The recently concluded drama at Flopenhagen (Sorry, Copenhagen), made me think about something which is usually a pretty neglected topic when it comes to debates on environment related issues etc. (Note that I am just highlighting this side-effect to trigger a constructive debate on this topic, and in no way am I stating that the issues related to environmental protection are not important)
--> Sidenote: Well, the Danish capital could do well by changing its name anyways, given the popularity(or is it notoriety?!) the new word has attained.
I wanted to dwell on the possible effects on the professional and personal lives of people working in certain industries, upon implementation of all or some of the solutions being suggested to overcome the problems faced by the Earth's environment.
Please feel free to send in all your cerebral "bricks and bouquets", regarding this topic. I would especially solicit interesting inputs and insights from the readers of my blog who are (a)domain experts in the few industries covered below, (b) environmentalists, (c)social scientists, (d)economists etc. Of course all the others are also welcome to send in their valuable inputs. Please feel free to add insights about other industries which I might have missed out in this blogpost.
Before I list out points about each of the industries, I would like to put down some scenarios which I believe could exist:-
*Scenario 1: Skills of people working in the "polluting" industry, are not transferable to be used in the "non-polluting" industry which is being touted as an environmentally friendly replacement. However, the existing market demand for products of the "polluting" industry sustains itself for many number of years. This helps in the workforce in the "polluting" industry to gracefully reach retirement during these many number of years.
--> Suggested Action: Non Required, as there will not be a mass unemployment issue
*Scenario 2: Skills of people working in the "polluting" industry, are not transferable to be used in the "non-polluting" industry which is being touted as an environmentally friendly replacement. To compound problems for the folks working in the "polluting" industry, the market for their products also vanishes in no time.
--> Suggested Action: Governments to work closely with industry and intervene timely with proper plans, to ensure that the effected workforce and their families do not suffer due to no fault of theirs.
*Scenario 3: Skills of people working in the "polluting" industry, are transferable to be used in the "non-polluting" industry which is being touted as an environmentally friendly replacement. However, the number of available jobs in the "newer" industry, is much lesser in number.
--> Suggested Action: Ditto, as for Scenario 2 described above.
*Scenario 4: Only certain market segments of the "polluting" industry needs to be "shut down".
--> Suggested Action: Can be easily resolved.
*Scenario 5: Each member of the workforce of "polluting" industry can be promptly transferred to the "new" industry.
--> Suggested Action: Well, what else do you want? It is Utopia! :-).
Having listed the scenarios which I could think of, let us go to some of the concerned industries --
* The Oil and Gas Industry (Upstream activities like oil exploration etc, all the way to cover downstream activities like marketing of petroleum products etc):- The Upstream activities would fall in the "Scenario 1" category. The Downstream activities would come closest to falling in the "Scenario 5" category
*Non-Renewable Energy: Scenario 1 is applicable in this case
*Auto Industry (Vehicles running on petrol, diesel): Again, Scenario 1 is applicable for this industry
*Plastics: Scenario 4 is applicable in this case
*Poultry and livestock: Ditto as for the Plastics industry i.e. Scenario 4
The importance of policy makers taking adequate measures to cover the scenarios described in this blog post, can be realised from the following scenario which occured in a different context (some of you would be aware of it):- Textile units in Bangladesh which employed children as workers, were abrupty shutdown. The result was an even worse future for the kids who lost their jobs. Since the children's families lost an important source of income without any means to replenish the same, most of them were forced to become child prostitutes. This forced the policy makers to implement a solution which was more pragmatic in nature.
Catch you folks later, with a blog post on the legendary "Sales Vs Production" fight :-)
Showing posts with label IT Jobs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IT Jobs. Show all posts
Monday, December 28, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Post-MBA Job Options in IT Industry
Have been wanting to post this information for a while now. This was information, which I unashamedly admit, I did not have fully have with me, before going to do my MBA from ISB-Hyderabad. Note that, your Pre-MBA experience does play a big role, in what kind of job you get.
I have listed below the job descriptions of some of the typical roles on offer in the IT industry, post-MBA(Especially applicable in the Indian context. Moreso, holds true for the folks with 7-10 years Pre-MBA work experience. However, even the others can benefit from the same):-
(i)IT Frontline Sales/Business Development Roles, for Indian IT Services companies like Infosys, Wipro, iGate etc (Hunting, Farming, and Mining Roles) - Please refer to my previous blog specifically dedicated to these job types, for more details.
--> Roles would 90% of the times be foreign based, or sometimes need you to be posted in India to cater to the local markets
--> Note that some Tier-1 companies offer a "Business Development Manager" role. From what I have seen that, these are Pre-Sales roles with a different name which offer an average salary. Some of the offshore roles provided by Tier-2 and Tier-3 companies are actual frontline sales roles, and pay decently well.
--> Expected Salary ranges: For foreign based roles, please refer to my earlier blog. For India based roles (mostly in Tier-2 and Tier-3 companies), it could be anywhere in the Rs 15-25 Lakh per annum range (Depends a lot on your Pre-MBA experience, your B-School etc)
(ii)IT Pre-Sales / Back-End support for Frontline Sales teams, in Indian IT Services companies:- Very minimal benefits for the folks in the 7-10 years work experience bracket, as far as Pre-MBA experience is concerned. Works best for folks with <5 years of work experience, and also maybe having been part of the 2 Year Full-Time MBA course from the IIMs etc
--> Expected Salary ranges: Mostly offshore based roles (very few are foreign based roles). Range is Rs 4-14 Lakhs per annum (Again, depends a lot on your Pre-MBA experience, your B-School etc)
(iii)IT Business Development Jobs for Product Companies like Microsoft etc, targetting sales for these companies'products in the Indian market:-
--> Expected Salary ranges: Range is Rs 12-18 Lakhs per annum
(iv) Product Manager Roles with companies like Cisco, Yahoo!, Computer Associates(CA), Google etc:- You are accountable for the performance of the particular product in the market (You act as a glue between the Sales and Production units of the company). High-paying jobs. Very few vacancies. Pretty difficult to crack the interviews (Google interview process is one, which is really tough)
--> Expected Salary ranges: Ranging from Rs 16 Lakhs per annum (Cisco) to Rs 30 Lakhs per annum (Google)
(v)Leading role with the IT Outsourcing/Procurement division of companies like British Petroleum(BP) etc:- Leverage all that you studied in most of your MBA courses, to help chalk out IT outsourcing strategy of the company. Play a key role in contract negotiations etc.
-->Expected Salary ranges:- GBP 50-60K per annum, US Dollar 100K-140K per annum
(vi)Program Manager with any IT company:- Some Product companies use this as another name for the role described earlier as "Product Manager". However, 9 times out of 10, this designation describes a role in the Indian IT Services Cos, where the person (a)does the day-to-day interfacing with the technical managers in the client org, on behalf of the project delivery teams in his/her own company, (b)provides critical help to the frontlines sales teams. Role could be offshore or onsite.
-->Expected Salary ranges: Do not Know
(vii)Project Management Office (PMO) Roles:- Work to ensure that the different projects/programs in a business division adhere to processes, do not overrun allocated budgets, and are in line with the division's business goals.
-->Expected Salary range in India:- Rs 17-20 Lakhs per annum
(viii)High-End IT Strategy Consultancy:- Very few roles, with companies like Booz, Allen, & Hamilton(BAH). Advisory to companies on how to structure their IT strategies.
-->Expected Salary range: Good salaries. Do not know, actual numeric values.
(IX) Managerial Roles in BPO/KPO industry
--> Expected Salary Ranges: Rs 15-19 lakhs per annum.
(x) Roles in Finance/Investment industry, where primary job is to track IT stocks. Do not have much information.
Hope this note, helps folks who are planning to do an MBA or are doing an MBA currently.
Invite readers of the blog with relevant experience, to add their valuable comments, to bolster the strength and usefulness of the information in this blog entry.
I have listed below the job descriptions of some of the typical roles on offer in the IT industry, post-MBA(Especially applicable in the Indian context. Moreso, holds true for the folks with 7-10 years Pre-MBA work experience. However, even the others can benefit from the same):-
(i)IT Frontline Sales/Business Development Roles, for Indian IT Services companies like Infosys, Wipro, iGate etc (Hunting, Farming, and Mining Roles) - Please refer to my previous blog specifically dedicated to these job types, for more details.
--> Roles would 90% of the times be foreign based, or sometimes need you to be posted in India to cater to the local markets
--> Note that some Tier-1 companies offer a "Business Development Manager" role. From what I have seen that, these are Pre-Sales roles with a different name which offer an average salary. Some of the offshore roles provided by Tier-2 and Tier-3 companies are actual frontline sales roles, and pay decently well.
--> Expected Salary ranges: For foreign based roles, please refer to my earlier blog. For India based roles (mostly in Tier-2 and Tier-3 companies), it could be anywhere in the Rs 15-25 Lakh per annum range (Depends a lot on your Pre-MBA experience, your B-School etc)
(ii)IT Pre-Sales / Back-End support for Frontline Sales teams, in Indian IT Services companies:- Very minimal benefits for the folks in the 7-10 years work experience bracket, as far as Pre-MBA experience is concerned. Works best for folks with <5 years of work experience, and also maybe having been part of the 2 Year Full-Time MBA course from the IIMs etc
--> Expected Salary ranges: Mostly offshore based roles (very few are foreign based roles). Range is Rs 4-14 Lakhs per annum (Again, depends a lot on your Pre-MBA experience, your B-School etc)
(iii)IT Business Development Jobs for Product Companies like Microsoft etc, targetting sales for these companies'products in the Indian market:-
--> Expected Salary ranges: Range is Rs 12-18 Lakhs per annum
(iv) Product Manager Roles with companies like Cisco, Yahoo!, Computer Associates(CA), Google etc:- You are accountable for the performance of the particular product in the market (You act as a glue between the Sales and Production units of the company). High-paying jobs. Very few vacancies. Pretty difficult to crack the interviews (Google interview process is one, which is really tough)
--> Expected Salary ranges: Ranging from Rs 16 Lakhs per annum (Cisco) to Rs 30 Lakhs per annum (Google)
(v)Leading role with the IT Outsourcing/Procurement division of companies like British Petroleum(BP) etc:- Leverage all that you studied in most of your MBA courses, to help chalk out IT outsourcing strategy of the company. Play a key role in contract negotiations etc.
-->Expected Salary ranges:- GBP 50-60K per annum, US Dollar 100K-140K per annum
(vi)Program Manager with any IT company:- Some Product companies use this as another name for the role described earlier as "Product Manager". However, 9 times out of 10, this designation describes a role in the Indian IT Services Cos, where the person (a)does the day-to-day interfacing with the technical managers in the client org, on behalf of the project delivery teams in his/her own company, (b)provides critical help to the frontlines sales teams. Role could be offshore or onsite.
-->Expected Salary ranges: Do not Know
(vii)Project Management Office (PMO) Roles:- Work to ensure that the different projects/programs in a business division adhere to processes, do not overrun allocated budgets, and are in line with the division's business goals.
-->Expected Salary range in India:- Rs 17-20 Lakhs per annum
(viii)High-End IT Strategy Consultancy:- Very few roles, with companies like Booz, Allen, & Hamilton(BAH). Advisory to companies on how to structure their IT strategies.
-->Expected Salary range: Good salaries. Do not know, actual numeric values.
(IX) Managerial Roles in BPO/KPO industry
--> Expected Salary Ranges: Rs 15-19 lakhs per annum.
(x) Roles in Finance/Investment industry, where primary job is to track IT stocks. Do not have much information.
Hope this note, helps folks who are planning to do an MBA or are doing an MBA currently.
Invite readers of the blog with relevant experience, to add their valuable comments, to bolster the strength and usefulness of the information in this blog entry.
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