Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Uncertainty


currently i am dealing with uncertainty .. well i know that all of us are.. but it 3:50 am and the thoughts are swirling in my mind as to whether what is in store for me tomorrow.. some people in authority will decide my fate and i don't think that even i will have a say in it.. is it fair.. hmm.. well, in this case it might be cos i should have been cautious and got things sorted out before hand only rather than ranting down my feelings on this blog at this unearthly time (not as per IIM standards though).. people say tht i am impatient.. yes, i am and get tensed very soon.. but somehow i dun like when other people gets tensed specially when my girlfriend does.. i think that she should control herself more and take charge of the situation.. do i live up to my teachings?? well, i think i do.. wat to say more.. as of now after writing these many lines i am feeling a little light at heart thought still want to continue writing it.. okie.. now lets tell some inner thoughts (as if i have not been doing so till now).. somehow i feel i that i can understand a person very well and understand what a person is upto or what prompted him to say such a thing.. when i went on exchange one of my colleague has this habit of lying on face and thinks that we are dumb enough to believe in his lies.. whola.. he wants to be a consultant but i woudl suggest him to become a trader/sales person at wall-street as am sure he can back-stab anyone and being a glib talker can easily sell things very easily.. its always "I" for him and never we.. I am going to do this.. i am going to do that.. and yeah continuously trying to pretend as if he is the master and know it all attitude.. sometimes he would like to act dumb via acting smart.. for eg.. he would have already planned a trip but when he will say that " I haven't decided yet and will do on the spot".. now he is trying to show that he is like tht smart guy who can carry on the things at last moment and come thru it.. though soundin like a dumb guy as he has not planned anythin.. dunno why people try to act like this two-faced bastard.. anyways.. have just got some good pdf files to read.. so will do so and not take much of internet space..

PS: Just remembered that we all have been voted Time Person of the year for 2006.. can we use it as a bullet point in our CV?? hehe..

Friday, July 28, 2006

how to decide as to what to look for??

hey ppl out there reading this.. wat u think shud a person with no work-ex do.. how does he chooses as to which job profile suits him.. should he look as to which subjects he likes studying and enjoys it ( it may be because of his background or his level of comfortability with the area).. or suppose a person got a small internship of say two months to work and has enjoyed the work but the related subjects to that area are the ones he is not interested in studying, though he may still enjoy the work..

lets take a hypothetical example: A student from a commerce background enters a B-school.. he enjoys fin subjects as they are his area of comfort and he enjoys studying them too.. till date he has had no work-ex and is straight out of college.. he doesn't have any big dreams or so but want to work to his full potential and can take up any challenges thrown to him by life.. now in due course of his post grad he gets a chance to do an internship and he lands up in a project involving sales and marketing .. he takes it up, enjoys his internship and puts a lot of effort in the project.. now he comes back to campus for his next one year of study.. its time for him to choose his specialisation.. since he was very much interested in fin subjects, he laps up mostly all fin courses offered cos in earlier terms he has studied marketing and realised that marketing is an inherent thing and can't be taught in a classroom scenario..

all is goin fine when one day suddenly someone asks him as to what is his dream company?.. he is puzzled, confused, totally clueless as to wat he shud say.. so he decides he will think over it.. now followin are the dilemmas he is facing:

  1. Would a finance job would be liked by him just because he likes fin subjects?
  2. Even if a fin job is one he would like to go for, which kind of role would suit him?
  3. What if after entering a finance job he realises that this is not the kind of job he can do rest of his life, and thus decides to take a sales/marketing position based on his summers experience. Would he be easily able to switch over?
  4. What all should be looked in while choosing a dream company or a dream job?
These are some of the concerns and may be he has to decide soon for this thing.. wat do he do.. how does he get a hold on it.. lets see.. proactively seekin advice might help..