Pre-qualification work experience

I have personally experienced the following about pre-qualification work experience, which may vary from organization to organization:

○ Some organizations doesn’t have any problem of hiring candidates without sufficient qualification if they are assured of his/ her performance which, at the end of the day, is the only thing that matters most

○ Organizations may pay less because of the candidate’s lack of qualification though his/ her performance may be up to the mark

○ The candidate doesn’t have enough scope for choosing better jobs, and thus less chances are there of his/ her leaving the organization

○ Candidates without qualification are bound to work harder than the general candidates as there is always a fear of loosing the job

○ His/ her ability to perform is being tested on a daily basis and there always exists an ego factor where some qualified candidates repeatedly try to prove that they are superior even if their performance is not competitive enough

And after all this, most of the companies consider only post qualification work experience as valid to register for their vacancies. If the qualification asked for is directly related to the job (which the candidate may obtain after completing his/ her pre-qualification work experience) but the candidate’s pre-qualification work experience is not relevant, then post qualification work experience doesn’t have any alternative. But otherwise work experience of any kind should be considered based on the type and quality of work.

The most difficult phase of my life

My mother died in the year 1994 and it was a turning point of my life. After her death, my life gradually started moving out of track and period from 1996 to 2006 can be considered as the most difficult phase of my life. As my younger brother was very close to my mother, he became a little bit abnormal after her death. A very negative family environment was also responsible for it. I also lost him in the year 2001 in an accident. Now only my father is alive who is staying at Agartala with my grandmother. One of my uncles is also there.

Though, within the last 10 years, I have completed my 5 years work experience and spent almost 3 years for professional/ technical qualifications, but still I was not being able to concentrate on my formal education. I also hadn’t given enough importance towards looking after my father’s finances. Today I could have been in a much better position if I had taken the above matters seriously on time. But, from a different point of view, I also think that the last 10 years has made me strong enough to stand on my own feet and capable enough to face any kind of situation. In my childhood, I was a very weak boy who used to cry a lot if someone said or did anything wrong to me. I am now a totally different person but have not lost my conscience.

May be, my life was meant to be the way it is and I do not have any regret in this regard. I will find out my way in due course of time but right now it is highly important to execute my planning for the coming years.

Life is a game, play it!

I have never taken life as seriously as I should but enjoyed, admired, experienced, honored, struggled and lived it to the fullest. The entire world is definitely a stage and we are playing our respective roles. The only difference here is that we don’t have to know the script well in advance to play it perfectly. Life has its own formula and nobody can alter it in any way. We simply fall in our personalized track of life and proceed forward in the tunnel of time. But still as we are unaware of the future, it seems like everything is possible. And in such a case, we play it as a game on a daily basis.

Mankind has its ambition of determining the future as well as courage to know the unknown. So far, we have been able to find out the laws of nature and utilize it to our own benefit. We know it very well that there is logic behind everything that happens and our willpower uses that logic to make things happen. Some of us have enough faith that there is a supreme power called God who can interfere in the day-to-day running of the universe. There may also be life outside the solar system. The universe as a whole is a much bigger place than what we can imagine of and it seems quite impossible to say when we will be able to gain 100% information about it. It will ever remain a playground for us and we have a very short time to fulfill all our wishes. Every second of our life is precious in that sense and should be used in a positive way.

Tell me something about yourself

Once I found it difficult to answer the above question.

When I first came to Kolkata, I started my life afresh while disconnecting myself with my family as well as my past. I developed my own identity in my own way while working with the organizations for a period of five years. But somehow I had to make a u-turn and restart my life as psychologically I was feeling like my existence was in a vacuum and started suffering from an identity crisis. Linking up my past and present was also required to execute my future plans. I found that, during the time-period that I was here at Kolkata, my father had lost a huge amount of money in the hands of his closest relative(s) due to his own foolishness. I don’t know whether someday I will be able to get back the money, but certainly it has taught me a good lesson of ignoring who I am.

My religion

My mother was a Hindu and my father was a Christian. After my birth, my father changed his religion to Hinduism. I have experienced both Christian and Hindu cultures in my childhood. Many of my friends were Muslims. As far as documents are concerned, I am a Hindu. But I don’t have any special feelings for any religion. All the religions are same to me and I respect other peoples’ religious sentiments. I believe that the one and only religion of mankind should be humanity. I don’t support any misdeed done in the name of religion and feel that all religions should teach us to contribute positively to this world. Politically speaking, M. K. Gandhi was right when he said, “To befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion.” Enmity is something which should be dealt in such a way that it can be transformed into friendship for a peaceful world. Nobody is here on earth to stay forever and we will not be able to take away anything with us. What matters here is our lifetime contributions and what we leave behind after our death. Selfishness of any kind which may harm others interests is the most unreligious thing to me. It is highly negative and should not be encouraged. We should expect what we are supposed to and anything more or less than that should be adjusted accordingly in due course of time.