Islamic Careers

Islamic Careers

Prophets Dawud and Sulaiman (A.S.) were rulers at their time. They were very rich and yet they were prophets. There were also some very rich Ashb-e-Rasool (S.A.W.), the richest of whom was Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Auf, who was what would be termed a billionaire today. Yet, he was so religious that Prophet Mohammad (S.A.W.) was informed by angel Jibrael that Hazrat Abdur Rahman is a ‘jannati’. This shows that money is not something that is discouraged in Islam. In fact, a person can acquire a lot of good deeds and a place in heaven just on the basis of money. How about going for hajj, umrah, doing sadaqah, helping someone during a financial crisis, building a mosque, spending luxuriously on one’s family and a list of other things that are beneficial for spirituality.

Day trading has changed significantly over the last decade. New technology has pushed many of the human decision makers from the market, and super-fast computer driven trading has all but taken. Many of the old day traders are complaining that they no longer can make money. Does this mean that day trading is dead? Not even close. But the profession has changed. In order to be profitable today, every trader must take a modern approach.

Success over time in day trading requires the ability to change. The market is always changing. The laws governing trading are changing. The technology driving trading is changing. The global marketplace is changing how the world affects and accesses the US capital markets. Why would old traders think that their tired strategies will still work today? Obviously they do not. They key to trading today is to take a modern approach by following the new rules of trading.

Rule #1 Markets Are Choppy

Without an effective leadership strategy, it is believed, that the organizational strategies do not work. Best players in a team do not guarantee success without a great coach, similarly, work teams may not function effectively if leaders do not follow an appropriateleadership strategy.

To understand leadership styles here are three scenarios:
Scenario 1 - A Teacher gives a question to the class full of students, however, solves it for them;
Scenario 2 - A Teacher gives the question to the students and observes how students solve them;
Scenario 3 - A Teacher gives a question to the students and moves around the class, observes the students, and helps wherever required.

Career means profession, which we want to adopt for earning livelihood, and planning means proper flow or to make proper decisions.
Pre- planning in our life plays very important role in every aspect of life, to work in a proper flow, and pre-planning for career, which we want to pursue in our future ahead after acquiring certain level of degree is also very necessary in today's competitive world.

According to the Thorndike dictionary

"A goal that you desire to achieve in a selected field or occupation with a well-thought out plan, to get you there is called Career Planning."

The world is now moving very fast, and the time has come when this meritocratic society accepts only those, having right qualification and right skills.
Olden days are gone, when just a degree would help an individual to get high profile job by giving bribe or using some other mean. Now it's high time, when the transparency in job recruitment has taken place.

We have always associated leadership with a very visible and popular role which gives you recognition and a larger than life status as a leader however the level 5 leadership proposes quite opposing characteristics of a successful leader. Jim Collins and his research team were exploring the factors that made good companies great way back in the 1960s. It was then that they stumbled upon the Level 5 leaders who were invariably at the helm of affairs of all the companies which went on to become great in their respective fields. Who exactly is a Level 5 leader? Collins describes Level 5 leader as Humility + Will = Level 5. They are the nurturing leaders who do not want credit but want success to sustain over a longer period of time, long after they are gone.

An integral part of trading plan development is testing the system to determine its expectancy – how much money could the system make in a live market? Most of us have seen the warnings posted on various financial Web sites and literature about how “Past performance is not indicative of future results.” While this is certainly true of trading plans, there are measures you can take to determine if a plan is likely to succeed in the future: Tebacktesting and forward performance testing.

Backtesting
The term "backtesting" refers to testing a trading system on historical data to see how it would have performed during that time period. Most of today’s trading platforms support backtesting, and you can quickly test ideas without risking the money in your trading account. Backtesting can be used to evaluate simple ideas, such as how a moving average crossover would perform or more complex systems with a variety inputs and triggers.

Communication plays a fundamental role in all facets of business. It is therefore very important that both internal communication within your organisation as well as the communication skills of your employees are effective. The following six reasons will explain why effective communication should be a focus in your business:

1. Builds and maintains relationships
Relationships are built and can be maintained by positive encounters with others. Communication will be key to this process – without effective skills, it will be difficult to properly construct and foster productive relationships.

2. Facilitates innovation
When employees feel comfortable in openly communicating new ideas, cooperation and innovation will be at an all-time high. In addition, if staff are unable to convey their ideas due to limited communication skills, it is likely that the idea will not be implemented to its full potential.

3. Builds an effective team

Today, however, the technology that was once reserved for the exchanges and institutional traders is available to retail traders: faster computers, high-speed Internet, all-electronic markets and direct-access trading have all helped the independent retail trader. Additional advancements such as trade automation, innovative market research tools and sophisticated testing platforms give traders even more technology to work with.

To get started trading, you will need a computer, a high-speed Internet connection and trading software:

Computers

A computer is your primary tool. This is where the action takes place and where you will research, test and trade your plan. In a perfect world, your trading computer would be used for one thing: trading. The reality, however, is that most computers will have various applications running and be used for things like gaming and Internet surfing.

Management
According to the theorist Henri Fayol, the key functions of managers are to:
• make forecasts and plans
• organise work
• command the people under them by giving instructions
• co-ordinate the resources (money, people, time) for which they are

responsible
• control activities and people by measuring and correcting them to enable performance to fit the plans.
Each level of management requires appropriate skills and abilities:
• Senior managers - set strategies and objectives - lead and inspire others
• Middle managers - lead their teams to deliver the specified objectives
• Junior managers - manage tasks and learn to lead others.

Leadership
Leadership is the art or process of influencing people to perform assigned tasks willingly, efficiently and effectively. Enabling people to feel they have a say in how they do something results in higher levels of job satisfaction and productivity.

Leaders are essentially people who know their goals and have the power to influence the thoughts and actions of others to garner their support and cooperation to achieve these goals. In-case of leaders these goals are rarely personal and generally to serve the larger good.

Ever since man was a hunter gatherer and lived in closely knit groups, they had leaders who led the hunting expeditions and took greater risk than the rest of the group members. In turn they were bestowed with larger share of hunting, respect and a higher position in the group. With changing times, how leadership is perceived has also changed, but, it remains an important aspect of social fabric nevertheless.

The Quran and Sunnah both emphasize the importance oftime in the life of a Muslim.Allah swears in the beginning of many Soorahs (chapters) bytime or moments in time, forexample Allah Says (whatmeans): “By the dawn and the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Thul-Hijjah)...”[Quran 89: 1-2]
And also Says (what means): “By the night when it covers, and by the day when it appears...” [Quran 92:1]
And also Says (what means): “By the morning brightness and by the night when it covers with darkness...” [Quran 93:1]
And also Says (what means): “By the time...” [Quran103:1]

Countries trade with each other when, on their own, they do not have the resources, or capacity to satisfy their own needs and wants. By developing and exploiting their domestic scarce resources, countries can produce a surplus, and trade this for the resources they need.

Clear evidence of trading over long distances dates back at least 9,000 years, though long distance trade probably goes back much further to the domestication of pack animals and the invention of ships. Today, international trade is at the heart of the global economy and is responsible for much of the development and prosperity of the modern industrialised world.

Are you interested in learning how to trade stocks online and make some good money? The stock market is a system that is based on supply and demand, just like any business. People buy stock and hope that the company you bought stock in becomes more popular and in demand over time, so that you can increase the price at which you sell that stock to other traders, thereby making a profit.

If you have been reading up on stocks, you probably know that the price of a share theoretically increases with the value of the company and how it improves over time. However, there are many other reasons for share prices to change, and not all of them are known or fixed.

There are 7 C’s of effective communication which are applicable to both written as well as oral communication. These are as follows:

1. Completeness - The communication must be complete. It should convey all facts required by the audience. The sender of the message must take into consideration the receiver’s mind set and convey the message accordingly. A complete communication has following features:

 Complete communication develops and enhances reputation of an organization.

 Moreover, they are cost saving as no crucial information is missing and no additional cost is incurred in conveying extra message if the communication is complete.

 A complete communication always gives additional information wherever required. It leaves no questions in the mind of receiver.

 Complete communication helps in better decision-making by the audience/readers/receivers of message as they get all desired and crucial information.

 It persuades the audience.

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The Basics of Money in Islam (The Paying of Zakat and the Avoidance of Interest)

Learn two basic canons of Muslim money. Zakat is a tax levied upon all earning and able Muslims whereas interest is an income element that Muslims must avoid. Paying zakat (Islamic tax) is one of the tenets of Islam and thus, obligatory to all Muslims (al-Baqarah: 277). There are several reasons for paying zakat. One of the seven categories of zakat recipients are reverts to Islam (at-Tawbah), sealing camaraderie between born Muslims and new brothers and sisters of the faith. This is similar to the bonds created between the Ansar and the Muhajireen during the emigration from Makkah to Madinah.