"Happy Mr.Kumar....." This is about the Click Jobs.com advertisement. Till today I never understood what this ad was trying to depict. I never understood why Mr.Kumar should look for another job if he is happy with the current job until I came by a Blog of Mr.Gautam Ghosh. Well I guess many of you must be as confused as I was. I guess many of you must have over looked the hoardings the news paper boy etc...all showing heavy distractions oops sorry attractions:-) like onsite oppurtunities, fat pay check. other fringe benefits etc etc...
Actually this ad is for the people who think they are happy with their job and hence are not looking for better oppurtunities outside. It is to show that you are missing a lot of good opportunities coming your way just on the pretext that you are happy. How very true...currently the market is Hot and IT companies are recruiting skillful people at appropriate compensations and many of us are not reacting just because we are happy at the current place. Yes I do agree Happiness is the ultimate motive but do look at the opportunities you are missing. How long is this happiness going to last....One day you will find out that you are not getting the right compensation and hence wud like to move but it would be too late. Its by nature that we never react until the water reaches out neck and frantically search for a rubber tube to be afloat. I say why wait till that moment.... Nonethless its necessaryand abosolutely worth to know what is your actual worth in the market whether you would like to go for a new job or not.
So I say go start off with the resume and don't miss the opportunity like Mr.Kumar and repent later. You see Prevention is always better that cure.
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Yes Krishnan,
Actually the ad is not very well done. It's not clear why Mr, Kumar is happy :-)
Thanks for the mention :-)
Gautam
Well I don't agree. Esp when you say that a person who feels happy and satisfied with his current job and hence doesn't apply elsewhere is making a mistake by not thinking of the opportunities he is missing.
It is utterly foolish and smacks of insecurity to not enjoy what you have at hand and keep feeling that although what you have is actually what you want, "what if I am missing something else that I could have"? At this rate, you would never find what you want to sit down and enjoy and would be forever running. Being ambitious is good but just pause to enjoy the fruits of your success too. The satisfaction shouldn't just lie in the pursuit of success but also relishing the rewards.
Different people have different degrees of ambition. They find satisfaction according to their own levels of expectations and priorities.
The "Happy Mr Kumar" is a hopeless piece of advertising - the tune alone is kind of catchy and helps you to sit through the entire clip. I like the other ad which shows different people doing tasks which don't fit them - like the cricketer and dancer doing things other than dancing and playing cricket. That is how the job sites should differentiate themselves from the crowd and advertise. This Mr Kumar ad is a cheap way of advertising, not unlike divorce lawyers promoting the virtues of marital separations.
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