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 (Postpaid-
Persona) department.
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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 MS Electronics

Studies 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 !