Career Counseling

Career Counseling Muhammad Umair Afzal

Introduction Nov 2000 – Graduated from EME College, NUST. Nov 2000 – Jan 2003. Worked as Design Engineer in

Enabling Technologies (ET).  Implemented

Software Stack for Risk Based Processor

Jun 2003 – Joined National Telecommunication

Corporation (NTC).  Designed

& Implemented various digital telephone exchanges and Optical Fiber Networks.

Aug 2006 – Proceeded to LUMS to pursue MBA

degree. Jun 2008 – After successful completion of MBA, Joined Telenor in Commercial (PostpaidPersona) department. 07/04/09

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Career Paths Muhammad Umair Afzal

Career Paths Sectors & Kinds of Job  Telecom Sector – Vendors & Operators  Technical Operations  Technical Planning  Technical Sales

Start a Job

 Software Houses  Software/Hardware Development  R&D related activities

 Government Job  “Saith” Ki Nokari  Textile Mills  Other Misc Jobs

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Career Paths Possible Higher Studies Options Continue Studies

MS Electronics MS Telecom MBA PhD

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Career Paths

Start Business

Numerous Possibilities

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What Path to Choose? Its Your Call to choose a path. Do Soul Searching. Identify Your Strengths & Weaknesses. See if you are a Geek or a Performer. Find out if you are Introvert or Extrovert. Ask your self if you want to Rule or want to be Ruled!!! Make a decision and stick to it. Important: Choose Path & Make Decision at

Beginning of Career.

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Why I Did MBA!!! Bertrand Russell once said There are two kinds of work, One is as per physical definition of Work i.e., moving a thing from one place to another. Low is status  Lowly paid  Physically strenuous  Less possibilities of Growth 

Second kind of work is to ask someone to do first

kind of work.

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Why One Must Do MBA During Engineering studies, A person is not fully

equipped to handle challenges of Business World. Like we engineers don’t have formal education of:  Organization Behavior  How to handle Office Politics  How to handle conflict situations  How to handle various kinds of people, and  How to motivate them  Project Management  Financial Modeling  Statistical Decision Making  Business Development & Strategy  Consumer Behaviour

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Thank You !