Hi friends,
I am Rishi. I am new to this forum. Nice to see a forum like this helping many people around.
I have a very serious problem in career. After I completed my MBA -marketing in August 2002. I was encouraged by my father ex-Manager in public sector banks to apply for bank POs exams.
So I started preparing and applying for many banks but could not succeed. I spent 1 year and 4 months trying for POs and then joined a multi-national banking BPO as customer care executive in January 2004. I worked there from January 2004 - January 2007 [3 years]. I then went to Ireland for International MBA in January 2007 itself. But I came back to India in April 2007 as my mother fell seriously sick and was bed ridden. I took a letter from the college there that I was leaving for personal reasons. I started looking for jobs but couldn't get any. I then got into a leading MNC as research coding analyst [field related to marketing but in research]. Worked there for 2 years [September 2007 - September 2009] and then joined another MNC as associate analyst and am still working here.
My problem: -
After my MBA i have a gap of 1 year and 4 months and after I came back from Ireland in June 2007, I have a gap of 4 months. This means, I have a gap of 1 year 8 months in my career. Please let me know how do I handle this gap. I think these days companies are very strict about career gaps and background checks. While I have no issues in the employment and education side. I have issues with my career gaps.
Top companies like CAP GEMINI and GALLUP have opened up for very good consulting roles in my field. But I have a gap of 1 year 8 months in my career. Please let me know what to do. I don't have guts to apply.
Someone please help me. Can I go ahead in career? Please tell me...
Regards,
Rishi
I am Rishi. I am new to this forum. Nice to see a forum like this helping many people around.
I have a very serious problem in career. After I completed my MBA -marketing in August 2002. I was encouraged by my father ex-Manager in public sector banks to apply for bank POs exams.
So I started preparing and applying for many banks but could not succeed. I spent 1 year and 4 months trying for POs and then joined a multi-national banking BPO as customer care executive in January 2004. I worked there from January 2004 - January 2007 [3 years]. I then went to Ireland for International MBA in January 2007 itself. But I came back to India in April 2007 as my mother fell seriously sick and was bed ridden. I took a letter from the college there that I was leaving for personal reasons. I started looking for jobs but couldn't get any. I then got into a leading MNC as research coding analyst [field related to marketing but in research]. Worked there for 2 years [September 2007 - September 2009] and then joined another MNC as associate analyst and am still working here.
My problem: -
After my MBA i have a gap of 1 year and 4 months and after I came back from Ireland in June 2007, I have a gap of 4 months. This means, I have a gap of 1 year 8 months in my career. Please let me know how do I handle this gap. I think these days companies are very strict about career gaps and background checks. While I have no issues in the employment and education side. I have issues with my career gaps.
Top companies like CAP GEMINI and GALLUP have opened up for very good consulting roles in my field. But I have a gap of 1 year 8 months in my career. Please let me know what to do. I don't have guts to apply.
Someone please help me. Can I go ahead in career? Please tell me...
Regards,
Rishi