MBAs often search for job and waste their time. View supports the idea of exploring business opportunities when one is MBA

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WHY JOB NECESSARILY AFTER MBA?
Fahim Akhtar
Three years ago the man came to Karachi from a remote village of interior
Sindh where sufficient resources of higher education do not exist. Like many
others student in thousands hailing from diverse places and backgrounds, he also
joined MBA program of a private university amongst one of more than a dozen
located at Shahra-e –Faisal, Karachi. The program did cost him ten thousand
rupees per month roughly in fee expense and another same or slightly more
amount for existence and survival including boarding and lodging in most
economical and asceticism manner to a new place away from his friends and
family. His aims were high and dreams too and graduated in business management
timely. From one year or a little less, he is in search of job, a suitable position for
him in comparison with his qualification expecting return of revenue invested in
him by his family. Jobs are not there and even if some opening is there,
organizations HR guys in good organizations ask Alumni of only a few institutes
tagged and recognized for quality business management education. But every one
is not a graduate of that place, hence, does not qualify pre requisite.
The individual came across me while I was guest speaker to same
university from where he graduated and now pursuing his MS for time pass only
according to him. He is shattered and broken and the man questioned me the

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intellect of government and educational policy makers in graduating masses when
job market is closed.
I gave him discount of his frustration in his attitude and asked him what did
he learn in curriculum of MBA? Has he not refined his perception of a business
development? Was he aware how a business accounts are monitored and
maintained before his MBA or his studies shaped him? Is he not confident now in
assessing any business? Are marketing modalities and sales techniques traits
inculcated in him as consumer or client or he analyzes those as a response of
individuals? Spray of question and answer in turn reflected that knowledge skill
and abilities of individual are good like any other MBAs. I asked him how much
salary he expects from a good job. The man replied me fifty thousand. So you
want to sell your skills in rupees fifty thousand per months with annual increment
of ten percent. The man was satisfied by look and did not answer.
Well selling at so low price to every Tom and Jerry is not fair, not justified.
When you have good openings in multinational or well reputed organization
nothing is bad in opting and joining, for your self development purpose. But when
job crunch is there, this is MBA only that gives you confidence to sell your KSAs
in market anywhere at the rate of your choice – selling your traits. You may go for
a business – a business not exactly like as any Khan of Bollywood, managing a
group of companies acquired by a stroke of luck without chronologically
developed skills of MBA but a business in real sense for the purpose of earning
profit legally. The counter my argument, I expect people will raise the issue of
funds for every business as it was in that forum. Not a valid argument – if you
have a sound plan; there are people, organization and banks all out to support you
– but you need what is guts and pluck only. An MBA can run both a shop in street
and chain of departmental stores in same effective manner better than a non MBA.
No disappointments in job crunch go for business.
There are more than two dozen management institutes and universities in
Karachi enrolling roughly of 300 pupil annually for MBA program producing

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more than seven thousands MBAs in an year. Every MBA can not get job in
multinational and may not assume the role of HR manager, project manager,
supply chain or finance. But option for business remains open to all.
After all trade was the profession of our holy prophet also.
The writer is a financial market professional, free lance
writer and a well known guest speaker regularly invited by
management institutes and universities in Pakistan. He can be
reached at fahimakhtar07@hotmail.com