Perspective Management: Managing your Career Assignment

PGDM Batch I, II, III & PGDM E-business (2017-19)

Draft Questions for your interactions:

i. Student Full Name : Program Name & Batch:

ii. Email ID : Mobile :
iii. Date of interaction : ____/______/_________
iv. Type of interaction :
 In person
 Telephone/mobile
 skype
 Others
v. Duration of the interaction :
vi. Your relationship with the respondent :
 Friend
 Relative
 Others, please specify

Guidelines:
• Pre-read the article on “ Managing your Career” before the interaction

• Choose atleast 3 people of which 2 must be MBAs

• Work-experience of these people falling in the range of : less than 2 years or
between 3 to 5 years or 10+ years
• Combination of Persons working in India or abroad would be desirable
• In case the respondent expresses any reservations or does not want to share any
particular information, please respect their wish.
• Following are the questions/ area to be explored during your interaction.
• Please type out their responses in a word document
• Exact template for your submission will be conveyed to you shortly.

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Person’s Background:

a. Full name (optional)

b. Age category
i. 20-25 years
ii. 26-30
iii. 31-35
iv. 36-40
v. 41-45
vi. 46-50
vii. 50+
c. Gender : Male / Female
d. Nationality : India or Others, please specify
e. Mother Tongue :
f. Annual Income (optional)
i. Less than 15 lakhs
ii. 15 to 25 lakhs
iii. More than 25 lakhs
g. Organisation name
h. Type of organization
i. Public
ii. Private
iii. MNC
iv. NGO
v. Start-up
vi. Family business
vii. others, please specify
i. Designation
j. department/function
k. Employment type :
i. Full time
ii. Part-time
iii. Others ________
l. Residing in which City, State & Country
m. Total work experience in years
n. Tenure in the current organization in years
o. Qualification & specialization, institution name
p. Status :
i. Married
ii. Single

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q. To what extent you use social media platforms :
i. Very Active (every day)
ii. Somewhat active (not every but every week)
iii. Not all
r. Which social media platform do you use?
i. LinkedIn
ii. Twitter
iii. Facebook
iv. Whatsapp
v. Instagram
vi. Others, please mention_____________
vii. None

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PART B
Suggested areas for interaction: about their career, experiences and aspirations:

a. How did you make your first career choice?

b. What & who influenced your decision?

c. Describe a typical day at work.

d. How many people report to you?

i. More than 15
ii. Between 10 to 15
iii. Between 5 and 14
iv. Less than 5
v. None

e. Your work schedule is

i. Erratic
ii. Flexible
iii. Fixed
iv. Others…….

f. Your Average working hours per day

i. less than 5 hours
ii. 6hours
iii. 7 hours
iv. 8hours
v. 9hours
vi. 10hours
vii. 11 hours
viii. 12hours and above

g. What are skills one requires to do your job?

h. How did you acquire these skills?

i. What are the additional training/skills you have acquired (post academics)?

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j. Your feelings about your career, so far
i. Absolutely not happy
ii. Not too Happy
iii. Somewhat Not Happy
iv. Somewhat Happy
v. Too Happy
vi. Extremely happy

k. How many jobs have you changed? Please share the reasons for the same.
l. From the following factors, your top 3 factors which are important to you in
your career:
i. Salary
ii. Designation
iii. Role
iv. Job Satisfaction
v. Brand
vi. Career progression
vii. Work-life balance
viii. Others…….please specify

m. Describe in a word, your work is :

i. challenging
ii. interesting
iii. normal
iv. boring
v. frustrating
vi. All of the above
vii. Others, please specify

n. Have there been instances at work wherein you have been pressurized to
alter your decision/viewpoint which was against your personal
beliefs/conscience?
i. Very often
ii. at times
iii. Never
o. How did you handle such situations?

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p. Who are your role models?

q. How many mentors do you have?

i. 1
ii. 2
iii. 3
iv. More than 3
v. none

r. These mentors are from :

i. Within organization
ii. Outside organization
iii. Family
iv. Friends
v. Teachers/Professors
vi. Others, please specify
vii. None

s. How would you describe the role of your mentor?

t. What are your aspirations for the future?

u. How do you start and end the day?

v. Do you get adequate rest?
i. Yes
ii. No
iii. Partly
iv. Not at all

w. What are your interests & hobbies?

x. Do you get time to pursue it?
y. What do you do in your free time?

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 z. What have been the risks that you had to take in your career?
aa. In case you face any challenges, to whom do you rely upon?

bb. Considering current environment do you feel that your aspirations will be
fulfilled?
1. Yes 2. No
If no, can you tell reasons:

cc. Have you developed any health problems due to work? Yes or No
dd. Have you been able to strike a work-life balance?
i. No
ii. Partly
iii. Yes

ee. What would be something that you would do differently in your career?

ff. Do you recall any incidents in your career wherein myths were busted and
helped you to discover reality

gg. Are you contemplating a career change? Reasons for it

hh. What will be your advice to me?

ii. please feel to add more fields…..

Additional Comments/Observations:

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