BENGALURU: Changing careers have become a trend today and holding one job in a professional lifetime is something not among the job planning list anymore. Totally different from the previous generation where employees stick to a job in the same company for decades, the new generation climbs the career building ladder as fast as possible by changing jobs or even the same career industry. The positive side of the practice is that, it is not a negative remark anymore. Currently, employees can switch from one job to another without much hardships or difficulty. Though some popular second careers require specific degree and experience, there are ample of roles where people with variety of working backgrounds can have their foot cemented into the new job. Given below, are the six high paying job options employees can try for, as stated by TheMuse.com.

Data Scientist

Data science, which is relatively a new title and function, is a broad one including data engineering, data research, data visualization, and many more. This can offer a decent chance to job seekers as most of the job backgrounds relate to the field in some way or the other, even if the employees have engineering major, a former graphic designer or someone on the business side who’s taken an interest in data analytics. Choosing carefully the role that best suites you in the analytics field can offer a good salary as well as a strong career growth since the job field itself has just started walking. Employees are expected to know about what they are delivering to the company along with having backgrounds to support their ideas. For better results employees can seek help from bootcamps, part-time classes or workshops.

The average salary trend in the field stands between a healthy $76K and $118K. 

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