Hi, I completed my BE and specialized in E&C. Now, I am pursuing my MBA. Next year, I have to choose my specialization, and I am greatly confused about whether to choose HR or finance. In my college, placements are only available for finance and marketing roles; there are no placements for HR. I fear that job opportunities might be limited for HR. However, I am interested in both HR and finance. Is it okay if I choose finance since I am an engineering graduate? Will I get a job that involves finance functions along with a technical aspect?
Please guide me on which specialization is best, offers more job opportunities, and is more suitable for engineering graduates.
With regards,
Mamatha
From India, Bangalore
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Please guide me on which specialization is best, offers more job opportunities, and is more suitable for engineering graduates.
With regards,
Mamatha
From India, Bangalore
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Hello Mamatha,
If you ask this question in an HR forum, you may get suggestions to pursue HR, and vice versa with finance forums. Go according to your personal interest. That's all. Because if your interest lies in HR and based on your observations and suggestions, if you opt for finance, even if you secure a job, you wouldn't enjoy job satisfaction, and vice versa. So, choose according to your interests. Finally, a word, neither HR nor finance professionals are idle for long periods without opportunities. All the best.
Thanks & Regards
CRK
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From India, Vijayawada
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82If you ask this question in an HR forum, you may get suggestions to pursue HR, and vice versa with finance forums. Go according to your personal interest. That's all. Because if your interest lies in HR and based on your observations and suggestions, if you opt for finance, even if you secure a job, you wouldn't enjoy job satisfaction, and vice versa. So, choose according to your interests. Finally, a word, neither HR nor finance professionals are idle for long periods without opportunities. All the best.
Thanks & Regards
CRK
crk.mbahr@yahoo.com
From India, Vijayawada
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Mamatha,
From your post, I believe the following:
- You are an engineer.
- You have an affinity for both HR and Finance.
- You want to know if Finance/HR has better job prospects.
Both have equal opportunities. All you need to do is wait and have patience. Sure, there's an easy placement option for finance, knowing that there's campus placement. But if we remove the concept of campus placement, there's not much difference in job hunting for either position.
Moreover, you may find many people ending up with contradicting job roles as they took up what came their way but later wanted to shift to a role related to their academics.
In my institute, there were campus placements for all specializations, and yet only 4 out of 13 were placed. However, all of us who weren't placed, including me, were patient enough to wait for 8-10 months before landing our jobs. Eventually, we got many offers not related to our academics, but we didn't accept them. One of our friends is still unplaced but not demotivated to accept whatever comes his way.
Which Specialization to Take:
I would say that no one but you can answer this question best.
Ask yourself what your passion is and what motivates you.
What would you like to do for the next 30 years and never get tired of it?
What would drive you to work every morning early, regardless of how stressed you are or how late you were last night?
Irrespective of the specialization you choose, do justice to it. Otherwise, you might lose your passion when life tests you.
If You'd Be Accepted for Technical Finance-Related Jobs:
Finance is all about numbers. If you look at a Balance Sheet, P&L statement, and all other things - it's numbers, numbers, and more numbers.
If you're good with numbers, have good analytical and numerical skills, and have an affinity for finance, who can stop you from dreaming about finance?
All you need to prove is that you're confident with finance. Unless you are confident and have faith in yourself, none of the interviewers will have confidence in you and trust your abilities.
Again, I say, do what you love to do. Do not follow the crowd. Do not choose finance because your friends suggested it or HR because someone you sought advice from suggested it. Follow your heart.
Hope this helps :)
From India, Mumbai
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From your post, I believe the following:
- You are an engineer.
- You have an affinity for both HR and Finance.
- You want to know if Finance/HR has better job prospects.
Both have equal opportunities. All you need to do is wait and have patience. Sure, there's an easy placement option for finance, knowing that there's campus placement. But if we remove the concept of campus placement, there's not much difference in job hunting for either position.
Moreover, you may find many people ending up with contradicting job roles as they took up what came their way but later wanted to shift to a role related to their academics.
In my institute, there were campus placements for all specializations, and yet only 4 out of 13 were placed. However, all of us who weren't placed, including me, were patient enough to wait for 8-10 months before landing our jobs. Eventually, we got many offers not related to our academics, but we didn't accept them. One of our friends is still unplaced but not demotivated to accept whatever comes his way.
Which Specialization to Take:
I would say that no one but you can answer this question best.
Ask yourself what your passion is and what motivates you.
What would you like to do for the next 30 years and never get tired of it?
What would drive you to work every morning early, regardless of how stressed you are or how late you were last night?
Irrespective of the specialization you choose, do justice to it. Otherwise, you might lose your passion when life tests you.
If You'd Be Accepted for Technical Finance-Related Jobs:
Finance is all about numbers. If you look at a Balance Sheet, P&L statement, and all other things - it's numbers, numbers, and more numbers.
If you're good with numbers, have good analytical and numerical skills, and have an affinity for finance, who can stop you from dreaming about finance?
All you need to prove is that you're confident with finance. Unless you are confident and have faith in yourself, none of the interviewers will have confidence in you and trust your abilities.
Again, I say, do what you love to do. Do not follow the crowd. Do not choose finance because your friends suggested it or HR because someone you sought advice from suggested it. Follow your heart.
Hope this helps :)
From India, Mumbai
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Choosing Dual Specialization in MBA
Ram Singh (Raja),
MBA has several specializations, with the most common being Finance, Marketing, HR, Operations, and Systems. Check where your interest area lies and select. Specializations should be chosen based on your level of interest.
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Raja
From India, Mumbai
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Ram Singh (Raja),
MBA has several specializations, with the most common being Finance, Marketing, HR, Operations, and Systems. Check where your interest area lies and select. Specializations should be chosen based on your level of interest.
Regards,
Raja
From India, Mumbai
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Understanding Specialization Choices for Science Graduates
Being a science student, how can one decide what is good for them? It is very confusing for a science student, as doing an MBA adds value to your profile, often not due to interest or passion for many individuals. These specialization topics can easily be understood by a commerce graduate, not by a science graduate. This is my point of view on this.
See, if a science student were not able to gauge their interests, they might perhaps not have been allowed to pursue the course. Unless you start the course, it is surely difficult, but science students too know where to walk.
I myself am a science graduate, and so I am saying this.
Again, it is a common belief that science graduates cannot adjust to finance specialization because we have never done accounts, balance sheets, profit & loss, etc. But honestly, from my personal observation, most science graduates prefer commerce.
Engineering and MBA Trends
Engineering + MBA (Finance) is a common trend these days if you look at it.
I completed my B.Sc. (I.T.) and had good numerical skills, and people suggested I take up Systems or Finance. However, I knew what I wanted and took up HR. Not because someone told me I should do HR, not because someone said how life would be, but only because in my heart, I felt HR is the only thing that would motivate me each morning to wake up and smile even in the worst conditions.
I was never deterred when someone told me there's no scope for HR in India. There might not be, but I knew just one thing - where there's a will, there's a way...
Making the Right Choice
Also, what would one do if given different options by different people? We can't pursue all, right? Ultimately, it's our decision, which should be boiled down to what we like and what we want to do.
Hope it helped :)
From India, Mumbai
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Being a science student, how can one decide what is good for them? It is very confusing for a science student, as doing an MBA adds value to your profile, often not due to interest or passion for many individuals. These specialization topics can easily be understood by a commerce graduate, not by a science graduate. This is my point of view on this.
See, if a science student were not able to gauge their interests, they might perhaps not have been allowed to pursue the course. Unless you start the course, it is surely difficult, but science students too know where to walk.
I myself am a science graduate, and so I am saying this.
Again, it is a common belief that science graduates cannot adjust to finance specialization because we have never done accounts, balance sheets, profit & loss, etc. But honestly, from my personal observation, most science graduates prefer commerce.
Engineering and MBA Trends
Engineering + MBA (Finance) is a common trend these days if you look at it.
I completed my B.Sc. (I.T.) and had good numerical skills, and people suggested I take up Systems or Finance. However, I knew what I wanted and took up HR. Not because someone told me I should do HR, not because someone said how life would be, but only because in my heart, I felt HR is the only thing that would motivate me each morning to wake up and smile even in the worst conditions.
I was never deterred when someone told me there's no scope for HR in India. There might not be, but I knew just one thing - where there's a will, there's a way...
Making the Right Choice
Also, what would one do if given different options by different people? We can't pursue all, right? Ultimately, it's our decision, which should be boiled down to what we like and what we want to do.
Hope it helped :)
From India, Mumbai
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