February 15, 2012 10:42 AM GMT
@James Lee sir: In my opinion, the major market is of Compliance and Auditing as more and more the companies are required to become compliant esp. in India. Govt. of India is forcing such stricter laws that to have a due diligence factor a company need to have compliance.
Hence, my simple advice would be to go for a certification of "ISO 27001 Lead Auditor". Self-Study is a good part but the only thing which sells in the market is the one which is shown to the market in a tangible form.
Hence, even if you had done the self study of the same, I will request you to go for the certification exam.
Majority of the people on earth are having specialization in the horizontal one but not in the vertical. So to excel one need to have specialization in some vertical. Since you had been in the industry for a long time, I think Compliance will be the perfect line... Showing due diligence factor by the Board of Directors and the companies is going to become necessary in the coming decade.
Whatever I had mentioned in my previous comments wasn't just the old sage knowledge... instead it was having the hidden meaning of whatever I had said above just now.
Since I am still in a nascent stage I can't comment much on the future prospects. I am able to see currently Indian perspectives only!