Preparation along with Job Is it possible or not?

Many of the guys in IT sector or working in some MNC or private company or having an appointment letter in these have a dilemma of taking drop or going on Job & having a question whether preparation along with job is possible or not ? The answer is yes if you see the many successful job goers. But please don’t be judgmental by just seeing someone in your company or some senior or friend or colleague doing this thing. She/he may be extraordinary enough to have full concentration while on job and you might not have that much of capability. As everybody is having different attitude towards managing work-study balance, Preparation along with Job is possible keeping in mind the following-

1. WORK-STUDY BALANCE

For those going office on Mon-Fri, Studying on Sat-Sun, It might sound easy but its really very hard. Imagine its like working 24*7 . A private job may brings a mental stress. But those serious enough are leaving work in office & study in home. There is no perfect formula for maintaining Work-Study balance but some wise ones even found a way out to study in office also – like in library, during long lunch, surfing Wikipedia, GS preparation etc in office time. Work should be given the priority in such a way that staff doesn’t know that you are having something different in mind during office hours. Just balance the work in office. Do not sound and behave extraordinary there.Stay like a duck looking silent from above but keep paddling hard beneath. Just keep track of your concentration level. Means just do not involve in disturbing activities, Avoid parties in office, meanwhile trade off that extra time to sharpen your axe. Fill your pot drop by drop .Though Study needs full concentration but there are some subjects that do not always needs much concentration like Maths /GS, So try to finish these subjects in office time. The vision should be clear that before the exam you have to finish all your subjects & plan your time accordingly.

2. SMART HARD WORK

This is for office goers as well as for full timers. Now a days the competition is not just hard work .Today you can never achieve success without doing smart hard work which is explained below-

·         Understanding the syllabus of the competition thoroughly and suppose there are 10 subjects. As of now you cannot just prepare 8/10 subjects thoroughly & leave 2 subjects, who knows mostly questions come from those two subjects.

·         Thus Smart work includes the principal of fragmentation of subjects which means you will prepare all 10 Subjects but going to divide each subject into small fragments or sub topics & preparing 80-90% of these fragments. Like for example each subject having 50 major topics or fragments . So in 10 subjects there are 500 topics, So overall you can leave 50 fragments & though you left 50 from mixed subjects still you can prepare 90% overall.

Subjects	Fragments of each subject	Total Fragments	You Prepared	You Left	% Preparation
10	50	500	450 Fragm.	50 Fragm	90%(with fragm)
10	-	-	8 Subjects	2Subjects	80%(w/o fragm)

·         Doing the part generally left by others i.e GS/Aptitude/Reasoning/English. Though these may look tough initially but these are the most easy ones when you prepare them. They are like scoring subjects once you have a grip on them. 

     

    3. AVOID WORKING ROOMMATES

    Staying with those who will bother you for anything but work will not be helpful if you want to snatch time in your journey. Try to get into a solo room or look for someone who is also preparing for exams like you do. The working candidates will not much understand your ambition & definitely going to divert your attention & waste your precious time.

    4. TAKE STRATEGIC TIME OUT 

    Never feel shy to ask for CL/SL/EL (leaves) strategically before some important exam. Leaves are your fundamental rights in any organisation. Some of the fellows might argue that their bosses or managers are very strict, well in that case nobody is going to make a sick person work no matter what. Try the craziest sickness ever like some internal problem. Take leaves & the important thing is to utilize the leave for what it is taken. It may be very precious thing for you at that time. Use your mind & get fueled for the comming exam.

     5. HIBERNATE FROM SOCIAL MEDIA

     Those preparing & having a DO or DIE situation should go into hibernation from social media till you succeed in the exam. This is just to keep yourself away from giving away necessary time & to keep your office mates away from you. More means of communication, more will be the disturbance of WORK-STUDY stability. If you are having a removable battery phone, do not hesitate to remove your battery remove your SIM card & let your office mates or bosses hear a NOT REACHABLE tone if they ever tried to call you after office hours. This is a very nice trick to avoid office office things during your precious time.

     6. EFFICIENCY TOO LOW IN OFFICE

     Try to act bogus and a hell slower during office. Nobody will give you the crucial work then. However use high efficiency mode during studies. 

     

      In the end remember
    
    Whatever We Can Think Our Mind Can Achieve !!!
    
    

Continuing Private Job or A Drop : A Big Dilemma after B.Tech

Many of the candidates after doing their B.Tech are unable to decide whether to continue his/her job in a private company or quitting and trying for government sector exams or pursuing higher degree like M.Tech. Here are some practical guidelines for them.

Taking drop is not an easy process. There are various things which come in mind while deciding this & following are the points that stop a candidate from taking risk and trying:

1. Lack of self confidence to crack cutting edge competition.

2. Many fear a loss of job as a higher risk and would be jobless if they fail.

3. Fear of losing bond money.

4. Less no. of vacancies in government sector might be an issue in some branches.

5. Unavailability of a good coaching center.

6. Peer pressure from parents to always keep their son/daughter labeled as employed. 

One by one let’s check out the above mentioned points-

1. Lack of self confidence to crack cutting edge competition.

This generally happens with most of the candidates. If a candidate is having a high self confidence he would knew that A Big ship is always safe at the shore , but that is NOT what it is built for. Taking calculated risk is a very first step in deciding to prepare and getting your dream job. The students should understand that by devoting themselves towards study , proper dedication along with sincere efforts will definitely lead them to success . Furthermore those who still are thinking negatively should use the following self evaluation technique-

Self Evaluation to decide-

• Candidates having 1000-5000 rank in GATE exam are definitely having enough potential to cross any PSU exam or GATE exam by just taking a substantial risk & giving serious efforts. Many such students achieve success within 6 months.
• Candidates having 5000-15000 rank in GATE exam are having moderate potential and needs prolong serious preparation to achieve success. Such students may take a year long preparation. Risk factor is also moderate.
•  Candidates not qualifying GATE exam needs to think twice as the exam checks your aptitude(Marks of General Aptitude & Maths are enough for qualifying)  and you are seriously struggling somewhere. It is not to discourage anybody here as Many success stories comes from this category of students also. Again these fellows needs “Strongest dedication of their life” as their risk factor is somewhat high.

Self evaluation using GATE is not needed in case one decides to do hard work sincerely. Doing self evaluation without GATE , a candidate should study the paper She/he wants to crack -

• Check whether by seeing exam questions you get a gut feeling of doing them with some practice that is you are ok with the level of questions in the exam
• Check the syllabus whether you are having trouble in most of the subjects or its just some of them which are weak.
• Check whether you are still into solving easy problems. If you are not gone far across in job you should definitely be able to cope up with your new target.

2. Many fear a loss of job as a higher risk and would be jobless if they fail.

Again the people who are just having their appointment letter from some MNC or IT sector or are currently working as executive in these companies needs to evaluate themselves, whether they look forward in making a career in pvt sector or they want to go in the public sector. Many of candidates are struck in this & soon the time flies. So seek the below points for quick action-

• Check whether the profile suits you or not ? You can also check the profile senior to yours suits you or not? (because in some time you will also be promoted to the next level) This issue may be serious for those who get Group B or below government posts
• Check whether the compensation package given to you currently is matching with the sector you want or not? You can also check the compensation you will get after a year or two because this much time may be elapsed from your preparation till your joining?
• Some homely ones can also check for location because in govt sector location is not in your hands.
• Check whether the joining can be delayed by some time or not ? If the company can give you yearlong leave without pay than it’s the best strategy to snatch time & get to study.

3.Fear of losing bond money :

• Remember the simple trick, Don’t just resign, Let them expel you. Means if you resign on your own they can ask you and send you summon for bond money rather if they expel you when you are continuously ill & want to work (though not truly work but act to) but cannot join due to medical urgency & here is the trick , Soon they will fire you from themselves without paying off any bond money.
• Remember the fact that in India Bonded labor is not allowed, Employer can never keep your original marksheets and degrees ( for which law is very strict that the director of such company who keeps the marksheets as bond can be jailed ) So don’t fear if your marksheets are there.
• In case they force you to resign, start collecting the things they have shared with you in your joining letter like if they told you during recruitment that they have sat-sun off however they make you work on sat sun then you can quote that the company is not following the conditions told to me during recruitment process. Collect as many such points as possible.
• The bond money or service agreement they make is that they require the expense they have incurred in your training.
• Practically just let it not be a fearful situation because some organizations are helpful too and can have full n final settlement without taking bond money also. This happens in organizations where might be On Job Training is there (Means not much amount spent on your training).

4. Less no. of vacancies in government sector might be an issue in some branches.

Yes the branches like Computer Science Engineering / Information Technology and Electronics might have less no. of seats in competitive exams as compared to all other branches. So accordingly the competition is very high for the exams having a few seats. This can be seen in exams like IES where cut off of electronics branch is the marks of topper in electrical branch!!!  So the question arises on how to decide on this factor?

·         As seats are less the risk of not getting selected increases & one should not be quick in deciding to drop rather he/she should take wise decision by using Self evaluation technique discussed above.

5. Unavailability of a good coaching center.

Those who really tried hard with themselves and now they want coaching classes & cannot do without them should keep in mind that many students cross exams without any coaching classes. But many will argue with the fact that now as the competition is increasing, So the coaching is very necessary? Well in that case the coaching is also not a primary school as they cannot provide you from the basics, They just polish your concepts. Even by joining a good coaching does not mean that you needn’t work hard. Even than you need to study yourself. The serious candidates should not mainly depend on coaching institutes.

6. Peer pressure from parents to always keep their son/daughter labeled as employed.

The parents in our country take a pressure from the society to keep their children working & not sitting idle (taking drop) & they exert the same to them. Well in this regards make your parents believe you by giving them the examples of successful people, your career choice and your passion towards the goal you want to achieve. Definitely they will believe in you than the society. Those who go against their parents should make this as the most important reason to work hard and be successful. 

All  d best !!!