How do you pursue a Career in Education Consultancy?

October 03, 2019

A Career in Education Consultancy has always intrigued me. For me understanding Why I want to choose a Career in Education Consultancy is phenomenally more important than figuring out How to get into Education Consultancy. My research about a Career in Education Consultancy became a lot more meaningful when I found: https://www.lifepage.in/career/20180704-0001/Arts/Education Management/Career-in-Education-Consultancy/english

Rekha Bansal's take!

Rekha Bansal has worked in Education Consultancy for 18 years. Rekha Bansal has worked in Education Consultancy as Director in Asia World Education. In Rekha Bansal's own words, this is how Rekha Bansal got into Education Consultancy: "I did B Sc in Organic Chemistry from DSB Campus Nanital. After that, I did M Sc in Organic Chemistry from Bareily College and then, I did post graduate diploma in Computer Applications from DCC Lucknow and finally, I did MCA from IGNOU. I am heading an organization called Asia World Education since last 18 years."

Career Video on Education Consultancy

In a video, Rekha Bansal has talked about various aspects of a Career in Education Consultancy. Rekha Bansal started by explaining Education Consultancy as: "An educational consultant is an independent consultant who helps parents, students and organizations with educational planning. They are classed as educational, vocational, and school counselors." The video was an engaging disposition.

In this video Education was discussed as theoretical topics needed to excel at Education Consultancy, and not as Qualifications needed to enter Education Consultancy. Rekha Bansal touches upon these in the Education section of the Video:

Sociology
General Knowledge
Industrial Requirements

This Career demands specific Skills which only an experienced professional can lay out.
Rekha Bansal then explains why these Skills are essential for a Career in Education Consultancy:

Communication Skills
Management Skills
Decision Making
Experience

This Career has an interesting list of Positives.
Rekha Bansal believes that the following are some of the Positives of a Career in Education Consultancy:

Career Guidance
Help Students Achieve Dreams
Assesing for Scholarship
Sense of Satisfaction

Challenges are the other side of Positives and this Career is no exception.
And, Rekha Bansal believes that one needs to prepare for following Challenges of a Career in Education Consultancy:

Identifying Career Options
Parents Expectations
Erratic Working Hours

In the final section of the video Rekha Bansal talks about How a day goes in a Career in Education Consultancy. This video is by far the best video on a Career in Education Consultancy, that I have ever come across. To see the full Talk, one needs to install the LifePage Career Talks App. Here is a direct deep link of the Video: https://lifepage.app.link/20180704-0001

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