It's back to 'High School Attitude'

Did you enjoy being the most popular or happening girl / guy in your high school?

Were you considered the fashion / sports epitome?

Did your looks bring in large crowd of followers trailing and sighing behind you?

Did you have exclusive friends who were part of your group, only by invitations?

No, I wasn’t the happening or popular girl in high school, nor was I any kind of fashion epitome (braces and joint eyebrows!!!) and the last time I took part in sports was in 6th standard, running rally. And I was DESPERATE to be part of the exclusive club but ignored and snubbed royally since no invitation was issue as I did not fit THE criteria.

  

10 years later

I am confident and self assured person, I am not inclined or have any kind of inspiration to be the most popular or happening person at work or with friends or with family. Sports to me is occasional gym time (no raised eyebrow people, it’s to tone my body and not to loose weight) and I am NOT desperate at all to be part of any exclusive club / organization (mafia or legal, though mafia is more tempting if I have Ajay Devgn *OUTIM* besides me)

BUT, I am really-really-really-really inquisitive on finding out how does one get to be part of the exclusive group / organization? Is their entrance exam like one in FTII or being born with silver/platinum/gold/diamond spoon just like Ambani or you are just plain lucky or not like Manyata Dutt who is married to Sanjay Dutt *instant fame and failure now*.

I ask you this today because I am haunted once again with the parallel dilemma after a decade. The exclusive-snooty-high-school-club-only-by-invitation-and-only-devil-knows-the-criteria are now the exclusive-snooty-fmcg/retail/otc-organizations-only-by-past-experience-are-qualified-to-apply scenario.

Its not blowing trumpets, but I am confident of myself, my abilities and to what level I can make the difference in a company and how can I bring it to next level. Let it be FMCG, Retail, Luxury products, Film Industry, IT Company or any vertical of business. What needs to be the main concern of any company/employer, which I am assuming is that they need people who believe in the idea of simple thinking with hard working dynamics, out-of-box ideas with confidence and honesty with the will to position the company ahead before self.

I am back in the rat race or rather marathon looking for job opportunities to which I have support of 5 years and 6 months, couple of appreciation mail and awards, various learning experience with team and individually, inventive and resourceful, aggressive with deadlines, confident and self assured and a person with definite back-up plans but wait a minute, I don’t have relevant experience in a particular vertical of business like may be branding Surf Excel or marketing Appy Fizz or handling the Corporate Communication for luxury product such as Mango. So I question myself and self analyze check, I have required years of experience in marketing / branding and corporate communication, passion, creativity, hard working, good writing skills, willingness to adapt and learn and succeed.

What is required you ask?

Opportunity. Give me chance, let me confirm your belief that you have chosen rightly. You choose to be unlike others who conform to rigid norms with blinkers. You would choose not to be a COW, who rather stands between a busy road, blocking people or traffic not knowing where you are heading but someone who is willing to break free and rule your kingdom meticulously and thoroughly with your ideas and instincts just like a ANT (You do know how powerful is the ant, right?)

When they can do it, why can’t I and you do it?

1. Started of with as a spice merchant, moved to textile, post production houses, electricity, communication, retail and so forth – Reliance Group 
2. Started of with textiles, petrochemical, telecommunication, coal mines, insurance and so forth – Aditya Birla Group 
3. Started with real estate, consumer products, industrial engineering, appliance, furniture, security, agricultural products and so forth – Godrej Group  

When they can benefit all the various business verticals as employer, why can’t I be an important pivotal asset to these companies, I ask?

Do I have to choose between High School or the Highway attitude?