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Type Of Traps To Look Out For In A New Job

Posted by Anonymous on 7/16/2010 at 3:30 PM ET 125 Points
I've been appointed as a Management Trainee Officer in a 40 year old importing and distribution company with presence in consumer durables, FMCG and electronics.

The company has recently signed a joint-venture agreement with a foreign company and it wants me to look after practically everything that needs to be looked after starting from the set up of the production plant and so on. I've told that actually it's the work of the Assistant Manager, so they might promote me after 6 months to the AM position once I perform well as an MTO.

I know other MTO's in established companies do much more structured work. I would like to know if my work carries much more risks, what pitfalls to avoid in my work.
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  • Posted on 7/16/2010 at 4:27 PM Accepted
    Nayeem

    Interesting question. I assume its your first job or atleast the first after post graduation. You see as a management trainee the basic job is to take your through different roles in different divisions and get you a feel of the organisation and at the same time test your skills to judge where would you perform the best. Thats what is supposed to be the purpose of a typical management trainee program.

    In your case it looks a bit unstructured ,maybe cuz the company does not have a set MT process or maybe cuz it recently signed for a JV and doesnt have manpower to put someone to work solely on this project.

    Assuming you have an option to move into some other established companies with more structured program, ask yourself what do u want from your career and its experiences.

    Established MT have structured process but mostly ( not always) as an MT in such big firms you have relatively less freedom to exercise your creativity and ideas. Lot of times it is top down or within strict parameters of the structure. It is good cuz lot of times these structures give you perfect excuse for the hindrances or problems you face.

    In your current firm and the role as you describe it, i see an immense opportunity. Since you would be handling practically everything, imagine the amount of learning you will get. you will get to know things from ground up, the problems the bottlenecks. And you would devise the solutions and work on them. Since you are just starting work dun focus on the designation. Its going to be taxing and lot of hardwork. but give it sometime and post one year conpare the amount of learning that you would have acquired vs your peers in other companies. Its a slight risk but look at the rewards - great learning in the beginning of your career. if you do a good job then an excellent resume and if everythin goes well with you having so much experience in the project you might also become an important asset for the company.

    So it depends on you as to what you want.

    Feel free to ask if you still have any doubts.

    Goodluck

    CheersRJ
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