Scope of Technical Jobs
There are different types of jobs for freshers in India. Technical jobs is one such area which is absorbing bulk of the country's fresh talent pool. The country is witnessing a sharp rise in the number of desktop support jobs and digital and microprocessor hardware jobs which are different types of technical jobs. The growth in help desk or desktop support jobs can be attributed to increasing focus of companies on ensuring greater customer satisfaction. These companies provide email ids, websites or toll-free numbers so as to enable the customers to contact whenever required for help desk support. Like help desk jobs, digital and microprocessor hardware jobs in the country are also increasing and hence offering challenging career options to the country's fresh talent pool.

Types of Technical Jobs
There are different types of technical jobs for freshers in India. Young job aspirants may land up with desktop support jobs or digital and microprocessor jobs. It should be kept in mind that based on the organization's nature of business, individuals engaged in desktop support jobs may have to put in extra hours of work. Individuals can also get jobs as customer service representatives, technical sales support, technical support representatives or help desk representatives.

A graduate who wants to land up with digital and microprocessor hardware jobs can find suitable employment in testing of computer based systems, designing of computer-based systems, system architecture and troubleshooting of computer-based systems. The stream also has suitable applications in automation systems, consumer products, military electronics, computer systems and instrumentation.

Eligibility for Technical Jobs
An individual who wants to start his or her professional career as a desktop support representative should have degree in computers. He or she can also earn certificates on specific products or technologies that are usually used at the workplace. Some additional skills that are also required for desktop support jobs include:

• Good communication skill;
• Ability to respond quickly to customers' requests over chat, telephone or email;
• Ability to solve problems by offering viable solutions;
• Deep knowledge of products and technologies;
• Ability to exhibit complex technical information in a simple manner so that the information becomes
• comprehensible for the people from non-technical background.

Freshers who want to join digital and microprocessor hardware jobs should learn the structural design of a typical microprocessor. They should also gain sufficient knowledge on control systems that are based on microprocessors.

Major Companies Offering Technical Jobs
Les Concierges, Wipro BPO Solutions Ltd., Sutherland Global Services Inc., Satyam BPO Ltd., 2Coms Consulting Pvt. Ltd., A Little World, Tech Process Solutions Ltd., SafeNet Infotech Pvt. Ltd., Infosys BPO, IndiaMART InterMESH Ltd., and Infonox Software Pvt. Ltd. are some of the companies offering technical jobs to India's vast pool of fresh talents.

Salary Package Expected
Freshers engaged in technical jobs may get a starting salary somewhere between Rs. 3,000 per month and Rs. 15,000 per month. This again depends upon the organization where the individual is working, the organization's reputation in the market, location of workplace and several other factors. Based on these factors, the compensation package may be less or more than the amount specified.