Hop, skip & jump: Not scared of experimenting

Updated on: Friday, February 10, 2012

A couple of decades ago, a career was something you walked into at 20 and out of at 60. But today, the conventional definition of a career is out of sync with a generation for whom sticking to one field is no longer important.

Himmat Doel - an English honours graduate from Delhi - dabbled in half a dozen careers before landing a job as a grip, a person in-charge of placing and moving cameras on a movie set. Fresh out of college, Himmat had a short stint in a computer company, which he did not enjoy. So he quit the job and worked as a DJ for a while. He went on to learn cinema and worked for a feature film. While working in the film industry, he got in touch with someone who runs a grip company.

Doel's mantra in life is simple - follow your heart. He also credits his parents for giving him the freedom to do what he wanted. Doel's philosophy is one that is fast gaining ground at career guidance centres. For instance, anyone who does an aptitude test administered by Young Buzz - a career counselling agency -will be guided towards three possible streams that they can succeed at. Bharti Gandhi, director of Young Buzz, says that there are a minimum of three fields that every individual can do well at.

Gandhi should know. She started out as a cancer researcher, a field she was passionate about. Then she went on to discover her business acumen in the real estate industry. "Though I was making money, I was not too interested in what I was doing," says Gandhi.

When her son started Young Buzz, she joined the company as its director. "People say that I've changed careers so many times that I'm well suited for the job of a career counsellor," she laughs.

Five years ago, Piya Bose, a 25-year-old corporate lawyer, quit a job that paid her Rs 70,000 a month and chose to pursue her wanderlust.

She turned entrepreneur and began an all women's travel company. She now takes women of all ages on trips across the world, from Ladakh and Rajasthan to Greece and Turkey.
 

Times of India

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