| It is increasingly common these days to shift job or | | | | knowledge quickly. For example, in the banking world, |
| even one's profession in an attempt to advance in | | | | someone who has strengths in credit appraisals and |
| one's career. This might be due to frustration in one's | | | | wants to get promoted into the treasury function could |
| job or due to better opportunities in an alternative | | | | undergo a specialized course on treasury. |
| profession. Either way, one might feel the need to | | | | Comparatively, there are times when one might decide |
| obtain career training to achieve the preferred position | | | | to completely switch tracks and move from one |
| or job. This is especially important given that every job | | | | profession to another. Without getting into details of |
| or profession requires specialized skill sets for one to | | | | why so many people switch professions, it is more |
| succeed. When one is looking to get that elusive | | | | imperative to realize that every profession demands |
| promotion or wanting to quit teaching and become an | | | | some skills to succeed. Without these skills, one might |
| artist, there are some specific skills required to | | | | end up struggling to succeed in the new profession. It is |
| succeed in the job. Once one realizes what skills one | | | | important to make a checklist of all the skills one |
| exactly lacks, it becomes that much easier to decide | | | | requires in one's dream profession as opposed to the |
| what career training is required. One can then choose | | | | skills one already has. The gap may be filled by |
| the exact career training required to excel in the new | | | | undergoing training courses that are more long term in |
| role. | | | | nature and help bridge the gap. One should note that |
| Before embarking on a skills enhancement exercise, | | | | this might mean going back to college or attending |
| one needs to assess the kind of career shift he or she | | | | weekend classes for two to three years till one |
| envisages for self. What this means is if one is looking | | | | acquires the requisite skills important for succeeding. |
| to get promotion versus changing profession, the type | | | | There is an old saying that tells how everything that is |
| of career training required would be completely | | | | good costs! Similarly, when it comes to career training, |
| different. Looking at a promotion would mean handling | | | | one has to figure out the mode of training that is |
| more complex assignments, better time management, | | | | required. While some courses are available online, there |
| team handling skills and even more technical | | | | are courses and degrees that can only be obtained in |
| knowledge. In such cases, one can sign up for | | | | colleges and universities. Both have different price tags |
| specialized courses that run between few days to | | | | and are available at different locations. One should |
| months, based on the complexity of the skill sets one | | | | make an assessment of what suits one's needs the |
| likes to acquire. One might also opt for some | | | | best before deciding to invest money, time and effort |
| short-term courses that are very rigorous in nature | | | | in such career training. |
| and can help acquire a specific set of technical | | | | |