With so much happening around every person from every walk of life, one would believe that risk management career is the best option for a recent graduate. But that is not entirely true. Agreed that risk management roles today are more value adding, more respected and more sought after compared to these same roles a few years ago. But the recent events don’t make these the best job options a person has. The candidate should continue to evaluate his interest in economy, finance and the corporate world and other options such as science, medicine, engineering etc. Risk management careers involve a deep thought process to manage an organisation. The business skills develop as the user gains experience and learns different facets of the business. That is why success in risk management roles does not come instantly on learning from the books, but rather from experience that is deep rooted in the business and then application of the knowledge in practical settings. Once a person has decided on this career path, then the options are plenty. From being a purely quantitative person and doing things like stress testing, data valuation, model developments, market risk, portfolio analytics to a person who gets into credit risk, operational risk, compliance risk, regulatory compliance etc. The options are many and the learning is steep, but the career is personally rewarding from job satisfaction perspective as long as the person is willing to shift job roles within the overall risk management space.