In choosing a future profession you need to rely primarily on your own opinion. Yes, it happens, that there is a pressure from various quarters, such as stereotypes of society or the opinions of others. Often even parents are trying to bring to their children unfulfilled dreams: "I have not became a doctor, although it was dream of my life, so will let my daughter be a doctor." And it does not take into account the individual characteristics of the child. Either the parents do not agree with the choice of their child and begin to dissuade him in all possible ways. But you should not bury your dreams only because of this. In this regard, I am very lucky; my parents strongly support me, encourage my ideas and help bring them to life. So we did not have a long dispute about who I have to become in life.
My career plan is to receive a top-quality modern management education, gain two years of international work experience and exposure the latest business practices and then implement these practices on the familiar Russian market through working in Global company. As one of the most rapidly developing countries in the world and the newest member of the WTO, Russia is becoming more integrated into the international community than ever before. However, the country lacks qualified employees and many companies need drastic modernizing and restructuring in order to compete globally.
In other words, my career plan started a year ago when I decided to apply for the program Lancaster University for MSc in Money, Banking and Finance programme. For me it is the most fascinating sphere of interests and my previous studies were dedicated to it. My Bachelor degree in Economics provided me with the opportunity to attain very strong theoretical knowledge of the fundamental economic theories while Master programme allowed to devote my academic attention to more specialized financial issues. But as long as my future career goal is to work in a leading managerial role for a multinational company I need to complete my education in this area.
My next goal is to go for exchange program. For this target I applied for study abroad programs in Paris, Milano, Rio and Bilbao. I have chosen to apply to the study abroad program in order to obtain managerial skills that will positively contribute to the development of my future career, as I am very interested to progress as financial manager. I believe that the exceptional opportunity of studying abroad at one of the best-ranked business schools is an exceptional experience and could enrich and develop me in both individual and professional ways. After this international experience I hope to receive a place on Graduate Programme like financial analyst for 2 years and afterwards return to my country and implement all obtained experience.
List of references
1. Donald E.Super, “A life-span, life-space approach to career development”, (1980)
2. B. Law, “Community interaction: A ‘mid-range’ focus for theories of career development in young adults” (1981)
