Take-Up Specialised Skills To Stay - Employable In Uncertain Times

Headquartered in Bengaluru, Mayflower Language Services is an ISO 9001:2008 translation & localisation company specializing in the areas of Linguistic Testing. A management graduate Sampada handles the position of VP-clients at Mayflower and strive to achieve the organizations goal

- Sampada Gokhale

The corporate world is going through a major overhaul with new emerging technologies, platforms, and business models. Thus, it’s even more imperative for professionals to challenge the status quo and add more skills to their artillery and be armed for the uncertain times. New age businesses, more than ever, are looking for multi-faceted hires. So today, an organization not only would look for a digital marketer who not only acts as an evangelist for the company’s product/service, but can also provide sales enablement training to new hires.

While it’s important to gain specialization and be the master of your craft, it’s also important to be inquisitive and updated about cross-functional expertise. Professionals could hone their skills by attaining on-the-job crossfunctional training or opt for enrolling into formal training courses that offer certifications. In either case, it surely cushions them against structural unemployment or layoffs or helps in giving a bump to the career.

New Skills to Your Artillery

Professionals who want to fast track their careers or get an edge while being considered for a promotion have toyed with the idea of pursuing digital marketing courses or Executive MBA degrees or PMP certifications along with their full-time jobs. What is also worthy of checking out are foreign language courses and certifications which can be a power booster for a professional’s career. There are accredited professional institutions that impart, evaluate and certify language training for different foreign languages. There are many well established and globally recognized institutes in India that offer formal training in learning languages. A lot of us know about Max Mueller Bhavan and Alliance Française, as the torch bearers of German and French language training in India.