Dream Job or First Job

ক্যারিয়ারের শুরুতে আপনি “ড্রিম জব” না পেলেও, প্রথম জব থেকে আপনি অনেক কিছু শিখতে পারেন। প্রথম চাকরি আমাদেরকে অনেক সময় আমাদের কমফোর্ট জোনের বাহিরে নিয়ে যায়, যা কিনা আমরা চিন্তাও করিনা। এইভাবে প্রথম চাকরি আমাদের এগিয়ে যাওয়ার পথ কে সঠিক আকার দিতে সহায়তা করে।

২০১৭ সালে Matthew Baker, এন্টারপ্রেনার ডট কম এর গেস্ট রাইটার কয়েকজন সফল উদ্যোক্তাকে জিজ্ঞাসা করেছিলেন, প্রথম জব থেকে তারা কি শিখতে পেরেছিলেন।

চলুন জেনে নেই তাদের প্রথম জবের লার্নিংটা

𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐛𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲

“I got a minimum wage job in a windowless chemistry lab where I had to wear a full-body protection suit and clean glass beakers with acid. It was mind-numbingly boring. It was painful and low-pay. The most important thing I learned was an appreciation for any job that would be fulfilling emotionally. I really wanted a job that had direct positive impact on people’s lives and without that, I couldn’t be happy.”

— 𝐑𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐄𝐎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫

𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡

“My first job was a secretary position at a legal firm in downtown Los Angeles. The head secretary ended up quitting a couple weeks after I started so I was given a lot of responsibility, essentially managing an office of 12 lawyers. I learned how to use Outlook and Excel, how to work in a corporate environment and manage my time, how to be diplomatic and deal with tough clients.

“It also taught me my own worth, that I was capable of earning a real salary. As a young person (I was still in high school), I realized age didn’t matter as much as work ethic and ability. Also, the firm had a female partner. She was a very talented lawyer and reminded me I could do anything I wanted.”

— 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐡, 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐄𝐎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬

“Early in my career, I worked at an industrial supply distributor with a well-known operations management program. My job was to move from department to department, manage teams and make things better, faster, cheaper. Based on my belief that happy, motivated employees do good work, I launched an initiative that allowed people to listen to music while doing manual labor.

“This was not well-received by senior management. The head of my branch held a big meeting and called my initiative a ‘fluffy business school idea’ with no merit. I had never been so humiliated in my life. I got through the meeting, cried for about six hours straight and resolved to find a company better aligned with my intuition. This was 2007 — right when Google was named the No. 1 best place to work, in large part because of its innovative approach to motivating employees. I jumped at the chance to work there and haven’t looked back. This was a formative experience for me because it helped me clarify what kind of organizations I’m willing to join and what kind of leader I want to be at Upstart.”

— 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐌. 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐔𝐩𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐂𝐨-𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐞𝐭

“My first three ‘real’ jobs taught me a lot. As a second year university student, I worked with Mezzanine Consulting. I was given tons of autonomy there, and it taught me to figure things out and have confidence. After that, I worked for the photography company Blacks, with John Kelleher. He taught me about what a winning mindset looks like — about really thinking big and setting huge aspirations. That was a really important influence, and the idea of thinking really big is something I often speak about now. And the job I had before joining my first startup, 1000 memories, was at McKinsey. Working in that environment taught me a lot about how to solve problems.”

— 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧, 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐄𝐎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝

“I landed my first full-time job in investment banking in the finance world. It taught me how to work hard, as I was working 80-100 hours a week. I learned the importance of attention to detail in a place where I had to make sure I do work well, accurately and quickly. I learned best practices when it came to communicating professionally — as an investment banker, you’re dealing with CEOs, management teams and bosses. To be able to communicate well over email, phone and in-person was something that was drilled into me. And of course, it taught me a bunch of finance skills, which was helpful for running a fin-tech company.”

— 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐨, 𝐖𝐞𝐏𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐄𝐎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫

𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲

“I had a bunch of different jobs when I was growing up (in Queens), but the one that’s been the most influential was a warehouse job I had before going to college. Right away, I was put in a management role, and the owner took me under his wing. It wasn’t easy. He was stern, and he’d push me to take on new challenges. He’d let me fail at times so I could learn from it, but I’d still have to own that failure. Looking back, that experience prepared me for becoming an entrepreneur, and the leadership lessons I learned there — autonomy with accountability — continue to influence my management style.”

— 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐥, 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐂𝐄𝐎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫

আপনার কি মনে হয় ড্রিম জবের জন্য অপেক্ষা করবেন নাকি প্রথম জবটা শুরু করবেন!!

(তথ্যসূত্রঃ এন্টারপ্রেনার ডট কম)