Career.. Now what is that ??

An year in the corporate gone by...
Lets talk about an individual who is in the similar stage... what he thinks... what he aspires for....
Mr. Karmakar Kapil is a PG in Marketing. He has completed 1 year of traineeship in a Manufacturing company.. Now he starts to think about his career more seriously. The initial thoughts are, as expected, vague and confusing. He inspite of thinking so deeply regarding the subject, is not able to figure out what exactly he wants out of his professional life.
Let us start with his current mindset.
1. He having completed some good time in this company, has understood how seriously is career of new comers taken by the top management. So, he knows what to expect in the coming time (whatever short or long it may be) in the company.
The expectation is that he will get stuck (or so to say labeled to) to one function for 2-3 years, with very less aspects of his personal interests taken into account for his own career.
2. His immediate superior is very kind in terms of giving him opportunity to speak out his mind regarding his career aspirations and interests. But, having told him also all that he had in his mind, he really doesn't know how much of that will be actually taken into account while giving him opportunities for advancement.
3. Since, this is getting murkier... he decided to talk to few of his friends... again they could not be of much help in his decision but certainly helped in understanding how to go about getting there !!

These are the things he could think of with his all the last year's experience... now he is planning to talk to his superior again with more specifics and then decide what needs to be done.

In the next post we will see what exactly happened during the meeting....
Well I know what happened... i guess everyone knows :)