The participants, Anjana Adhikari, Anita Bastola, Ranjita Bhattarai and Anupa Ramudamu are all first year students of Bachelors in Business Studies (BBS) at Herald International.[break]
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L to R: Anupa Ramudamu, Anita Bastola, Anjana Adhikari and Ranjita Bhattarai.
Have you decided about what career path you will choose, yet?
Ranjita: I haven’t totally made up my mind but I’m studying BBS so that I can pursue law later on.
Anjana: Now that I’ve joined the commerce stream and studied BBS, I want to work in financial institutions afterwards.
Anita: I don’t exactly have an aim at the moment but I guess I’d eventually want to work in the banking sector.
Anupa: I will finish my Masters in Business Administration (MBA) and then aim to work in the managerial position in a bank.
Sometimes, we adopt decisions endorsed by our family and circumstances when deciding what we want to do in life, career wise. But if given a chance, what career option do you want to take up for yourself?
Anjana: Nursing has always been my passion but I wasn’t able to get into the government nursing college here. Still today, I am ready to study nursing, if things work out.
Anupa: I’m also opting to take a course on becoming an air hostess side by side, with my Bachelors degree. If that works out, I’ll join that field.
Ranjita: I’m currently working as a salesperson in my family cosmetic shop. In the long run, after gaining enough skills and earning some seed money, I want to get into the business of selling cosmetics.
Anita: I have no intention of starting a business on my own because I had a family grocery store business which recently stopped operations, and I’ve had enough of doing business. My preference is to work in a bank.
Any plans to work abroad?
Anjana: I don’t want to go abroad. I want to work here in my country itself.
Ranjita: I want to go abroad to work and gain experience, and to travel, but not to settle abroad.
Anupa: Working abroad is an opportunity to observe and learn how people outside are progressing and to implement those techniques here in Nepal.
Anita: I want to go abroad to study further and then I wish to come back home.
What are your anticipations regarding your career?
Anjana: I guess for all students, there’s a slight fear regarding whether or not we will get jobs in the future. And even when we do get jobs, there’s
the question of whether the work will be worth all the studying that
we’ve done.
Ranjita: Yes, that’s also what I’m worried about. What if after all this studying and hard work, we have to stay idle?
When it comes to career guidance, who do you look up to?
Ranjita: At first, I seek guidance from my teachers. I also have sisters at home who guide me.
Anupa: In my case, I ask my family first and then get advice from teachers.
Anjana: My teachers and brothers are always there to help me out. My mom doesn’t have much experience regarding this matter, but my dad gives me suggestions.
Anita: Siblings at home and college teachers are whom I look up to for career advice.
In our society, men take up the role of the bread winner. But as a woman, what importance do you place on working and earning, even after you get married and start a family?
Anjana: If you’re financially independent then you have the liberty to do whatever you want. Your profession is also a part of your identity, and so I know I want to work even after I’m married.
Ranjita: After having studied so much, I’m capable of earning. I wouldn’t want to be dependent on anyone else and so I want to continue working after I marry.
Anupa: I’d like to also contribute to my family’s finances after I get married and so I will work.
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