Summer Activity: Activity 1

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.