Mirza Salman Hossain Beg’s Post

Finding a suitable job is becoming difficult for those who follow the same path as 80% of the crowd. Hence, we get frustrated and lose hope. However, minor tweaks during the job application period and before attending interviews can significantly reduce our suffering. DON'T use the same resume for all job application DON'T copy-paste the same cover photo either DON'T just apply through mass channels DON'T depend entirely on your luck DON'T EVER go to an interview without solid preparation INSTEAD, DO THESE 👇🏼 🧩 CUSTOMIZE each resume keyword and summary paragraph per the role and the company. 🧩 CUSTOMIZE each cover letter the same way. 🧩 ESTABLISH valuable relationships within prospective companies for internal referral (they are WAY MORE impactful than you know). 🧩 RESEARCH company history and try to connect the dots instead of just being excited to apply for a big brand name. 🧩 STALK (virtually) everything about the person you're interviewing with. Finding common ground before meeting the interviewer will give you control over the quality of the conversation. 🧩 PRESENT yourself as if you're already working in the company. SHOW them what it would be like to work with you. Landing a job is less about how you try to 'appear' in the interview and more about how you can demonstrate your readiness for the challenge to take on. Enjoy this? Please share it with your network and follow me, Mirza Salman Hossain Beg, for more like this daily! #careers #personaldevelopment #jobsearch #interview

The book that changes your life is not the one you read, but the one you WRITE for yourself (publishing is optional!) :)

My university professors expected me to be a high-flying corporate professional right after graduation, but I started my career at a local newspaper company focusing on communications and major events management. I had no development studies degree, but my second job was at an NGO. I didn't study digital marketing or engineering, but my third job was at a WIMAX technology company, where I built their brand and digital ecosystem. I had no background in sales, and that too in a startup on advertising technology, but that's where I moved to next as the head of sales and marketing. I managed only four people until joining Telenor (Grameenphone), where I led 56 people in a six-department organization at the age of 29. If you're following my growth journey, you know by now that I was no exception by any means, as measured by the usual standards in our society. So, don't be worried about the work, title, or job opportunity you'll get next. We all start with nothing and progress from there. Like life, you will figure it out when you believe you can. The more enablers you have, the faster you'll become what you think you cannot. What's currently enabling your career? Enjoy this? Please share it with your network and follow me, Mirza Salman Hossain Beg, for more like this daily! #careers #personaldevelopment #growth #decisionmaking

“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain

Analytical thinking and innovation are two of the most sought-after skills one can develop in the fast-evolving digital world. Despite its significance, most of us don't fully understand the real meaning and application of the two at work. Let's understand INNOVATION first. Most of us use the term INNOVATION in everything without fully differentiating the types of innovation they are referring to. This can make you look naive or ignorant of you mention this during the interview or at work in front of an expert. There are four types of innovation at large. 1. INCREMENTAL INNOVATION 🔧 - This is 90% of all things you do daily, and call it innovation. Things like changing the color of the content, making a small patch (potti) to an existing product, giving a discounted price offering of the same product, or relaunching the same product with some minor changes. If you enjoy calling these innovations and expect a raise/promotion at the end of the year, you will get stuck in life. Everyone does these, and they don't show any true innovation. 2. ARCHITECTURAL INNOVATION 🧩 - This is a system-level innovation where you have to change the existing architecture of a solution in multiple ways to develop a new, superior product/solution. An example of this is what my team and I did when building the #MyGP App in Grameenphone Ltd. To provide the existing self-care value to our users online with a seamless journey, we had to reimagine the system and information architectures to design from the ground up. 3. RADICAL INNOVATION 📱 - A simple example of this is the iPhone. The first personal smartphone was released in 1992, and before the launch of the first-ever iPhone, there were already millions of smartphone users in the world. Despite the market traction of Blackberry, Nokia, and Motorolla phones, Apple radically changed how the world could use smartphones with a full touch, no keyboard internet phone. 4. DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION 🔥 - Netflix is an example of this type of innovation. People were already used to renting CDs/DVDs to watch movies. But Netflix disrupted that user behavior in 2007 by selling video-on-demand online. The rest is history. Entrepreneurs, CXOs, and Product Managers often invest so much of their money into building INCREMENTAL solutions that either don't add values that last or get quickly obsolete with a slightly superior change in the market. How we intentionally and carefully build our products and services using the various types of INNOVATIONS can determine where we will be as a business. Enjoy this? Share it with your network and follow me, Mirza Salman Hossain Beg, for more of this daily! #innovation #careers #growth #personaldevelopment #productmanagement

Creativity is among the top three skills one can have to perform well at work and stand out from the rest-according to the World Economic Forum for several years now. Yet every time you are given the opportunity to practice and demonstrate creativity, you go for the shortcuts. Instead of using imagination and asking probing questions about the problem to be solved, you look for any ready templates or ideas available online. Instead of expanding your thinking capacity, you contract it by copying what's already there. - Canva saves time to make a presentation, but it takes away your need to practice creative thinking. - Free business templates and ideas on the internet are great for reference, but if you want to build something that will solve the problems of your target audience, copy-pasting the template won't take you far. 🌟 Creativity is the foundation for original thinking. 🌟 Creativity is the foundation for ambiguous problem-solving. 🌟 Creativity is the foundation for authentic storytelling. What sets human beings apart from robots is our creativity and imagination. The more you depend on templates and shortcuts, the more likely you'll get redundant by AI or some technology in the near future. Enjoy this? Share it with your network and follow me, Mirza Salman Hossain Beg, for more daily! #careers #personaldevelopment #entrepreneurship #creativity

“At times, it seems, the bigger the corruption, the less likelihood of it having any consequences. People are even starting to joke that it is pointless to steal small amounts. Corruption stifles progress – a country cannot thrive when politics is more lucrative than business.” Very amptly put.

Whenever I ask university students or young professionals about their career aspirations, the answer mainly highlights their need to reach a particular position in the job hierarchy. Answers like- I want to be a leader. I want to be a manager or head of the department. I want to get a job at this reputed company. Etc. What you actually mean is your need for specific qualifications, experiences, or achievements, which are often referred to as CREDENTIALS, to receive recognition or approval from others, which can be seen as VALIDATION. You must understand the three career strategy and ambition stages to recognize this. ➜ Short-term ➜ Medium-Term  ➜ Long-Term Most of you who aspire for career #CREDENTIALS focus on a medium-term ambition. In my experience, this is one of the biggest limitations that you set for yourself before even starting your career. When I coach or mentor someone, I always refer to the short-term objectives and long-term goals that can significantly set one apart from the rest. 🧩 Short-term ambition focuses on the skills and experiences you must acquire to build your foundation. 🧩 Long-term ambition helps you stay the course regardless of whatever happens around you in the near-medium terms. 🧩 Short-term strategies emphasize today's priorities, while long-term aspirations help clarify the choices you make in the short-term journey. ✳️ Hence, by design, if you play your cards right in the short-term growth without getting distracted by your need for CREDENTIALS in the medium term, you will surely increase your odds of building a long-term successful career. What are your short-term and long-term goals in your career plan? Enjoy this? Please share it with your network and follow me, Mirza Salman Hossain Beg, for more in the future. 😇 #careers #aspirations #growthmindset #personaldevelopment #inspirations

If you're a university student or young professional in your early-mid career looking to make quality career choices to make progress/be successful, who would you consider a go-to person to learn from and why? #careers #personaldevelopment #masterclass

Relationship 101. Be it personal or professional. We all know it but fail to follow this simple habit of developing meaningful relationships.