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..