BBA students and aspirants are often misguided about their career scope. As a BBA graduate and student, the job market is diverse for you. In order to find the best job opportunities, you should start early. 

During your bachelors, you must develop skills demanded by various employers and practice them through part time jobs, or freelance opportunities. However, ensure that what you are practicing is in line with your studies and future career options. 

3 Best Earning Opportunities for BBA Students in Pakistan

In Pakistan, there are three major opportunities that can provide a good foundation to kick start the careers of BBA students. These are, 

1. Social Media Management 

2. Digital Marketing 

3. Virtual Assistance 

Benefits of these jobs, 

1. You can learn these skills more easily 

2. They can give you professional experience that will be highly desired by employers

3. They will expose you to the relevant job market and networks for career growth

Business HND degrees offered by the UK are also highly valued amongst employers. To know more go to Higher National Diploma (HND) In Pakistan; Courses, Scope, and Fee Structure.

Watch a video to help you pick out the right kinds of jobs, and find out the best ways to learn the skills you need!

Let’s Dig Deeper into the 3 best jobs for BBA students 

Social Media Management

Social media management means creating, scheduling, and managing content and communication across multiple social media platforms. 

As a social media manager, you can expect to be responding to customers, creating and designing content, engaging with brand audiences, and designing strategies to increase the digital visibility of your organization. 

For social media management, you must have knowledge of how different apps like Facebook, WhatsApp, linked in, YouTube, and Instagram work. You should not only have knowledge of how different pages are handled, but also of how the algorithms are working, and how social media policies will impact your content. 

Social media management will not only give you skills, but also prepare you for other fields of business management, most importantly digital marketing. 

To learn social media management, you can use sources like YouTube and online courses offered by numerous organizations. You should also read the important documents issued by social media companies to see what the companies are planning with the platforms, and how you can tailor your content and engagement strategies accordingly.

Digital Marketing 

Digital marketing is a popular field these days. From established businesses to start ups,every other organization demands people who can market their products and services across the internet. Digital marketing is the promotion of brands and their products, via the internet. 

Did you know, marketing is one of the highest paid careers in Pakistan!

Digital marketers do a number of tasks for different brands. Their major job is to sell products, while making the brands visible, creating campaigns, advertisements, and strategies to sell a product or service using a wide range of social media platforms. From reel/meme marketing, to email marketing, or social media advertisements, all is a part of the scope of digital marketing. 

Some of the major skills that digital marketers should work on include, 

1. Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

2. Content Creation 

3. Digital Media Analytics 

4. Marketing techniques and strategies 

5. Social Media Marketing

6. Research 

7. Email Marketing 

8. Maintenance of different platforms on google and other social media sites 

As you study business, you will learn about many of these things theoretically as well. However, you will only be good to the market if you demonstrate your knowledge practically as well. For this purpose, you should start learning about digital marketing early on. Right from your first semester, you should start learning about the digital market through online courses or YouTube videos. Then you can start working at small positions as a part time worker with businesses that require these expertise. 

Also read: How to Make University Experience Worth It? 

Virtual Assistant 

Virtual assistance is one of the easiest jobs that you can start early during your business studies. A virtual assistant is a remote employee, who handles administrative tasks for businesses. These tasks could include replying to the customers or clients, maintaining email, record keeping, and scheduling meetings or appointments. 

Many organizations require virtual assistants who can maintain their tasks remotely. To become a virtual assistant, you will need to master the dynamics of emails, social media management, task management software, develop good communication skills, manage time effectively, and have a very responsible nature. 

You can work part time as a virtual assistant, by spending a few hours of your day, working remotely with a business or organization. 

Salary for Beginners in BBA 

As a student who works part time in Pakistan, you will not be earning too much. You will be getting around PKR 20,000 to 40,000 depending upon your employer, and the nature of your job. But, it’s definitely worth your time, because it will place you amongst A listing candidates for jobs after you graduate. 

With these jobs related to your field, you will be building a profile that is likely to get you a job of around PKR 1 lakh when you graduate. Further experience in your field will result in an increased salary over time. 

Tips for Beginners in BBA

If you are overwhelmed by all of the work you need to do in order to find a work opportunity, we’ve got you covered. Here is some advice from our side, 

1. Instead of preferring to work as a freelancer, look for opportunities around yourself. Lots of businesses around you may be looking for someone who can spare a few hours a day and manage some of their tasks. This will not only give you a stable job, but also help you to build a network, which you will really need as a business student. 

2. At the beginning you can watch trusted YouTube videos and learn. 

3. Dedicatedly spend at least 2 hours a day to prepare for a profession or work part time. 

4. Do not confine yourself to theory, use your university and personal experiences to help you apply theory in practicality. 

5. Keep up to date with all the skills you need on the digital end. 

6. Try to be as original and creative at your university projects as you can. 

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