slide 1: How do I start a career as a corporate trainer
Is teaching your passion A career as a corporate trainer can be quite lucrative. They
help professionals to learn new skills and strategies to improve their career prospects. A
trainer can be employed in a corporate setting irrespective of the feld. But corporate
speakers need to be communication experts equipped with excellent public speaking
skills.
Qualities of Corporate Trainer
If you want to become a corporate trainer you need to inculcate some important skills.
Let’s take a look at some of them.
Communication skills: T o be a corporate trainer you need to work on your
communication skills. The trainer must communicate fawlessly. The ability to handle
tricky situations and trouble makers is also important. Developing soft skills can be quite
helpful and you must be able to deal with large groups politely.
Self-Confdence : Standing up to a large audience every day requires a lot of self-
confdence. So it is an ideal career choice for extroverts who can easily communicate
with others. Moreover corporate trainers must talk confdently and hold people’s
attention for the entire session.
Patience: You also need to be patient to handle a large audience.
Training to be a Corporate Trainer
Although there is no specifc degree to become a corporate trainer anyone with a
Bachelor’s Degree can pursue this career. Degrees in Human Resources Business
Administration Educational Psychology or Organizational Management can be quite
useful for succeeding as a corporate trainer. Eventually you should aim to be a
communication expert.
A basic understanding of labour laws organizational behaviour performance
management and job analysis is required to be a successful trainer. Companies do not
hire trainers based on their certifcations. But you can complete short-term public
speaking courses to fnd a favourable job. The analytical skills of the trainer are also
judged during the hiring process. It is necessary for the trainer to evaluate every
situation and think about solutions that work best for a particular group.
Interested candidates can choose a comfortable training vertical based on their
educational background or professional expertise. Learning languages or completing soft
skills and behavioural skills modules can be quite helpful. Networking with HR managers
and company owners can open up new opportunities for a trainer. T ake help from social
media channels and try to understand the demands of the industry.
Challenges as a Trainer
No matter how lucrative a job looks you must be aware of its challenges. You need to
spend long hours training people from diferent verticals and live up to their expectations
every time. Trainers also need to be inspirational speakers to receive positive feedback
and success.
The founder of Click Inc. and a renowned corporate trainer Shankey Bansal have trained
more than 10000 professionals. His expertise in training people from various industries
slide 2: including pharmacy engineering management and other felds has made him the frst
choice of many working professionals. Over the past 8 years he has established himself
as one of the best inspirational speakers and has conducted several workshops focused
on digital marketing entrepreneurship and business modelling.