Hello,
I am new to citehr. I am currently pursuing a distance learning MBA in HR from IGNOU and looking for a new job. When I go for an interview, should I mention that I am pursuing an MBA or should I keep it to myself for now? I am asking because I know some people who have concealed their ongoing studies from their employers. In my first job, a colleague of mine was pursuing a part-time weekend MBA but never disclosed it, not even to the employer. However, one day, another colleague found out, and it became a topic of discussion in a meeting that he was keeping it a secret. In another instance at a different company, a female colleague was doing a distance learning MBA from an institute but chose not to share this information with anyone, including our employer. I happened to visit the same institute to inquire about their distance MBA program (as I was interested in pursuing it as well) and coincidentally saw her there. She then asked me not to inform our employer about her studies. Similarly, in my MBA batch, some classmates mentioned that they hadn't informed their employers about their MBA, leading them to make excuses to take leave during exam periods. However, I fail to comprehend the strategy behind concealing this information from an employer. I am unsure of the advantages and disadvantages of disclosing or hiding one's distance learning MBA from a current or prospective employer. I am confused about whether it would be beneficial or detrimental for me to inform an employer that I am pursuing an MBA. Please guide me on what steps I should take.
From India, Ahmedabad
I am new to citehr. I am currently pursuing a distance learning MBA in HR from IGNOU and looking for a new job. When I go for an interview, should I mention that I am pursuing an MBA or should I keep it to myself for now? I am asking because I know some people who have concealed their ongoing studies from their employers. In my first job, a colleague of mine was pursuing a part-time weekend MBA but never disclosed it, not even to the employer. However, one day, another colleague found out, and it became a topic of discussion in a meeting that he was keeping it a secret. In another instance at a different company, a female colleague was doing a distance learning MBA from an institute but chose not to share this information with anyone, including our employer. I happened to visit the same institute to inquire about their distance MBA program (as I was interested in pursuing it as well) and coincidentally saw her there. She then asked me not to inform our employer about her studies. Similarly, in my MBA batch, some classmates mentioned that they hadn't informed their employers about their MBA, leading them to make excuses to take leave during exam periods. However, I fail to comprehend the strategy behind concealing this information from an employer. I am unsure of the advantages and disadvantages of disclosing or hiding one's distance learning MBA from a current or prospective employer. I am confused about whether it would be beneficial or detrimental for me to inform an employer that I am pursuing an MBA. Please guide me on what steps I should take.
From India, Ahmedabad
Please never hide anything from your employer; it will come back as a boomerang if they come to know about this.
Secondly, I don't understand why you would hide something that could help your employer. You would be gaining new skills that could enhance the talent base of your current employer. Every employer encourages talent and new skills. Therefore, I don't think you should hide it; instead, inform them. They should be pleased to see your motivation and eagerness to grow in the future.
From India, Calcutta
113Secondly, I don't understand why you would hide something that could help your employer. You would be gaining new skills that could enhance the talent base of your current employer. Every employer encourages talent and new skills. Therefore, I don't think you should hide it; instead, inform them. They should be pleased to see your motivation and eagerness to grow in the future.
From India, Calcutta
I agree with Soumik Mukherjee. There is no need to hide such things from your employer. If you hide information about your studies today, how will you be able to request leaves for your exams in the future, if necessary?
From India, New Delhi
From India, New Delhi
Dear sr3971,
I totally agree with your assertion that you don't understand why people hide their studies from their employer. Because, even I don't understand their premise. This ties in with Soumik Mukherjee's response - which also, I completely agree with.
In my view, what my staff do in their time is none of my business as long as it doesn't compete (directly or indirectly) with my business, is legal, and doesn't impinge upon their performance and the time that I pay them to do their duties.
Thinking about it, I wouldn't be mortally upset or angry if my people didn't tell me that they were enrolled or studying a part-time course.
Why? Because it's their life, and they are at complete liberty to choose for themselves and act accordingly. After all, I only pay them for their services and time during our mutually determined working hours. I DO NOT own them or their thinking process or their ambitions or their TIME!
But, yes, if they did tell me, nothing would make me happier! I would go out of my way to ensure that they get all the support and time needed to complete their education for which they are investing their time, effort, energy, and money.
Are you kidding me - I TOTALLY RESPECT people who work full-time and study part-time. Why? Because that's how I earned all my college education in Australia.
To me, nothing is more demonstrative of a person's enthusiasm, zeal, motivation, ambition, and self-belief than working full-time, and when their peers are busy whingeing about their life, this person picks themselves up after a hard day's work, re-energizes themselves, and hits their books, classes, or assignments. What a fantastic, productive, positive, and totally success-oriented way to utilize our most precious commodity - TIME!
So, answering your question, by all means, please make complete disclosure to your prospective employer about your part-time education. And, if they have an issue with it, perhaps you should reconsider joining an organization that is hesitant and perhaps not supportive of its people's self-development, particularly when it isn't costing the organization a single penny!
You may not know it yet, but Your Thinking and Life-Decisions have Destined You for Life-Success!
Good Luck & I Wish You All the Very Best!
From India, Gurgaon
I totally agree with your assertion that you don't understand why people hide their studies from their employer. Because, even I don't understand their premise. This ties in with Soumik Mukherjee's response - which also, I completely agree with.
In my view, what my staff do in their time is none of my business as long as it doesn't compete (directly or indirectly) with my business, is legal, and doesn't impinge upon their performance and the time that I pay them to do their duties.
Thinking about it, I wouldn't be mortally upset or angry if my people didn't tell me that they were enrolled or studying a part-time course.
Why? Because it's their life, and they are at complete liberty to choose for themselves and act accordingly. After all, I only pay them for their services and time during our mutually determined working hours. I DO NOT own them or their thinking process or their ambitions or their TIME!
But, yes, if they did tell me, nothing would make me happier! I would go out of my way to ensure that they get all the support and time needed to complete their education for which they are investing their time, effort, energy, and money.
Are you kidding me - I TOTALLY RESPECT people who work full-time and study part-time. Why? Because that's how I earned all my college education in Australia.
To me, nothing is more demonstrative of a person's enthusiasm, zeal, motivation, ambition, and self-belief than working full-time, and when their peers are busy whingeing about their life, this person picks themselves up after a hard day's work, re-energizes themselves, and hits their books, classes, or assignments. What a fantastic, productive, positive, and totally success-oriented way to utilize our most precious commodity - TIME!
So, answering your question, by all means, please make complete disclosure to your prospective employer about your part-time education. And, if they have an issue with it, perhaps you should reconsider joining an organization that is hesitant and perhaps not supportive of its people's self-development, particularly when it isn't costing the organization a single penny!
You may not know it yet, but Your Thinking and Life-Decisions have Destined You for Life-Success!
Good Luck & I Wish You All the Very Best!
From India, Gurgaon
First I have few questions for you.
Are you ashamed of your distance learning?
Why you enrolled yourself for Distance MBA-HR?
Do you wants to follow yourself or others?
I will start now with my 3rd question to you first. What I meant to say with my third question to you is that you must not do or think what other made you feel or ask you to do or suggest you but the things that you wanna do or have interest and what your heart and consciousness says to you. You are not a child now and a educated person who is a Management Student now (No Matter you are studying regular or distance).
Second, You have not just enrolled yourself for Distance Studies with some reason but you actually you wanted to continue your studies and because you couldn�t go for Regular with whatever reasons. We can suggest you, direct you but ultimately the decision you have to take at your own which matters alot. With every right or wrong decision in life we are accountable for not others whom we have trusted or advised in anything by anyhow, therefore, we must take our all decision at our own.
Third, if you are not ashamed of you distance learning and confident with it, there is no need to hide this from your recruiters. We all knows the value of distance learning for one and the reasons that made one to go for Distance Studies. I also agree with Mr Sareen. And I don�t think you need to be scared with the things what are rolling in your mind these days but must prepare yourself for interviews. Your confident answers to your recruiter, your knowledge and understanding of concept does matter that can be appreciated by them and work for you.
There are many successful and well settled people on this place and out there in this world who have completed their distance study/MBA and working with reputed company and I know personally many of them. Therefore, I wont say Distance study is bad and one need to hide it by anyway. In short you are unnecessarily worried and scared of something that you have not tasted. If you believe on yourself, and prepare will never taste it too. Best of Luck
The same kind of problem �DISTANCE STUDY� on another thread I am discussing on a post where I have shared my views on Distance Education/Study and would like to share with you here too.. Hope this will help you in anyhow to boost your confidence.
https://www.citehr.com/418933-how-fi...ml#post1932485
From India, Gurgaon
Are you ashamed of your distance learning?
Why you enrolled yourself for Distance MBA-HR?
Do you wants to follow yourself or others?
I will start now with my 3rd question to you first. What I meant to say with my third question to you is that you must not do or think what other made you feel or ask you to do or suggest you but the things that you wanna do or have interest and what your heart and consciousness says to you. You are not a child now and a educated person who is a Management Student now (No Matter you are studying regular or distance).
Second, You have not just enrolled yourself for Distance Studies with some reason but you actually you wanted to continue your studies and because you couldn�t go for Regular with whatever reasons. We can suggest you, direct you but ultimately the decision you have to take at your own which matters alot. With every right or wrong decision in life we are accountable for not others whom we have trusted or advised in anything by anyhow, therefore, we must take our all decision at our own.
Third, if you are not ashamed of you distance learning and confident with it, there is no need to hide this from your recruiters. We all knows the value of distance learning for one and the reasons that made one to go for Distance Studies. I also agree with Mr Sareen. And I don�t think you need to be scared with the things what are rolling in your mind these days but must prepare yourself for interviews. Your confident answers to your recruiter, your knowledge and understanding of concept does matter that can be appreciated by them and work for you.
There are many successful and well settled people on this place and out there in this world who have completed their distance study/MBA and working with reputed company and I know personally many of them. Therefore, I wont say Distance study is bad and one need to hide it by anyway. In short you are unnecessarily worried and scared of something that you have not tasted. If you believe on yourself, and prepare will never taste it too. Best of Luck
The same kind of problem �DISTANCE STUDY� on another thread I am discussing on a post where I have shared my views on Distance Education/Study and would like to share with you here too.. Hope this will help you in anyhow to boost your confidence.
https://www.citehr.com/418933-how-fi...ml#post1932485
From India, Gurgaon
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