Sunday, October 23, 2005

specific theory on employment,jobs and career

I know its a poor imitation of John Maynard Keynes. When I entered the MBA program 15 months ago, all I wanted to become was either an Investment Banker or come back to IT Services Industry in a Biz dev role. However, early on in the MBA , I realized that Finance was not my cup of tea and switched to strategy.

The job search process wasn't too easy either. I understood that with loads of experience it was very difficult to shift to something drastically different from what I had been doing before. I finally ended my MBA with three offers .

The first offer was from a Technology Giant ( A firm I really admire ) as a Solutions architect based in Singapore ( A non-technical role where I research on verticals and help the sales team in solutioning and closing deals). However, since the firm is undergoing a lot of restructuring now, they had to defer my offer and I couldn't wait forever.

The second offer is from a leading Market research & consulting firm. My role is as a " Senior research Associate" , where I would be doing technology research in the sectors of IT security & storage(My fav areas !) . The Job would involve market research and consulting to Clients in Asia-Pacific based out of Singapore.

The third offer ( Rather sudden one which just happpened in the last 3 days) is from a "Big 4" Auditing firm . My role would be as a IT auditor working predominantly in areas of IT controls and SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) compliance. This role would be based out of Hyderabad with me having to spend most of the time on-site in the US.

I have decided to take up the second offer and hence would be joining a research & consulting firm and would continue to remain in Singapore.

Although three offers looks good on paper, its a been a last few weeks of struggle,disappointments & perseverance . Because strangely the last two offers got finalized only this week .

So its back to Corporate life from next week but this time I have vowed to remain a lifelong student and I hope that curiosity and thirst stays with me forever !

16 comments:

  1. Well done sir! you've done NBS proud. hope you will be as active a blogger and share the experiences of this new chapter as well.
    Cheers!

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  2. Congrats! Enjoy the sucess.

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  3. hey congratulations !!! and wish you the best ahead.

    cheers

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  4. Congrats Cogito!..all the best for the corporate life..once again!:)

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  5. Congrats! and Happy Diwali too :)

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  6. hey congrats !

    The job sounds interesting !

    One of my dream jobs is in research...!

    Which firm is this Gartner or IDC?

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  7. Anonymous7:52 PM

    Vazhthukkal Nanbane!!-Nayag.

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  8. Great! Congrats once again dude!!
    Surprised about the third offer!!! Prob I should learn the knack of how to do well in interviews from you!!

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  9. Congrats...looking forward to some more gyaan from u after this....

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  10. Thanks everyone !!!

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  11. congrats dude...back to the corporate world..but a different role...a different perspective..good luck...

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  12. Congrats and all the best!!

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  13. Thanks Sandhya, Siva ..

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  14. Congrats Cogito. Wish u success in all u do.

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