A few weeks back , during an interaction with students of MBA class in a Management School , one student asked me for tips to get the job you would like to do in your life – A very tall order indeed .
After introducing him to the famous book ” What Color is my Parachute ? ” by Richard Nelson Bolles which most of the Indian students may not have read , I gave my two pennies worth of wisdom as an answer to the question .
” In a developing nation like India , getting the first job after getting a degree in Arts/ Science or Engineering or a Masters in Management etc is mostly an economic necessity rather than fulfilling a personal dream . In many cases , students select the course of study which their parents feel are worth pursuing for a good Return on Investment [ROI] or in many cases , there is peer pressure to follow a chosen specialization . It is seldom that there is any career counseling to students to map a job to their talent .”
Blessed are those who get a job or assignment which matches their talent where they can fully exploit their potential and at times the job can become their ‘ Calling ” . Some people choose a path in alignment with their inner urge irrespective of financial considerations and a few out of these make it well – Look at A R Rahman the wizard of Movie Music or Dr Zakkir Hussain , the Tabla Maestero and we will know what it takes !!.