My Summer Internship Journey At Phoenix Global Was A Holistic Learning Experience
Star with the company's engagement and communication even before the internship started?
Star with the company's engagement and communication even before the internship started?
Jews perform a ceremony called ‘bar or bat mitzvah’ when their children reach a certain age. It is a kind of declaration that the children have grown up into young men or women, that now, they are responsible for their actions. It marks the beginning of a new cycle in their lives, a part where they leave a few things behind to take up their share of responsibilities. In 2020, it was our time to be accountable, to take up our share of responsibilities, but it happened without a bar-mitzvah. It was time to grow up without a declaration of us growing up.
Are you scared of making career decisions? “When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.” – Ellen DeGeneres
This lockdown period is not the same for everyone. Ever wondered, what will happen if we don’t get any meal for a day or two? Every day, where we all think to try a new recipe or do something creative, there are still many families who don’t have anything to eat. Some of them don’t even have a ration card or any government-issued identity to avail any kind of help or support from the government. One of the major sections of these families is the tribal families of Raigad District, Maharashtra.
The outbreak of COVID-19 has directly impacted business. With a lockdown for a long duration, the HR department is facing both internal and external pressure in the way they deal with the employees. Moving employees to work from home posits several challenges. Many companies around the world fear that millennials working from home and not used to the phenomenon of social distancing might end up showing some psychological side-effects.
Most success stories in life concern top graduates, gold medalists, Dean's awardees and young adults who are well on the way to making it in "Forbes 30 under 30". Every university seeks testimonials from students who bagged the highest salary packages during on-campus placements. I am not one of them, and my story is different. My story is about the redemption of an engineering failure, a story about a student who got rejected in interviews, failed in exams and wondered whether his brain was non-existent.
Lately, I have been making mends with my bookshelf, creating compartments with my self made genres - The books which entertain me; the books which motivate; and the books which guide me to my goal. To my surprise, there was just one book resting in the third compartment- Booming Brands by Harsh Pamnani. Each time I sift through the pages of this book, it invigorates me with a thirst to find that key to success, which I couldn't find through 23 years of reading self-help books. All because simply it isn't a self-help one. It works best when you agree to disagree with it and write your own thoughts along, it makes you grow, it makes you step in entrepreneur shoes and before you realize the power of storytelling that can create a spark of ideas, you are down with a whole bunch of keys. You would be wondering, really does it work like that? The Secret(By Rhonda Bryne) has always been there and it doesn't work for real. But then how do few of these brands get through and others don't. Yes, there is a key; a key to a path walked by the most successful personalities of this era.
Meet Akanksha Choudhary, who rightfully stands as an example of someone who not only built a stellar career but also had the confidence to carry her passion in modelling. She is a top-notch model, the winner of Miss India Elite 2016 and has also represented India on a global platform. With a Bachelors in Economics, she held the fifth rank among her batch mates at Sri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC). A recent MBA graduate from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad she is currently working as a Consultant at McKinsey. Here's her journey!