Readers,
A warm welcome to you all thank you for tuning in, the Blog this time around is a very simple read but a must if you are considering to take up the next stage of your career or shaping the future of your Brothers/sisters/sons daughters or anybody for that matter.
Okay ladies and gentlemen before we go ahead and try to discuss the subtle details of a very sensitive issue of career choice, please try and understand the disclaimer: Like mileage of your car, careers,studies, jobs depend on multiple factors - few tangible and most of them Intangible. So feel free to compare and judge the thoughts described according to the situation and environment applicable.
So down to dirty truth is that in not upper class Indian society, from whcih most of my circle belongs, we suffer from a deadly disease. Disease of mindless untouchability against innovation. I hope i am not confronted at wrong angle but where do you find a pharmacy in an unknown average town -- right next to another Pharmacy, got my point ! no ? the owner of the second one got inspired by the first one, and when you know you have to open it, why to take the risk of opening it at the other end of the town, do it where it is already running.
Comin back to the point, I am not stereotyping but lookout ! we might have this eternal craving inside us to do the same thing as my neighbour is doing, just because he made it a success. Be it Engineering,medical, Hotel management, with due respect to all professions I have seen jumping people in professions just because they feel thats the right short cut to a "GOOD JOB".
There is one particular Profession short cut that refuses to die, yes the Mighty MBA. The deadliest part being it is open to all stream of studies and yes that does produce one of the highest paid professionals. But question you might want to ask yourself - is it right for me !
With these few words I have tried to touch few of the reasons why people do MBA, when they shouldn't -
I am too young, I wish to study now -
Count again, you are not that young really and if you really are study with your dreams in mind.
I wish to work/study abroad -
Cmon get a life. Taking Spanish and French classes makes more sense for you, perfecting english is not a bad choice either.
My parents want me to do MBA( this one is one of the calssics from an ex-classmate -"I dont want get married now")
Guyz take charge of your life, you might also gift them some parenting books for a start this blog will also do.
It is my childhood dream !
please think again, did you dream MBA or to be suited in Armani, Flying business class and driving Merc, well if later you can realize it by doing something you are really really good at.
I know the above are some CAMPUS AIR sentences, lets move on to some more matured reasons.
Good Job !!
Haah .. define what is good first, importantly what is good for you. If however you are asking about HIGH PAYING JOBS ..
I will say possible but needs exceptional multiple skills most of them connect to personality types and not your MBA marks.
MBA cures my distracted career
If you are doing not so well in your current career, there is no running, your failures will haunt you even after MBA. You will have to have a strong point of moving ahead and growth to do well in life, calm yourself take a good interest in the work you do, kiss it bye and start doing what you love.
I am SMART, I think MBA is for me.
Really .. that makes me roll on the floor. If you are smart it should help you in any career, keep it up.
MBA will make me(my son/daughter) smart
No explainations but that has no Logic, take some good practices of socializing.
I will get a promotion to manager-
Possible again but subject to conditions and nature of your work. If you are in a kind of job where the higher positions requires strategic decision making towards business growth, you might be right. Such jobs would be sales (marketing), small businesses, High level accounting, Procurement(fin.), Product designing,recruitment(HR) etc.
Note that the professions described above are those few, which actually uses MBA, if you are talking about joining them fresh, you are thinking about CAREER CHANGE and not CAREER GROWTH.
If however you are eyeing at project management level it is a better trick to put in hard efforts at your job, learning about coporate ethics,relationships, reading specific managment books. Management as a subject is really very small in the whole subject showcase of MBA.
Sad but the truth is that some Educational machines are mass producing degrees and there is a tsunami of MBAs out there.
Finally my dear friends I would advice you to think, understand, evaluate your interests on your decisions. Think well about the stream that best suits you and your career aspirations. Please do not ignore the very basic personality pre-requisites of being outgoing, social, most importantly creativity.
Hope this serves you to have a better look.
Talking Off ..
Raj
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