Have been reading some good career discussions here. Thought I might pop a Q that has been plaguing me. Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
MY PROFILE:
Age:40
Education:
- XII years from a top school (80%+ in all years)
- Did two IT programming diplomas (3 years total). "Not a proper Bachelor's degree"
- Currently about to complete Zend PhP Certification.
CAREER:
- Worked as a Marketing Manager for an MNC (2 years)
- Worked as a Branch head for an Indian IT giant (2 years)
- Started my own IT company, created an overseas customer base and am still the CEO (13 years).
SKILL SET:
- Marketing and Customer Management: Acquire and Manage international clients
- Staff management: Manage teams of web application developers, SEOs and designers
- Business Strategy, diversification and growth
- Project Management: Supervise building of online tools and complex web-applications
- Expert at online marketing, reputation and online brand management, etc. Have done programming and love it, but it is not my main job now.
TARGET
To work in Canada or USA within maximum 2-3 years time
QUERIES:
My IT experience and skill set is varied, so I can handle many responsible positions.
1. What job profile in the IT industry of US or Canada will fit my profile best? For example, Business Analyst, Application Development Manager, Operations / IT Manager etc.
2. I doubt it, but is there a chance to get a job abroad on the basis of my diplomas and vast experience but without a Bachelor's degree?
3. Am willing to acquire an important RARE skill / degree. Please suggest what rare skill I can acquire, to enhance my chances of getting a responsible position abroad? For example, PMP to back my PhP-MySQl experience, SAP that requires business acumen as well and builds upon my existing strength, Java, .Net etc.
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Originally posted by aarkay777
Have been reading some good career discussions here. Thought I might pop a Q that has been plaguing me. Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
MY PROFILE:
Age:40
Education:
- XII years from a top school (80%+ in all years)
- Did two IT programming diplomas (3 years total). "Not a proper Bachelor's degree"
- Currently about to complete Zend PhP Certification.
CAREER:
- Worked as a Marketing Manager for an MNC (2 years)
- Worked as a Branch head for an Indian IT giant (2 years)
- Started my own IT company, created an overseas customer base and am still the CEO (13 years).
SKILL SET:
- Marketing and Customer Management: Acquire and Manage international clients
- Staff management: Manage teams of web application developers, SEOs and designers
- Business Strategy, diversification and growth
- Project Management: Supervise building of online tools and complex web-applications
- Expert at online marketing, reputation and online brand management, etc. Have done programming and love it, but it is not my main job now.
TARGET
To work in Canada or USA within maximum 2-3 years time
QUERIES:
My IT experience and skill set is varied, so I can handle many responsible positions.
1. What job profile in the IT industry of US or Canada will fit my profile best? For example, Business Analyst, Application Development Manager, Operations / IT Manager etc.
2. I doubt it, but is there a chance to get a job abroad on the basis of my diplomas and vast experience but without a Bachelor's degree?
3. Am willing to acquire an important RARE skill / degree. Please suggest what rare skill I can acquire, to enhance my chances of getting a responsible position abroad? For example, PMP to back my PhP-MySQl experience, SAP that requires business acumen as well and builds upon my existing strength, Java, .Net etc.
If u have ur own company why would u like to do a job and work for someone else?
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Originally posted by aarkay777
3. Am willing to acquire an important RARE skill / degree.
If RARE, how to find it?
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If u have ur own company why would u like to do a job and work for someone else?
Have been running an SME for long. The money is good but the quality of life around here is not. I want to probe if I can do more than just run a small IT company, gain exposure in an international work environment and have a better lifestyle.
So what rare skill do you suggest?
Any other comments on my other queries from someone in the IT industry out there?
Location: Western Hemisphere
Posted on: 04-05-11 12:25:45
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Originally posted by aarkay777
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If u have ur own company why would u like to do a job and work for someone else?
Have been running an SME for long. The money is good but the quality of life around here is not. I want to probe if I can do more than just run a small IT company, gain exposure in an international work environment and have a better lifestyle.
So what rare skill do you suggest?
Any other comments on my other queries from someone in the IT industry out there?
You are more than welcome to try. But be wary of the trap you might get into where your quality of life might be great but there's no money to enjoy that quality of life.
For a decent job in the US/Canada, you will most likely require a 4 yrs bachelors degree to avoid getting filtered even befoe they look deeply at your resume.
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Dimple2001
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trap you might get into where your quality of life might be great but there's no money to enjoy that quality of life.
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Originally posted by dimple2001
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Originally posted by aarkay777
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You are more than welcome to try. But be wary of the trap you might get into where your quality of life might be great but there's no money to enjoy that quality of life.
For a decent job in the US/Canada, you will most likely require a 4 yrs bachelors degree to avoid getting filtered even befoe they look deeply at your resume.
The desired quality of life is for my baby; it really does not matter much to me. A rare skill may take care of the money part, hence my query.
Have two options for the degree
- MBA from UK. Have admits from top universities.
- Do a degree from India at much lesser cost but that would be a degree with less recognition and taught value.
