Guidelines for choosing a profession in the field of Commerce/Business and stressing what to conceptualize before choosing a profession (goal of life). Some contents given in Urdu language.

1. GOVT. SUPERIOR COMMERCE COLLEGE
STUDENTS’ ORIENTATION PROGRAM
I.Com. 1st Year
Session 2013-2014
OCTOBER 12, 2013

2. Guidelines for
Deciding a Profession
Presented by:
Muhammad Zakaullah

3. What is COMMERCE?
Trading: Means Buying and Selling; Retail, Wholesale, Import,
Business: Combination of Commerce and Industry
Export
BUSINESS
Service: Transportation, Insurance, Banking
TRADING COMMERCE SERVICE
TRADE
SERVICE
INDUSTRY
Commerce: Combination of Trade and Service
Commerce = Trade + Service
COMMERCE
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4. When you complete your studies?
After I. Com
Clerk, Junior Officer (if Good English and Smart).
After B. Com
Clerk, Junior Officer, Assistant Manager.
After M. Com
Officer, Asstt. Manager, Deputy Manager, Manager.
MBA
After C A
ICMA
Officer, Asstt. Manager, Deputy Manager, Manager.
Deputy Manager, Manager
Assistant Manager, Deputy Manager, Manager

5. • After completion of your
Academic or Professional
Qualifications
• Type-1 keeps three options:
• You might have two tendencies!
2. Complete an academic or
professional qualification and
join an organization as an
Employee.
• Type-1: Work for Yourself and Your
Family
• Type-2: Work for yourself and
Community/Society/Change
1. Take any Qualification and
start doing Business
3. Work as an employee for
sometimes and start a new
business or join a family
Business or Consultancy
business.
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6. Option-1: Business
to join/initiate a business you must have;
Some money (investment), Entrepreneurship, and some other skills
Option-2: Professions for Type1 personalities (whose priority is His own self and
family):
• Politician
• Accounting
• Supply Chain Management
• Teacher
• Finance
• Advertising
• Banking
• Actuary
• Public Servant (CSS)
• Journalist (Media Person)
• Lawyer
• Psychiatrist/psychologist
• Insurance
• Marketing
• Sales
• Human Resources
• Financial Engineering
• Economist
• Material Management
• Etc.
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7. Professions for Type-2 personalities:
Dominated by pain for community/nation/humanity.
Who want to work for Community/Society/Change and for their own self too.
• Politician
• Teacher
• Public Servant (CSS)
• Journalist (Media Person)
• Lawyer
• Psychiatrist/Psychologist
• Religious Scholar
EXPLORE YOURSELF, VISUALISE FUTURE, DECIDE YOUR
STATUS AND THEN DECIDE YOUR PROFESSION
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8. How would you describe yourself in the following categories
• How are you socially?
-Extrovert
-Introvert
• How are you at decision making? -Decisive -Indecisive
• What would you be in a group setting? -Leader -Team Member
• How is your outlook on life? -Logical -Optimistic -Agreeable -Pessimistic
• What is your Overall Mood?
-Demanding -Enthusiastic -Patient -Moody
• How your interaction with others?
-Outspoken -Loud -Quiet -Thoughtful
• How are you Individuality? -Productive -Spontaneous -Reflective -Stable &
Dependable
• How would you describe your personality? -Independent -Popular Accommodating -Dependent
• What is your motivation in life? -Power/Leadership -Peace/Wellness of others Fun/Adventure - Relationships/Intimacy
So there you go. You know who you are
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9. By deciding your status in your mind, first of
all…..
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10. What factors will you consider when deciding a profession?
1. Your Vision
2. Your inclination (including parents)
3. Respect, Financial and other Rewards
4. Growth Rate (of profession) in the Market
5. Your Growth Rate in the profession
6. Cost and duration of the Qualifications/Studies
7. Labour (hard work) required
8. What are the pros and cons described by the
Professionals
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11. Qualifications
Academic Qualification
Professional Qualification
Semi-Professional Qualification
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12. Qualifications: Professional or Academic?
Academic Qualifications: An
academic degree is a title
within a College or University
awarded in recognition of the
recipient having either
satisfactorily completed a
prescribed course of study or
having conducted a scholarly
endeavour deemed worthy of
his or her admission to the
degree. The most common
degrees awarded today are
Bachelors, Masters, and
Doctoral degrees.
Professional Qualifications:
Qualification that is
specifically linked to certain
career choices, and
awarded by the relevant
professional bodies (such as
PMDC, PEC, ICMAP, ICAP) in
line with their charters.
Professional body offers
membership after successful
completion of a course of
study followed by some
supervised work/training.
Semi Professional:
Qualifications that
are specifically
linked to certain
career choices, and
awarded by a
university (or its
institute) not by a
relevant
professional body.
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13. 1. Application of Knowledge
2. Intellectual Skills (Analysis & Evaluation)
3. Communication Skills
4. Moral Skills
5. Physical Skills
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14. Application
of
Knowledge
Intellectual
Skills
(Analysis &
Evaluation)
Moral Skills
Communication
Skills
Physical
Skills
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15. Accounting
Financial
Accounting
Chartered
Accountant
ACCA
Management
Accounting
CMA/ACMA
CIMA
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16. Finance
Treasury
Auditing
Banking
Financial
Brokers
Loans
Collections
Investment
Banking
Budget
Analysts
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17. Career Choice- Lawyer
1. Divorce Lawyers.
2. District attorney on division level.
3. Advocate General in High & Supreme courts.
4. Public prosecutor.
5. Corporate in-house counsel.
6. Administrative law judge, Judge, Arbitrator
7. Law professor
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18. Career Choice- Teaching
• Montessori Teacher
• Primary and High School Teacher
• College Professor
• University Professor
• Trainer in Specialized Areas like Human Resource, Teaching
• Coach- Sports and Martial Arts
• Language Teacher
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19. Civil Service (Public Servant)
Requirements: candidates having 2 years Bachelors degree and ages
between of 21 and 29.
1.
Income Tax Group
5. Office Management Group.
2.
Customs and Excise Group
6. Pakistan Audit and Accounts Service
3.
Information Group
7. Railways Group
4.
Military Land and Cantonment Group
8. Postal Group
5.
Section Officer/Secretary
9. District Management Group.
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20. Journalism: Reporter, Presenter, Writer, Analyst, Columnist etc.
PRINT MEDIA
ELECTRONIC MEDIA
• News Papers: Crime, Politics,
Sports, Entertainment,
Education, Commerce, Science
• Web
•Magazines
• Entertainment Channels
•Journals
• Sports Channel
•Digests
• FM Channels
• News Channels
• Radio Broadcasting (AM)
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21. How many belongs to Commerce among the top 10s ?
7 fields belongs to Commerce among the top 10s
Creative Designing
Finance & Accounting
5 Years: 43,215 - 82,600*
Growth Rate: 180%**
Entry Level: 10,000 - 25,000*
5 Years: 36,100 - 90,250*
Growth Rate: 261%**
Telecom Engineering
HR Management
Mechanical Engineering
Sales & Business
Development
Program & Project
Management
Procurement & Supply
Chain
Marketing & Brand
Management
Entry Level: 12,000 - 18,000*
5 Years: 49,560 - 74,340*
Growth Rate: 313%**
Entry Level: 18,000 - 30,000*
5 Years: 68,800 - 103,200*
Growth Rate: 258%**
Entry Level: 15,000 - 25,000*
5 Years: 76,219 - 150,412*
Growth Rate: 467%**
Software Engineering
Entry Level: 15,000 - 30,000*
Entry Level: 25,000 - 48,000*
5 Years: 69,112 - 115,218*
Growth Rate: 153%**
Entry Level: 20,000 - 52,000*
5 Years: 83,916 - 165,371*
Growth Rate: 246%**
Entry Level: 15,000 - 35,000*
5 Years: 63,750 -126,250*
Growth Rate: 280%**
Entry Level: 18,000 - 38,000*
5 Years: 59,940 - 99,000*
Growth Rate: 184%**
Entry Level: 20,000 - 35,000*
5 Years: 74,100 - 142,240*
Growth Rate: 293%**
Amin Saleem

22. What is the ultimate objective of all these efforts,
money, tension, pain and sacrifices of you and your
parents?
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27. (smartness and diligence)
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28. ability to work in a team
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29. By deciding your status in your mind, first of all
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