Coming up with another issue faced by many of us in telecom industry, “Entering in industry”; it is really a big problem. We all have observed that least of us have even found any jobs of private telecom industry in newspapers or any public portals. I have mentioned only private telecom industry as in public sector organizations; there are restrictions to publicize any sort of vacancies in newspapers. Coming back to the topic that it is important to know that how we can come to know that there are some vacancies available. There are different modes for different organizations, some companies announce their vacancies internally to its employees only & receive CVs through them, some have open options in major universities by conducting open tests & collect CVs from there etc.
Our university can also have a major role in finding suitable job opportunity for us but it is sad to see that universities nowadays do not try to think about these issues & have no proper career development centers. There is a lot of space needs to be filled in academia – industry liaison. Major universities invite different companies & give chance to their upcoming graduates to appear for tests & interviews so that it make really easy to search for a job.
I want to share this with you that entering first time in industry is more important these days then after that we can have come to know that whether this position is suitable for us or not? We can then move to our desired position whenever possible.
In my personal views, to wait to just enter in some big organization (either vendor or operator) is not wisdom but just to waste our time. As I have seen some guys started their careers from some sub-contractors & now at best positions in national & international companies. So, having an internship in any subcon during or just after our studies is better than to waste 1 year or more for a vacancy in bigger companies. Then after that, as discussed before, we can move to our own choice as soon as we have an opportunity as while having the part of industry can also have more advantages like more exposure about telecom industry & creation of references.
Along with telecom, different career options which an individual can adopt according to his / her aptitude are Networks, Software development & Evaluation, Electronics, Electrical etc. Even Technical Writing is nowadays adopted as fun, interest as well as profession. People are earning from it.Many job opportunities are advertised in public sector organizations in Pakistan, these are lot more than private industry as public sector organizations are also working great for the prosperity of Pakistan. There is very bright future in these organizations.
Government of Pakistan has started another program for fresh 16-years degree holders which is “National Internship Program” also offering opportunities to start career & to get some experience. These are opened once in a year.
Just one more thing that today market is also saturated so whenever having some opportunity can be availed but to move to your desired job as soon as possible. Also, if you find sometime after your studies and before getting any job, rather than wasting that time, I think it is better to have some courses according to your aptitude (Cisco / Juniper related courses for Networking, Oracle / SQL DB etc. courses for programmers). It is not better to run for each & every course offered in some academy but choose one in which you find some interest.
Next time, I am thinking to write on a very hot topic “Creating References” which will cover hot issues of our telecom industry. Just work hard & trust in ALLAH Almighty as hard work can never be useless. Hope to see you soon insha ALLAH. May ALLAH bless all of us.
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