Factors affecting commerce as a career choice

What is commerce all about? What factors should my decision of opting commerce be based upon.

Commerce is all about comprehension of business or trade. It deals with study of market, economics, accounts, financial policies, industrial policies and so on. Commerce involves wide range of interdisciplinary branches such as accountancy, finance, economics, business administration, marketing, e-commerce, advertisement, management and a lot more.

To make a significant career in this field you need to be good with numbers, inclination towards the corporate world, accounts and business, then you can take up commerce for sure. In addition to this, you must focus on the following:

-Good communication skills: Fluent spoken English is very important with globalisation taking place in every industry.
- Technical knowledge
- Good with numbers and calculation
- Team work
- Good leadership skills, should be able to manage the team
- You should also be a good decision maker
- Good managerial and organizational skills
- Logical thinking
- Accuracy
- You must be hard working and flexible with idea of working for long hours(8-12 hours per day)
- Readiness and willingness to learn new things, technologies, methodologies to bring about a change in the work environment.
- You must also be able to analyse the numerical data, make flowcharts and statiscal reports etc.
- Planning and implementation ability is also a critical trait you must possess.
- Good knowledge of economics and investments.
- Sound knowledge of management and general marketing