Category: Industry

Career Change – How To Get Into The Fmcg Industry

You are out of work and you’ve been on hundreds of job interviews and no job. You really need to find a job quickly as your savings and finances are slowly dwindling. Unemployment doesn’t cover all your expenses. You simply need to find a job in an industry that you can be certain won’t become depressed. What exactly can this be? You’ve heard the mantra people’s needs will never change. They have to eat, sleep and have somewhere to live. One of these needs fits into the FMCG or fast moving consumer goods industry. So how do you transition to a career in the FMCG? Here are four tips that will help you get a job in a recession proof industry.

Education

If you already have a four year degree, then you are one step ahead of your competition. If not then you will need to get that piece of paper to be able to qualify. You can even get certifications in specific job fields. You may even want to take a workshop or go to a seminar. If it has been a while since you’ve gotten your degree you may want to brush up on a refresher business course to find out the latest business trends and terminology.

Experience

What type of job experience do you have? If you are a new college graduate then you will need to either need an internship or some type experience that will show you are well rounded and can work in a business environment. You need to have some type of referrals to include on your resume’. These cannot all be a personal reference. Keep this in mind during your summer breaks when you aren’t in school. Get a job to get some experience even if it means being a volunteer or a part-time job. If you can get it in a consumer goods field then this will be more relevant and make you one step closer to getting the job.

Network

Who do you know? If you don’t know anyone that might work at Procter and Gamble or Coca- Cola don’t fret. You can put in your resume’ with a recruitment agency and tell them what type of job you are requesting. If you can join an association in your future job field they might be able to help you gain a job. If you are thinking about being a purchasing agent there are associations geared specifically for this area. These organizations will provide job leads and provide tips to help you.

Type of Jobs

There are so many jobs in the fast moving consumer goods industry that you shouldn’t have a problem locating a job. If you have an interest in almost anything that you can think of that is related to the manufacturing, producing, distributing, storing, packaging, and selling of goods and services then you can find a job in this field.

General Mills, Sara Lee, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Nestle’ are all brand names that we all know and love. Anything that you use in your everyday actions on a regular basis are all potential job employers. So the next time you head to the grocery store or walk down the food aisle you are sure to find a company that will hire you as long as you have the experience, educational requirements, and able to get a job interview.

Growth Of The Furniture Industry In India

India is a land of wonderful and marvelous artistic work of wood. The rich handicraft and beautiful traditional attributes of art and design have established a reputation of Indian Furniture Industry in the nation and worldwide. The exceptional designs, rich, compact, and luxurious trends and, not the least, the supreme quality have given elegance to the furniture segment in the traditional as well as modern aspect.

The fast emerging concept of standard lifestyle, interior designing, sense of comfort and architecture has given Furniture Industry an essential ever growing platform and thus empowering the industry to be termed as great manufacturers and exporters of grand quality furniture in terms of art, style, technology and beauty. And of course, globalization and media are also strong factors to give rise to the industry. The strongest factor for this upraise is the huge investment done by the foreign manufacturers and the credit definitely goes to versatile range of products by the industry.

The Indian wooden furniture industry is generating approximately a turnover of Rs 3,500 crore annually. The market of wooden furniture solely owns the share of nearly Rs 60 crore. And as per one of the survey done recently, the industry is expected to grow by 20 percent in coming times.

The marked development of the industry has enhanced the leading foreign brands to budget in their confidence and money in Indian Furniture Industry. The world market now feels pleasure and confident to join hands with Indian Furniture brands, to name few are Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Furniturewala, Zuari, Yantra, Renaissance, N R Jasani & Company, Furniture Concepts, Durian, Kian, Millenium Lifestyles, Truzo, PSL Modular Furniture, BP Ergo, Tangent, Featherlite and Haworth and much more to add to the growth of the industry.

To conclude the vast development and growth of the industry, it can be well quoted that it has infact become a great pride for the nation to hold a magnificent impact for its fine art and marvelous work in furniture all over the world. The future is with too many bright colours of growth miles and miles ahead in terms of unique furniture of all trends to occupy every thought of decorating or renovating the era for decades and decades. Three cheers for the excellent growth of Indian Furniture Industry.