09-30-2009, 06:44 AM
Dear Faizan,
Please don't feel my words odd but I firmly believe that a mature person should not get double minded like this.
There is no harm in testing your knowledge, fate and abilities in diversified areas during different phases but such deviation should not be caused by a feeling of misery, misdirection, depression or fatigue.
You are Mashallah a qualified lawyer/solicitor and have a very good qualification with you. The reduction in jobs due to recent financial melt down has lead many to feel that the world is going to an end and economic activity is supposed to to be ceased. In fact this is not the truth of life. World has historically witnessed so many recessions and have rose from each of such storm quite positively. This recession will also vanish gradually (in near future) and you will see that growth rates will resume and start improving. The jobs which you are not seeing in the market currently will sooner be seen available to the aspirant professionals like you.
Keeping the above prediction aside I come to your question.
In my view you need not to go for ACCA "merely" for the sake of finding a job. You have number of opportunities where you can test your fate and who knows you find a best reward of your all hard and difficult times. How can you feel a sense of failure without doing a great deal of search in this globalized market? I must tell you there is no reason to get dishearted. I advise you to consider following options
1. Improve your qualification further at UK regardless of however difficult and harder it may be felt. I know Bar at Law is quite expensive and effort taking. If you can do it, this will be the best decision of your life. Otherwise, you must consider doing LLM and then another Masters (or M.Phill) in some relevant subject like Political Sceince or international relations, or economic etc.
2. After doing the above (or some of the above), you can take a well informed decision about whether you need to stay at UK or revert to Pak? If you get some breakthrough and good job in relevant field, in my view, you should stay at UK. However coming back to Pak will also not be bad decision when you have improved qualification. However, it would be much better if you revert to Pak after improving qualification and GETTING SOME EXPERIENCE of work at UK; Say, of 2 years. If you start all the things with a good planning I guess you will be in a need of further 3.50 to 5 years stay at UK.
3. If you revert to Pak, you will see lots of places where you will potentially be welcomed. There are a number of law firms (not individuals) which have business of millions of Rupees per month and which hire a number of aspirant and assidous professionals. As example I quote the names of some of a few very renowned firms like "Ordignam", "Mohsin Tayyub Ali", "Carlinus and Mufti", "Haider Motha", "Hasan and Hasan" etc. These all firms mainly deal in Corporate, Finance, Civil as well as Criminal matters and have number of local and foreign qualified lawyers, barristors, JDs, and solicitors on their payroll.
Apart from them, there are very very renowned advocates of supreme and high courts who, if intake you on their payroll (may be as trainee), will make your future brightest.
You can search, apply, join and work with any of these options and make a basis of your strong career. Mind it, a lawyer earns millions but takes plenty of time to reach that level. So you will also be required to work constantly, diligently, and assidously with all the honesty (with ur ownself in fact) and patience. Certainly your days will also come.
4. During the currency of your job/training with above, you will find many opportunities in Public as well as private sector such as Judiacial system elements in the shape of official attorney, Judges (if you qualify competition exam), officials of securities and exchange commission, FBR, Competition Commission, Banks, Insurance and other companies in various sectors.
You can try your fortune on various fronts and can diversify your exposure as well.
5. When you will feel that you have made good basis and developed good PR, you can also think on to commence your own practice at High Court or Supreme Court level after getting the required experience. Lawyers are the most united people in Pak, and when you will join that community you will feel immense honour, elevation, privilage and respect. This will increase your level of confidence with the passage of every day. You will feel the pleasure of self acheivements.
Please note, you can do all these things and build your career from scratch even if you don't improve your qualification and opt to revert with LLB Honours alone. However, you will be needing proper guidance, info, planning and execution at right times and at right opportunities. Initially time can be tough but it can never stand long if you will prove yourself.
Just don't lose heart. You are carrying one of the best qualifications.
Keep on working hard and thinking out of the frame.
Best of luck!!!
Regards,
Kamran.
(I am posting this message from my blackberry device so there can be some typographical errors).
Please don't feel my words odd but I firmly believe that a mature person should not get double minded like this.
There is no harm in testing your knowledge, fate and abilities in diversified areas during different phases but such deviation should not be caused by a feeling of misery, misdirection, depression or fatigue.
You are Mashallah a qualified lawyer/solicitor and have a very good qualification with you. The reduction in jobs due to recent financial melt down has lead many to feel that the world is going to an end and economic activity is supposed to to be ceased. In fact this is not the truth of life. World has historically witnessed so many recessions and have rose from each of such storm quite positively. This recession will also vanish gradually (in near future) and you will see that growth rates will resume and start improving. The jobs which you are not seeing in the market currently will sooner be seen available to the aspirant professionals like you.
Keeping the above prediction aside I come to your question.
In my view you need not to go for ACCA "merely" for the sake of finding a job. You have number of opportunities where you can test your fate and who knows you find a best reward of your all hard and difficult times. How can you feel a sense of failure without doing a great deal of search in this globalized market? I must tell you there is no reason to get dishearted. I advise you to consider following options
1. Improve your qualification further at UK regardless of however difficult and harder it may be felt. I know Bar at Law is quite expensive and effort taking. If you can do it, this will be the best decision of your life. Otherwise, you must consider doing LLM and then another Masters (or M.Phill) in some relevant subject like Political Sceince or international relations, or economic etc.
2. After doing the above (or some of the above), you can take a well informed decision about whether you need to stay at UK or revert to Pak? If you get some breakthrough and good job in relevant field, in my view, you should stay at UK. However coming back to Pak will also not be bad decision when you have improved qualification. However, it would be much better if you revert to Pak after improving qualification and GETTING SOME EXPERIENCE of work at UK; Say, of 2 years. If you start all the things with a good planning I guess you will be in a need of further 3.50 to 5 years stay at UK.
3. If you revert to Pak, you will see lots of places where you will potentially be welcomed. There are a number of law firms (not individuals) which have business of millions of Rupees per month and which hire a number of aspirant and assidous professionals. As example I quote the names of some of a few very renowned firms like "Ordignam", "Mohsin Tayyub Ali", "Carlinus and Mufti", "Haider Motha", "Hasan and Hasan" etc. These all firms mainly deal in Corporate, Finance, Civil as well as Criminal matters and have number of local and foreign qualified lawyers, barristors, JDs, and solicitors on their payroll.
Apart from them, there are very very renowned advocates of supreme and high courts who, if intake you on their payroll (may be as trainee), will make your future brightest.
You can search, apply, join and work with any of these options and make a basis of your strong career. Mind it, a lawyer earns millions but takes plenty of time to reach that level. So you will also be required to work constantly, diligently, and assidously with all the honesty (with ur ownself in fact) and patience. Certainly your days will also come.
4. During the currency of your job/training with above, you will find many opportunities in Public as well as private sector such as Judiacial system elements in the shape of official attorney, Judges (if you qualify competition exam), officials of securities and exchange commission, FBR, Competition Commission, Banks, Insurance and other companies in various sectors.
You can try your fortune on various fronts and can diversify your exposure as well.
5. When you will feel that you have made good basis and developed good PR, you can also think on to commence your own practice at High Court or Supreme Court level after getting the required experience. Lawyers are the most united people in Pak, and when you will join that community you will feel immense honour, elevation, privilage and respect. This will increase your level of confidence with the passage of every day. You will feel the pleasure of self acheivements.
Please note, you can do all these things and build your career from scratch even if you don't improve your qualification and opt to revert with LLB Honours alone. However, you will be needing proper guidance, info, planning and execution at right times and at right opportunities. Initially time can be tough but it can never stand long if you will prove yourself.
Just don't lose heart. You are carrying one of the best qualifications.
Keep on working hard and thinking out of the frame.
Best of luck!!!
Regards,
Kamran.
(I am posting this message from my blackberry device so there can be some typographical errors).
