Career as a Corporate Trainer

By a career we mean the profession or the occupation chosen by a person or the general course or progression of one’s working life. A career is generally chosen by a person by keeping few things in mind like:-

• Firstly you can do this by Interviewing people in the particular field you are interested for which is an excellent way to learn about the various aspects of a career which in return would also provide you good networking opportunities.

• Internships provide you with excellent opportunities for acquiring a realistic, clear picture about the daily duties and job satisfaction of a particular occupation. The internships provide valuable networking opportunities that may lead you to a good job. Further, companies often hire interns that perform well and further they offer them to work in their own companies at a handsome pay.

• You can even find a mentor for yourself. Many colleges and employers have formal mentoring program which are available that match mentors with individuals. It’s a great way to learn about a career and a mentor can provide valuable networking opportunities. “Mentworking” is a new trend which combines mentoring and networking, and which has shown good results.

• The possibility for a job being outsourced to foreign countries is an important consideration. Job outsourcinginformation and forecasts can be collected from sources such as articles on the Internet, magazine articles,college counselors, career counselors, professors, employment agencies, and relevant professional association.

• The skills required for a career are an essential factor for an individual’s potential for success in that career. You can make a list of the skills needed for a particular field and check next to each skill you possess. The more checks you make, the more likely this field is right for you.
• Your aptitudes should be a vital factor in your career selection process. A gratifying career is often built upon a match with what you are naturally good at. Natural strengths allow an individual to work with ease and to acquire expertise faster.
A corporate trainer — also referred to as a professional trainer or employee trainer who may have to perform several duties like which revolve around
• Planning
• Scheduling for professional trainers
Many professional trainers play a large role in the transformation of new employees into the workplace by leading various training sessions to newly hired employees with necessary protocols and the specifics of their position.

Skills required for a career in training are that the trainers should posses a natural attitude while dealing with every kind off people they should have the ability to present them that too is with confidence so that it create training material relevant to their audience which helps them to respond spontaneously in every situation and should have mature thought. The trainer must have good sense of humor while interacting with the people he/she interact with loads of enthusiasm.

The main objective is to familiarize trainees with standard operating procedures and operating applications for the process, be it collections/billing, technical support or sales.
The certificate program further helps the trainer to train the candidates in various skills like Leadership & Managerial Excellence, Delegation, Coaching & Mentoring, Customer Relationship, Negotiation Skills, Communication, Presentation, Interpersonal Skills, Time and Stress Management, Business Communication & Etiquette, Team Building, Selling Skills, Attitudinal & Motivational training interventions and lastly capability of handling mature audience (Managers and above) from various functions and diverse business situations and problems.

Many employers are looking for employee trainers with a bachelor degree. While some colleges may offerbusiness degrees that specialize in training and development, professional trainers often have a range of bachelor degree specializations to be qualified for a job as a professional trainer. There are academic bodies like
ISTD (Indian Society of Training & Development) and
XLRI (Jamshedpur) which offer such certifications and these certifications are also offered by various Training and Consulting firms. Most certification programmes last anywhere between 3 to 5 days. Some degree options include human resources, communication, and education. Getting a certification is a good start for new trainers and usually helps them understand ‘training’ as a function and also helps them acquire ‘trainer-like qualities’. To earn a professional trainer certificate, applicants must have prior related work experience and pass an exam.

The employment of training and development specialists have projected to increase 23 percent from 2008 to 2018, and employment of training and development managers are expected to rise by 12 percent. Nowadays it has been seen that firms are increasingly outsourcing many of their human resources for self-employed as the corporate trainers. Corporate trainers are working as consultants as both public employers and as well as private employers which is expected to grow more.

Author
Ridhima