Start as an Intern, Finish with that Job

The job market is now tougher and more competitive then ever before. And companies are trying to hire fewer employees, and hire employees who will deliver for sure. As an intern, this gives you the oppotunity to prove your worth to your company; and who knows, at the end of your internship, you might just get an offer letter to a permanent job!

However, turning an intership to a full-time job requires quite some hard work. Sounds obvious? But then, that's what most interns irk from doing. As a non-paid intern, you might take your work casually, and leave behind half your work incomplete with a hundrer loose ends for the company to tie up once you have left. That is not going to help if you hope to get hired or get future recommendation. Taking you in as an intern was an act of trust, and it is your "job" not to break it!

A good way to get started would be have a talk with your Manager or immediate superior. Ask them what they expect you to do. Let them know about your skills, abilities and technical knowledge, so that they might be able to assign you tasks that would suit you better and keep you challenged



Putting in a bit of extra effort never hurts your rep. Reach office before your boss, and try to stay back late. If you feel that the job is not challenging enough, inform your boss. Most companies would appreciate your earnest attitude and will assign you productive tasks that will help you learn something new. Talk to your seniors and brief them on your progress and ask for suggestions to improve.

Keep a cordial relationship with the other employees. You might share the office with them someday. Moreover an employee can tell you more about the office, and whether it's worth working there, than anyone else. Be professionally curious. Discuss topics related to your job and they new stuff you learnt at office. Ask them to help you out if you get stuck in a project.

RAMADHAN RUMINATIONS

The month of Ramadhan is one which brings in its wake abundant blessings and shower of mercies from the Almighty Allah.Every Muslim awaits desperately for this Holy Month so that he can purify his soul(Tazkiya-e-Nafs),repent from his past sins, form a more closer acquaintance with his Creator, thus start his life afresh having attained the angelic innocence of a new born baby.

Every Ramadhan is a new refreshing experience for me. I being a deviant from the norms of my generation and society am a regular visitor to the local masjid were I offer my prayers. This ramadhan too like previous experiences during ramadhan the masjid was full and I could get my place only in the last row. Also there was an undying vigor and zest to proclaim Daroods and Dua's more loudly among the Namazees. This routine continued but with each passing day there started verbal Tu-Tu-Mey-Mey(Mutual Bickering)among the Namazees. On one occasion a Namazee like an interrogator started to demand accountability from the Masjid Welfare Society as to why there are not proper water and washing mug arrangements despite the fact that the people were paying well for the Masjid Welfare. The Namazee unaware of the fact that municipality at various times sans water supply unveiling the fact that he was a Ramadhan Namazee(One who offers his prayers during the Holy Month of Ramadhan Only).

A young boy in his early teens was ordered to move to the back row by the members of the masjid welfare society as the first row was reserved only for them, may be certified by the Holy decree? When I enquired from the boy why he had moved to the front row, he answered that he had read that offering prayer in the front row earns more Thawab(virtues) and blessings in contrast to other rows. I then thought that yes this row was earning more 'Thawab' as the welfare society only comprised of retired individuals who have a dubious character, earned money by illegal means elevated their status by this black money and now started dictating terms to others. Some of them are even now fighting the accusations for hoarding more assets than their capacity in government jobs, and have to present themselves in courts to defend and clear the accusations against them.

During Ramadhan one gets to know different people inheriting varied shades of opinion. The self-proclaimed opinionative scrutinize every movement of the Imam(The Leader of the Prayer).After the prayer is over they start polemical discussions with the Imam on a varied range of topics from the amount of beard an Imam should ply on his face to the holding of staff in his respective hand. The opinionative gather from his right and left teaching him their form of worship and are satisfied only when the Imam starts implementing their respective reverent opinions. In this process he loses his indigenous character and a unique position he is supposed to enjoy, he as a result becomes a ship without a rudder, following the whims of the organizing or welfare committee who pays for his services. If in any case, he wishes to fight against the committee Imperialism so as to free himself from the committee ordained shackles and retain his original independent status he used to enjoy during the Islamic Caliphate, he is fired off and other one is hired on the condition that he will follow like a "Dumb-Cow".

The position of Imam is in contrast to what the term Imam suggests or supposes as he has been reduced to a position of financial wreck where always the threat of losing his job looms like a naked sword over his head and pangs of poverty always send shivers down his spine. What a constructive part can he play in building of our society on healthy terms, I thought?