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uriah
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how did you officially get into what you do now as a profession how is the income? and how is your profession going as of now??
how did you officially get into what you do now as a profession? how is the income? and how is your profession going as of now?
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Elizabeth (Betsy) Kvedar, CPTD®
Learning Consultant
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Hi Uriah,
I'm a learning consultant, and I fell into this role by offering to "help my manager out" several years ago. At the time I was covering several administrative types of tasks in the research division of a company. My manager was asked to help find a person to assist the sales training leader who was very busy at the time. So, I agreed to help out, and I wound up building a such a great connection with team that they brought me over permanently. Over time, I ended up taking on more responsibility and three years later, I moved into that sales training leader position.
I had never considered corporate learning as a profession before this experience. However, once I started growing into the role, I found mentors to help me develop my skills around instructional design and learning development. In addition, I sought out industry associations for trainers so that I could always be learning, as well as regularly connect with others who also did this type of a job. I've been doing it several years now, and it's been a really interesting career.
It just goes to show that sometimes when you help others, you will encounter really good opportunities for yourself.
I'm a learning consultant, and I fell into this role by offering to "help my manager out" several years ago. At the time I was covering several administrative types of tasks in the research division of a company. My manager was asked to help find a person to assist the sales training leader who was very busy at the time. So, I agreed to help out, and I wound up building a such a great connection with team that they brought me over permanently. Over time, I ended up taking on more responsibility and three years later, I moved into that sales training leader position.
I had never considered corporate learning as a profession before this experience. However, once I started growing into the role, I found mentors to help me develop my skills around instructional design and learning development. In addition, I sought out industry associations for trainers so that I could always be learning, as well as regularly connect with others who also did this type of a job. I've been doing it several years now, and it's been a really interesting career.
It just goes to show that sometimes when you help others, you will encounter really good opportunities for yourself.
Bob Moore
Supply Chain, Energy. Oil & Gas, Leadership, Management, Careers Overseas
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how did you officially get into what you do now as a profession how is the income? and how is your profession going as of now??
I work in procurement & supply chain leader (P&SC) for a mid size utility company. I qualified from college as a communications engineer, and worked in operations for a number of years before moving to P&SC. There are a number of quality universities that do degrees and other courses in P&SC - but in general they will allow switch from other business lines if interested.
P&SC is a strategic profession and as such can pay well, competes with all other CORP professions
I have held a number of leadership roles and can be a very exciting profession adding a lot of value - key areas across P&SC include demand planning, planning, strategy development, bidding , negotiating, contracting, buying, expediting, logistics, inventory, warehousing.
I work in procurement & supply chain leader (P&SC) for a mid size utility company. I qualified from college as a communications engineer, and worked in operations for a number of years before moving to P&SC. There are a number of quality universities that do degrees and other courses in P&SC - but in general they will allow switch from other business lines if interested.
P&SC is a strategic profession and as such can pay well, competes with all other CORP professions
I have held a number of leadership roles and can be a very exciting profession adding a lot of value - key areas across P&SC include demand planning, planning, strategy development, bidding , negotiating, contracting, buying, expediting, logistics, inventory, warehousing.
Kelly Gould
Aircraft maintenance
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Military training and job then college and your job after military and college you will get training and OJT and trouble shooting for your job
military
picked a job that i would enjoy
got military training and college
and was 45 years ago same field and job
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