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.
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Progressive organisations have realised that training their employees on a continuous basis is the only real way to stay ahead of the competition. This has resulted in a great demand for corporate trainers who can teach topics that people don't learn in their formal education, such as communication skills, business writing etiquette, public speaking, presentation skills and other job-specific functional and technical skills.
Are you looking at a career in Corporate Training? Are you a functional expert in your field and want to transition into a career in training? Do you feel that you can share your expertise with others and get paid for it? Do you want to learn about the skills required to be a corporate trainer?
yash Raj asked, Sir wat does it takes to be a corporate trainer Education or experience?
Answers, Hi Yash.Trainers should have excellent interpersonal skills, an ability to present themselves with confidence, speak before a large audience with conviction, a mature thought process to create training material relevant to their audience, spontaneity to respond to difficult situations with ease, a good sense of humour, loads of enthusiasm and most importantly a passion for the subject matter that is being presented. Education gives you discipline while experience would help you connect with your audience as a trainer. They both go hand in glove.
nmurali asked, what are the educational qualifications one require for being a corporate trainer?
Answers, it would help if you have a masters degree in your area of specialization. Good Trainers come from varied backgrounds and have diverse experience. What's more important to acquire skills required for training.
nidhi asked, how well does a career in corp training pay. can i give up my day job?
Answers, Hi Nidhi. Corporate Trainers are specialists and remunerated very well.There is a great need on behalf of corporations to improve the way their employees present themselves to the outside world and training them is the straightforward answer. Trainers have several options. They can work as in-house trainers with organisations, join a specialist training firm or even work as independent/freelance trainers.
rr asked, i work in a bpo in customer service. can i become a trainer?
Answers, Yes you can. You can leverage the customer service and relationship building skills that you may have learnt in your job for transitioning into a training career.
Amit asked, What is better for career in term of money earning trainer or developer
Answers, Hi Amit. These are two completely different career options so I can't draw any comparisons.
sam asked, wat does being a corp trainer entail?
Answers, Corporate trainers typically find themselves teaching topics that people don't learn in their formal education, such as communication skills, business writing etiquette, public speaking, presentation skills and other job-specific functional and technical skills.
RJ asked, Can you suggests some institutes who actually makes you polish to be a corp trainer?
Answers, Hi Rj. There are several academic institutions as well as Training & Consulting firms that offer certification and diploma programs in training.
CorpTrainer asked, Does Exp bypasses the needs of Degrees? Lets Say I am into IT for 8 Yrs and grown in my area, but have no Technical degree to support myself
Answers, For functional and technical training, professional qualifications are important. As a matter of fact, you would be evaluated on your educational background.
hobbes asked, can a career in copr trenning be doen parttime?
Answers, Corporate training is a serious career option. As long as your efforts are full time, the investment of just a 'part of your time' will suffice. However, don;t treat this as a weekend or an 'extra income generating' activity.
Preethi asked, what is mean by corporat training sir
Answers, Hi Preethi. Most professions today need certain specific skill sets that have to be learned in the classroom or through experience. While formal education provides a basic framework to all of us, we still need to invest time and effort in acquiring knowledge and functional skills specific to an industry. That's where professional trainers come into the picture. This process of knowledge transfer and facilitation of information is referred as corporate training.
ashokv asked, What r basic objectives that a corporate trainer must focus on? How a corporate trainer can undersatnd the requirements of training with the changing times?
Answers, Training is effective only if it is business impacting. As a Trainer, you must partner with your client to understand their end goals. This could be increased sales, low attrition etc. Once you know what the expected results are, you can customise a solution for your client. In training, off the shelf method just does not work.
VIRGIL asked, What is your most memorable moment in your experience which you would like to share with us ?
Answers, Well there are several. Training is fun and the trainers ends up learning the most in any training forum.
Vishal asked, Hello, I am working in software industry for couple of years now the job which i am doing is not exciting.I am techincal geek very confident about teaching technical stuff to other's. My problem now is that i want to shift not as a full time corporate trainner.I want to work for some days as traineer evaluate and then think about it..!!!! but no one is ready to give me as a parttime trainner how should i go about it ?
sunder ramachandran answers, Hi Vishal. This is a common challenge. You would only start getting assignments once people know about your area of expertise. Try contacting local training organisations and get a few assignments.
125 asked, hi , im a communications professional with decades of experience in client servicing, etc. am pretty good at communications in english, verbal and written. what in your opinion are my options at getting into corporate training? thanks
Answers, yes, you can use this experience. If you are also good at public speaking and have an understanding of 'How Adults learn'. You can transition as a corporate trainer.
ashokv asked, What homework does a corporate trainer should do b4 training anybody?
Answers, Hi ashok. That's a good question. The lack of homework is a certain killer. One must study the participants demographic profile and also their work experince. A clear understanding of the business objectives behind the training intervention also helps.
RD10 asked, Hi,As a corporate trainer which is a better option as a career- to be freelancing and working on your own, OR to be part of the training and development dept. in a particular organisation? And how does one develop clients if they are freelancing?
Answers, You can start by associating with training organisations to learn the business. Once you understand the buying behaviour of training and HR managers who outsource training, you could start doing your own business development as well. You need to be persistent.
SJ asked, Hi, what steps do you advice for measuring the post-training effectiveness of soft skills programs such as Time Management..
Answers, I think the first step is to have a systematic pre training analysis in place. As an example, participants can identify the top 5 time wasters and then revisit the same list one week post training. If the indicators are the same, then you know how effective the training has been. Obviously this is not that simple. This is just an example but as a principle, you need to create a list of existing tangible behaviours and monitor change over a period of time.
kooolguy asked, i dont think a workshop would be of a lot of help, there needs to be some strong base if corporate training needs to be looked upon as a career option in India [ Images ]
Answers, Hi. Corporate training is already looked at as a serious career option. There are several well established HR & Consulting firms that offer training support. As a matter of fact, trainers generally are fairly well networked and connected. There are several training networks and forums where professionals exchange ideas.
Urvesh asked, What is scope of e-learning ?
Answers, E-learning is a powerful tool. When coupled with an instructor led program, it can give positive results. There is also a great demand for skilled instructional designers who can work with e-learning companies.
shivani asked, Hi, i have 6 years of work in sales of having worked with Fmcg and insurance co . i now want to change focus from sales to training. how can i do that when i dont have any exp in training . How do i best represent myself as how competent im to take up training assignemnt if and when it is offerd . Thanks ..
Answers, Hi Shivani.Corporate training is typically a job people come to after they've worked for a while and gained considerable experience. Your sales experience must have taught you valuable skills. Prepare a training profile or bio and start circulating it amongst training agencies and organisations. Once you start getting work in your ares of expertise, you can start upskilling yourself on other functional areas as well.
nivisri asked, Do you practice NLP in your training programs? Do you think one should be certified in NLP to bring about effectiveness in their training programs
Answers, Hi Nivisri. NLP certification helps but is certainly not a ticket to success. Certification says nothing about quality or richness of experience and does not measure or reflect the hard-to-quantify characteristics that distinguish a 'seasoned trainer' from a novice. It is, however, a great 'starting point' for those relatively new to the field.
hinu asked, what scope does a fresher which great communication skills have a a trainer?
Answers, There is no one method to become a trainer. In my experience so far, I have hardly seen any young professional articulating his ambition to become a trainer at the start of their career. Corporate training is typically a job people come to after they've worked for a while and gained considerable experience. If you have great communication skills, you could consider working with a senior trainer and then eventually start leading programs once you are confident of going solo.
