What should be the Career?

I agree to Nikhlesh's views particularly the last three lines wherein he has given the gist of a typicalcareer.However, luck does not favor everyone at the beginning of the the availability of the first job.And so, an ideal career is not possible for everyone of us at the beginning, or even till the end of our work life. We may be having a thousand permutations in front of us.One of these could be a limited time to begin job so as to start supporting a needy family at the earliest. While I was a student, I met a 90 year old Marwari gentleman, who, in his own time had headed an electronics company successfully.Now he had retired to a religious life.When he learnt that I was pursuing MBA, he reacted,"Bhaiya pehle to roti ka jugaad karo, phir apne andar kuch hai toh waheen kuch kar dikhaao".(First secure a living, and then if you have a potential inside you,apply it at that very place). These days, the employers are becoming more and more choosy,and nobody wants to take a risk in terms of an unproductive employee, of increased training costs.So,it is better to initially SECURE a job first(commensurate with your education and the job giver's acceptance of your ability) , and then discover your real likes and dislikes, your hidden talents,as well as the areas where you strongly need to improve and develop. It is only after this that your CV will improve, and you will move slightly closer to your dream job--where you would like to grow up.Then you are closer to a position where you can demand your acceptance in terms of job and in terms of money as well. Securing a job and starting off triggers to give you an idea of your own CORE COMPETENCE.And this, in turn helps you to chalk out a plan for the future advancement in your chosen career path.

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very true

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Very true Gautam Joshi ji

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First of all let us define career. A career is a job or profession that someone does for long period in his/her life. Please focus on the words "for long period" in this definition. Therefore one thing is clear that different jobs on short term basis do not essentially make a career. It is which we do for a long period in our life. So when we plan for doing something for a long period in life then that 'something' should be easy for the individual, he/she should have a natural flair for it and most importantly this "something' should be capable of being carried out at the place where that individual is prepared to spend his/her life. For exmaple if a person is hell bent on staying in a metro city only then he/she cannot make agriculture his/her career successfully. A person residing in a village cannot have a successfull career in media. In short Eskimos cannot afford to do marketing of Refrigerators at their place of living. So this aspect is very important while deciding upon a career. Hence career in totality boils down to your natural flair + Interest + your environment + availability of guidance + availability of opportunities + chances of having education related to the career and surely a doze of luck factor.

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I'd be looking forward for your comments also Gag and I'd request Aneeket , Nikhlesh Mathur sir, Pooja Kohli mam, suni207 , Suryap2012 , Vikas Naidu , Priya , Venissa , Arvind Joshi245 sir, varun.sharma , gopal sharma. , Moderator and other experts to please participate and share their views.

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Moreover, choosing CAREER path is a long term decision. One needs to be quite conscious.

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Well, it's a very good topic for discussion Gag. Hobby and Interest are quite close to each other. Taking interest as a word, I'd say that MAKING OUR INTEREST AS OUR CAREER is something which always pays. But at the same time, it depends on the candidate that whether he is serious for his career(interest) or he is just interested in particular field and NOT desperate for it. All I want to say is that doing what we enjoy and we love and taking it forward as a career is wise and fruitful decision.

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