Tuesday, April 16, 2013

A to Z Challenge

A TO Z OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Our eighth grade civics teacher while teaching resource management sounded very much disappointed when she said that money some how found it's way not only in the villages and the towns but also in our homes. We, as kids were oblivious of the fact that human beings used to use goods as exchange for goods or services. We went along with the syllabus and eighth grade was over and so was the class. In college however, the professor of Economics sounded just as thrilled while teaching us facts about money, the stock market, the skills in demand for jobs, the marketable qualities in human beings. etc etc. Wow, my head would spin. I would think things in old fashioned ways, like my grandmother would say "What is the world coming to." So in order to get jobs to get money we had to find resources other than the three simple ones ie food, clothing and shelter. Smart and well to do people would be in tune with time. People like my parents sent us to English speaking school while sacrificing their own needs.Some people who lived in villages sent their kids to cities to live with extended families. Some people used Nepotism and some stayed behind because of no connections. In America, while Nepotism still works like a charm, people with average income and people with backgrounds with not much education can also fight this race of carrier  development. Now there is something for people like us, and this resource of survival is genuine and very straight forward and this is what we call Networking. Registering himself or herself by simply writing their experiences in their field in various networks can not only help a person find a desired position, but also can help companies find suitable people. There is also another kind of networking which is made up of people like friends, neighbors,  coworkers and last but not least your own family members.


7 comments:

Ruth said...

Sadly, I have never been good at marketing myself.

Ghadeer said...

This post is reminding me of something very important in the corporate world that I suck at :(

Hilary Melton-Butcher said...

Hi Munir - neighbours, networking - helping others and ourselves at the same time .. N is a good letter .. and Nepotism certainly helps many.

Cheers Hilary

Launna said...

Here's where I succeed in marketing myself... not always easy as it takes confidence in oneself.. ;)

Optimistic Existentialist said...

The importance of networking cannot be overstated. That being said, I need to do better at it myself :)

Shelly said...

It is all about networking in this day and age, for certain.

Granny Annie said...

Glad I left the workforce before it became totally about who you know and not what your qualifications are.