As I had chosen banking
industry to establish my career life, I have added 2 new people from same
industry into my LinkedIn network. They are Mr. Aamir Khawaja(Director at Bank
of Singapore) and Mr. Ahsan Tajir (Head of Relationship Management at United
Arab Bank) . After going through their profiles I found that they have immense
experience and their dedication and hard work has helped them to secure high
level post in their respective banks.
As both of them have
rich experience and have made a great contribution in their career life I can
also learn many good things and create a good career path. Although I am just a
bachelor's student I think I have some competencies which are also possessed by
Mr. Tajir and Mr Khawaja. As mentioned in their LinkedIn profile and endorsed
as expert by many people they both have strong communication and Interpersonal
skills which I can also achieve if I get to work on different companies and
deal with different types of people. I had already tested my skills during an
internship in Central bank of Nepal so I think it won't be hard to complete
this competency. Likewise other competencies that both have had was Team
player, I think I have some qualities of team player too, it can be proved by
different group assignments which was assigned by college were completed within
a deadline and with some creative and innovative ideas. It might take some
years to reach in the level where these gentlemen's are now but I certainly
posses some competencies which they also posses.
Although there were
some competencies which were easy to complete but some can be very hard or
impossible to complete. As Mr. Tajir is a "Certified Financial
Advisor-(CFA)", I think it would require lot of practice, hard work and
good knowledge about finance to get that certificate, I don't think this is
impossible but it is definitely harder. Likewise both of them have good
networking in the market which is also the result of being dedicated to the
same industry for many years, and this might also be hard to complete.
To maintain a
successful career life and be someone like these people will require lot of
experience, skills and competencies and to get the job that I want I must
surely work on my competencies. I am looking forward to gain knowledge about
Management Information Systems which is an integral part of not only banking
industry but all types of industry. Likewise, I am hoping to take some public
speaking classes to improve my presentation skills and develop my public
relations. I try to find and read the books which are more focused on strategic
planning, entrepreneurship and managerial guidance, which will certainly give
me exposure about the real life scenario.
I think the GAP
analysis which I just did is really helpful for me to find my strengths and
weaknesses and have given a guidance to work on my competencies to build a
successful career life.
