Data Entry in India has developed well mainly due to an extremely efficient fast connection via the Internet for outsourcing requirements. Paper is becoming obsolete and online is the in thing now.
To become a data entry operator one should have any graduate degree or a Diploma. Mostly for data entry operators typing skills and common sense are only the necessity but due to high competition graduates are preferred.
+2 (Higher Secondary students) with any group as the majors can choose to have data entry careers.
There are no specific courses available for data entry careers. Since it involves typing and correction of errors a short or full time course in Linguistics could be an added advantage. More often typing certificate professionals holders are always a welcome to the data entry field.
The typing skills and data entry specific skills are trained by much large scale and by some Small scale private institutions in India.
A person who has completed a course successfully in data entry field has wide opportunities in the following fields
The salary can be from Rs.7, 000 to Rs.12, 000 for freshers and increases with the persons experience and knowledge.
The following website can be browsed to find the positions held by data entry operators in the bpo sector all over India.
Web site link:http://www.bpoindia.org/