With all due respect to our large spread HR and senior management circles, I have a few questions which are bothering me and I am sure some other members of society too!
1) Why is a person classified as an "unstable profile" if they start their career early in life and have worked in various roles in different industries?
2) Why does having a colorful or multi-skilled persona make it difficult to get a job?
3) Why does work experience abroad not count as work experience even if it was the same work one would do here? Does experience abroad have no value in our Indian market, though we can learn some really nice working habits and skills there?
4) I am a good manager, trainer, HR professional, events manager, customer service agent, and school teacher for children with special needs! What kind of job is best for me? I have tried to get a job in various fields and companies after an 18-month stint in the UK, but I can't find a job that can utilize my experiences and skills to the organization's benefit!
Please feel free to share your opinions. You can also email me at [email protected] for any suggestions in person. I am really looking for a better job, and your inputs may just help me get my best job ever!
Warm regards,
Mayuri
From India, Mumbai
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1) Why is a person classified as an "unstable profile" if they start their career early in life and have worked in various roles in different industries?
2) Why does having a colorful or multi-skilled persona make it difficult to get a job?
3) Why does work experience abroad not count as work experience even if it was the same work one would do here? Does experience abroad have no value in our Indian market, though we can learn some really nice working habits and skills there?
4) I am a good manager, trainer, HR professional, events manager, customer service agent, and school teacher for children with special needs! What kind of job is best for me? I have tried to get a job in various fields and companies after an 18-month stint in the UK, but I can't find a job that can utilize my experiences and skills to the organization's benefit!
Please feel free to share your opinions. You can also email me at [email protected] for any suggestions in person. I am really looking for a better job, and your inputs may just help me get my best job ever!
Warm regards,
Mayuri
From India, Mumbai
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Hi Mayuri,
Good Subject,
Working abroad is a totally different experience because we are operating in a different environment, and the level of competence depends on socio-economic circumstances, as well as law and order situations that are different from the Indian background. For example, in India, we operate in organized and unorganized sectors where we encounter different risk factors. Our economy of Trade, Commerce, and Industry is based on the following classifications, and all trade and industry laws are broadly regulated based on the following statuses.
Public sector companies – Owned by the Central Government, State Government companies including semi-government companies,
Private Sector companies – Public Limited with either Indian or Foreign MNC, Public Limited Private Companies with Medium-Scale size, Private Limited Medium Size, Private Limited Small-Scale Industries, Cottage Industries/ Cooperatives/ Agriculture or Agro-based.
All Public Sector and Public Limited workforces are well-organized by the union activities; they exploit the management and are capable of protecting the rights of both classes of employees, whether in bargainable or non-bargainable categories in these sectors.
However, the problem area where employees are being exploited is the unorganized sector, predominantly in private limited medium and small-sized companies, including cottage and cooperative, as well as the agriculture sector in all trade, commerce, and industry.
The economic potential of Indian trade, commerce, and industry depends on the market monopoly, profit margins of the respective businesses. For example, in the public sector, there are Schedule A, Schedule B, and Schedule C companies according to their wealth and economic potential.
There is no comparison among private sector players or employers because of their market size, the variation in products, and profit margins. Therefore, there is no uniformity in practices, and this is the area where we have to draw the line between what and where we are placed in the market. Once you understand the place and priorities of these businesses, you will automatically come to know their modus operandi of making profits and revenue-generating sources. Then you can position yourself well with your overseas experience to bring some degree of value addition, etc.
There are myths and superstitious beliefs which are the root cause of hindrance to most overseas experiences.
After saturation in IAS jobs, especially collectors and Daroga postings were reduced in the late 80s and early 90s. Then the dowry mongers targeted some institutional qualifications which could fetch more dowry. And then the Premier Institute and B-School concept came into existence and proliferated; this was the result of a very smart conspiracy hatched by dowry promoters. In the 90s and the new millennium, these new economy Premier and B-Schools have mushroomed in India. Although none of these institutes have credentials to yield neither a Nobel Prize Nominee nor any Nobel laureates in their institutes, this myth was very well taken by the Indian corporate world. These touts are largely mongering such myths from time to time and are jeopardizing the prospects of matured talents in India.
Your overseas employment contract is one obstacle that Indians can't afford. I have been recruiting expatriates in Africa and Middle East organizations from Europe, Africa, and Asia, and the following practices are prevalent, which Indian companies cannot match.
- Organizations with world-class global practices.
- Offer better employment conditions compared to India. For example:
* Working with western professionals from Europe, US, AUS, etc., makes a total difference because these overseas organizations benchmark European, US norms for safety and security, or Driving License to Maintenance and Operations of the entire country.
* Salary paid in US$ with a floating exchange rate.
* Maximum 40 working hours per week restricted to 8 hours a day, and overtime is also compensated.
* Flexible working hours such as two days weekly off adjusted with weekends in conjunction with holidays.
* Better working conditions with Safety Equipment, Good Insurance coverage, Free Medical, Free Car/Transportation, Furnished A/c Accommodations, Compulsory Annual Vacation to home country with return airfare to family.
* Working with global players and standard norms are very expensive. One cannot imagine the cost in India because in India, everything is based on your risk with bare minimum safety and lackadaisical laws and enforcement machinery.
BOTTOM LINE:
What is practical is not viable in India.
What is viable is not practical in India.
If you want to work in India, you have to prepare for the following:
- Daily average of 12 hours working and 60 hours a week without extra compensation for extra work.
- Without A/c, which is only available to Very Senior-level employees.
- Poor Business ethics.
- Have to think globally but act with local credentials in a cynical approach. For example, promote money-saving strategies rather than money-making strategies because accountants will catch you for wasting company resources. Preserve resources and save money.
- Yield golden results in the garbage organization work culture & Bossing.
If you are multi-skilled, you are considered useless because it is a strong belief of the Indian corporate world that one person can only do one job. Everyone is a born specialist in one functional area. Overseas graduates are talented enough to perform any function. I had recruited 28 fresh graduates in Africa for my group and was surprised to see their interest and preparedness to discharge any function. They were versatile in doing all functions right from HR, Logistics, Accounts, to Marketing. In India, graduates are often trained to do one specialized job, and the market is highly critical of multi-skilled people, considering them as low skilled.
The whole corporate world is after subjective management and intangible creativity because it's affordable. However, objective management with tangible creativity is not affordable as it requires a huge investment in building capabilities and research work.
If you want to succeed, speak in management jargon that no one can understand, so no one questions what you are talking about. If someone does ask you to explain, do it in a way that confuses them, so they will soon acknowledge being convinced.
This is the trick of the trade. You have to do due diligence on the above facts to become compatible.
Cheers,
Sawant
From Saudi Arabia
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13Good Subject,
Working abroad is a totally different experience because we are operating in a different environment, and the level of competence depends on socio-economic circumstances, as well as law and order situations that are different from the Indian background. For example, in India, we operate in organized and unorganized sectors where we encounter different risk factors. Our economy of Trade, Commerce, and Industry is based on the following classifications, and all trade and industry laws are broadly regulated based on the following statuses.
Public sector companies – Owned by the Central Government, State Government companies including semi-government companies,
Private Sector companies – Public Limited with either Indian or Foreign MNC, Public Limited Private Companies with Medium-Scale size, Private Limited Medium Size, Private Limited Small-Scale Industries, Cottage Industries/ Cooperatives/ Agriculture or Agro-based.
All Public Sector and Public Limited workforces are well-organized by the union activities; they exploit the management and are capable of protecting the rights of both classes of employees, whether in bargainable or non-bargainable categories in these sectors.
However, the problem area where employees are being exploited is the unorganized sector, predominantly in private limited medium and small-sized companies, including cottage and cooperative, as well as the agriculture sector in all trade, commerce, and industry.
The economic potential of Indian trade, commerce, and industry depends on the market monopoly, profit margins of the respective businesses. For example, in the public sector, there are Schedule A, Schedule B, and Schedule C companies according to their wealth and economic potential.
There is no comparison among private sector players or employers because of their market size, the variation in products, and profit margins. Therefore, there is no uniformity in practices, and this is the area where we have to draw the line between what and where we are placed in the market. Once you understand the place and priorities of these businesses, you will automatically come to know their modus operandi of making profits and revenue-generating sources. Then you can position yourself well with your overseas experience to bring some degree of value addition, etc.
There are myths and superstitious beliefs which are the root cause of hindrance to most overseas experiences.
After saturation in IAS jobs, especially collectors and Daroga postings were reduced in the late 80s and early 90s. Then the dowry mongers targeted some institutional qualifications which could fetch more dowry. And then the Premier Institute and B-School concept came into existence and proliferated; this was the result of a very smart conspiracy hatched by dowry promoters. In the 90s and the new millennium, these new economy Premier and B-Schools have mushroomed in India. Although none of these institutes have credentials to yield neither a Nobel Prize Nominee nor any Nobel laureates in their institutes, this myth was very well taken by the Indian corporate world. These touts are largely mongering such myths from time to time and are jeopardizing the prospects of matured talents in India.
Your overseas employment contract is one obstacle that Indians can't afford. I have been recruiting expatriates in Africa and Middle East organizations from Europe, Africa, and Asia, and the following practices are prevalent, which Indian companies cannot match.
- Organizations with world-class global practices.
- Offer better employment conditions compared to India. For example:
* Working with western professionals from Europe, US, AUS, etc., makes a total difference because these overseas organizations benchmark European, US norms for safety and security, or Driving License to Maintenance and Operations of the entire country.
* Salary paid in US$ with a floating exchange rate.
* Maximum 40 working hours per week restricted to 8 hours a day, and overtime is also compensated.
* Flexible working hours such as two days weekly off adjusted with weekends in conjunction with holidays.
* Better working conditions with Safety Equipment, Good Insurance coverage, Free Medical, Free Car/Transportation, Furnished A/c Accommodations, Compulsory Annual Vacation to home country with return airfare to family.
* Working with global players and standard norms are very expensive. One cannot imagine the cost in India because in India, everything is based on your risk with bare minimum safety and lackadaisical laws and enforcement machinery.
BOTTOM LINE:
What is practical is not viable in India.
What is viable is not practical in India.
If you want to work in India, you have to prepare for the following:
- Daily average of 12 hours working and 60 hours a week without extra compensation for extra work.
- Without A/c, which is only available to Very Senior-level employees.
- Poor Business ethics.
- Have to think globally but act with local credentials in a cynical approach. For example, promote money-saving strategies rather than money-making strategies because accountants will catch you for wasting company resources. Preserve resources and save money.
- Yield golden results in the garbage organization work culture & Bossing.
If you are multi-skilled, you are considered useless because it is a strong belief of the Indian corporate world that one person can only do one job. Everyone is a born specialist in one functional area. Overseas graduates are talented enough to perform any function. I had recruited 28 fresh graduates in Africa for my group and was surprised to see their interest and preparedness to discharge any function. They were versatile in doing all functions right from HR, Logistics, Accounts, to Marketing. In India, graduates are often trained to do one specialized job, and the market is highly critical of multi-skilled people, considering them as low skilled.
The whole corporate world is after subjective management and intangible creativity because it's affordable. However, objective management with tangible creativity is not affordable as it requires a huge investment in building capabilities and research work.
If you want to succeed, speak in management jargon that no one can understand, so no one questions what you are talking about. If someone does ask you to explain, do it in a way that confuses them, so they will soon acknowledge being convinced.
This is the trick of the trade. You have to do due diligence on the above facts to become compatible.
Cheers,
Sawant
From Saudi Arabia
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Thank you for your input, Mr. Sawant. My reading of the market and people's mentalities is similar to yours. However, I have tried bending the rules by modifying my resume to emphasize one skill at a time. During my interviews, my real capabilities come out, and I have been struggling to get a job. This is the reason for my this post too, as I would like to understand how the market works or how the seniors select candidates.
Someone who is capable of more than just the job at hand won't always get bored but will do more to improve his or her working styles, do better, or help other workmates with their work. This will only make a healthier work atmosphere, though it is natural that there is always another side to the happiness that spreads.
What do you think?
Cheers,
Mayuri
From India, Mumbai
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Someone who is capable of more than just the job at hand won't always get bored but will do more to improve his or her working styles, do better, or help other workmates with their work. This will only make a healthier work atmosphere, though it is natural that there is always another side to the happiness that spreads.
What do you think?
Cheers,
Mayuri
From India, Mumbai
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