA is given below:

Organisation	Job Role	Salary (Per Month)
Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited (BECIL)	Consultant	Rs.35,000 – 45,000/-
NIC, Government of India	Programmer	Rs 35,000
Government of Haryana	Senior System Analyst	Rs 35,000
Public Sector Banks	IT Officer	Rs 35,000