Avoid MBA like Plauge – Here’s Why?

1. Planing to take admission for a MBA course? 
2. Did you do the homework on the college and career potential?
3. Have you thought of the value of a MBA holder?
4. What value will a MBA certificate bring?

Gone are the days when MBA qualification in your resume opened doors, conversation, and made youstand out. But, today it has become like Bcom. It’s not a degree which brings the job on a platter, unless you’re from the IIM’s or other top end B school.

Have you given a thought on why it has lost its sheen.

Lack of Information or Misinformation 
It’s like the gold shops in Kerala. Many parents still buy gold thinking it will assure happiness to their daughters. On the same scale many are joining MBA in the hope of a secured future or a way to get fat salary. Unfortunately, times has changed. Today, more than the degree, you need real stuff – stuff to make you stand out. .

Here I’m presenting a different route, rouge route that might expose you to more learning, and opportunity in life. Just imagine, that you’re about to spend few lakhs on a course. At this point, you have other alternatives with the same money.

Here is my version of learning. Maybe, you can come with a better plan.

1. Travel around India or to Europe on shoe string budget. Meet people, visit different companies, or learn things with an open heart
2. Take membership in a library, borrow books management, sales, marketing, leadership, etc. 
3. Start following and read blogs of management gurus like Seth Godin or Guy Kawasaki for one complete year
4. Visit couple of companies, meet the HR about find the job opportunities, the profile, salary, job description, etc. After doing, couple of rounds, you’ll find kind of opportunities in various companies  it’s growth,etc. Then ask yourself, if this is the right one for you
5. Find out what interest you. Are you a analytically inclined person, a left brainier or a right brainier  Do you excel in writing or designing or interpreting things? Based on these, try to figure out the best career for you.
6. Create your profile in LinkedIn .connect with professionals, and ask questions on various opportunities. Find their job description, does it sound interesting, what’s the career growth, etc. Ask them on what it takes you to get a job in that company, in that post?
7. Join as an intern in any company with or without pay. 
8. Don’t just do what you’re told at the job. Before a person who goes an extra mile to do work, in short, burn the midnight oil.

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