Around 10 years ago was my first year as a working professional, first year of landing into the corporate sector. To start with, I got my first job offer as a “University Coordinator” with a study centre. During this time, I had:
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No work experience
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No industry / corporate sector
understanding
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No skill in which I could rate
myself as an expert or say even as a novice
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Faith in me
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Enthusiasm to explore myself
Laden with all
these fruits in the basket, I, like anybody else, started enjoying my share of
pancakes and cherries. During this phase, I undertook some projects that went
successful. Supplemented with some very frustrating inefficiencies, (at times)
I almost got baffled up, being a working professional. Then the time came, when
I had to decide that this was not me. Something latent was hiding in my mind
that had to come out. It had to be something more than merely coordination and
I decided to move on.
In my quest of
something more, I landed into an organization, which was providing outsourcing
solutions, as an “Internet Researcher.” This time I learnt that ‘we’, as
working professionals, should aim for implementing the positive aspects of our
experiences in the services that we deliver. Progressing on these values learnt
and the skills acquired, I was promoted to “Team Leader” designation--my first
experience of being the part of the middle management. I still remember the day
when I got my first promotion letter in my hand. Then life took its turn and I
had to leave that organization.
This time, an
internet-marketing firm called me. I joined and my career flew to new heights.
This was a stint, in which I actually got a sense of self-actualization! I
started working from an ‘executive-level’ position and went to ‘senior-level’
position--‘Project Manager.’ The responsibilities entrusted on me filled me
with a new wave of enthusiasm and self-confidence, which outpoured in the shape
of successfully executed projects by me. However, this was not all; there was
something more still lying hidden in the folds of my journey, called life.
The folds got
unfolded; this time I joined an academic publisher in the capacity of ‘Manager
– Marketing & P.R.’ This opportunity added new dimensions to my
professional life. Working there, I learnt about new avenues, my areas of
improvements and much more. Then was the much-awaited development of my life--‘My
Marriage.’
On getting
married, I made plans to push my horizons to new heights. I started taking
‘freelance content writing’ and ‘magazine consulting’ opportunities. At
present, I have handful of projects in-hand. I thank from the bottom of my
heart, my husband, who is always there to support me and to infuse an
electrifying energy in me.
Today, looking
straight into the eyes of future, I stand upfront to face, what my life has to
offer-- a new destination or a new milestone ahead.
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Priyanka Batra Harjai is a
freelance content writer and a magazine consultant from Delhi, India. Please
feel free to contact her at priyanka.bat@gmail.com.
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3 comments:
Thank you for sharing your journey with me. I love reading and hearing how the careers and lives of others have "evolved". I am 63, retired after 27 years in Education, and still evolving. I hope that I never stop growing, changing, and following that little voice in my heart that keeps me moving on to that next place. Congratulations on your journey.
I agree! Thank you for sharing your inspirational story with us! :)
I love your phrase "enjoying my share of pancakes and cherries." Only a true writer could come up with something like that. :)
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