Career Development Progress

[Sara516]

Re: Career Development Progress

@delta0900

I live in a competitive city, where there are a lot of professional Pakistanis. I feel like based off my age and the fact I grew up in the US and went to college here I should be in a higher position. I am making inroads to get to a higher position, but it’s so tough being in my current position as it is very entry level.
I have many demands-taking care of parents, buying a home, getting married, etc. How do I handle this predicament? Do you sometimes feel, compares to other Pakistani professionals, you are not up to par with them?

I’ve (kind of) been in a similar position. Born and raised here in a similar city, educated here as well…when I started looking for a job I was frustrated because I thought it shouldn’t be so hard.

Growing up, (and based on what I’ve read on other forusm, it’s NOT just a desi thing, it’s more of a generational thing) we’re taught that once you graduate college, getting a job would be so easy.

Personally, there was never an emphasis on me having a career, or even a job when I was in HS/college…when I was done iwht school, the thinking was–I can speak English fluently, have a Bachelors degree, know how to use computers, it should be so easy to get a job.

Not true at all.

Now, a lot of my friends who graduated with me, they’re successful in their careers, but the biggest difference (or hte only difference rather) was, that they had the focus in college that I didn’t. They had clear goals in their mind and knew what they wanted and went after it. That’s it.
I know what my priorities were in college/after college, and I know I’ve been on a completely different track than most people.