Is it good to switch from a corporate job to the teaching profession?

If you are good at teaching i.e. you have ability and quality in forwarding knowledge than you can shift, but if you are in a corporate job from long time than it might be difficult for you to change profession if you didn't have teaching experience yet, but it doesn't mean that it is imposible. If your heart is saying to go for that then go for the same. One more important point, you should have a financial backup as it requires some time to again settle in a new profession. All the best.

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The answer to this question basically depends on one's priority and preferences. What are your interests matters here a lot. The corporate sector can pay you a full of pocket while I am known to some personalities who left the huge salary jobs for their interest in teaching. Teaching is the profession which gives satisfaction to some people and money doesn't maters for them. Although if you are fully dedicated to teaching, there are many opportunities to earn and learn. After clearing the UGC NET, CSIR NET or GATE exams one can be a professor, assistant professor or lecturer in the top most institutes or colleges of India. There is no harm to switch into the teaching profession from the corporate or any other private sector job. It all depends on your interest, what you want to do. All the best for the future ahead.

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Corporate jobs come up with higher salary and benefits with good career growth opportunities. Corporate provide career rotation to develop and enrich employee throughout employment lifecycle. However corporate jobs have following major drawbacks: (a) Wild work hours make it difficult to have balanced work life balance. (b) Every corporate professional reaches to stage where he or she does not enjoy work (c) Feeling of getting lost in large enterprise (d) Difficult to get in contact with internal and external corporate environment (e) Climbing the corporate ladder is slow, painful and extremely political (f) You will forever be working under someone (g) You stop enjoying your job due to monotony and lack of challenges If you are feeling any or multiple of the above mentioned conditions in your corporate career, academics can be good career switch options provided you have adequate educational qualifications, interest in teaching and teaching aptitude. Teaching provide stable career with good Work Life balance. However, you must be ready to accept lower salaries and lesser career growth.

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Teaching is a profession that invites people from different walks of life. Some people choose it as a career because they feel the perks could be great that is good salary, respect and even long holidays. Others join it for the pure passion and an opportunity to follow ones life purpose. School teachers who want a career change but would like to continue in the education sector can become education consultants, working with schools and publishers to develop curricula and educational materials. Consultants do not necessarily need any additional educational qualification to transition from teaching. A Masters degree and classroom experience is enough, although its helpful to have experience in an office environment. India has seen a huge shift in the education sector which has resulted in a number of companies looking out for schools as their target market. These education software companies are in a constant lookout for teachers who can add valuable insight in their sales process by becoming an account manager or a business development manager and can help with their marketing and research and development wing by developing new products. So, this can be a good choice.

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Hi, It totally depends on your interest, if you are interested in teaching then you can surely switch. If you want to become a professor in a college you will have to do Masters crack UGC NET (National Entrance Test) and then only you can apply for the position of assistant lecturer or Junior Research Fellowship in a college/university. On the other hand, if you are looking for teaching in school you will have to do a B.Ed. course then only you will be eligible. So, you can surely switch but you will have to put extra efforts in collecting degrees. I would suggest that you look for opportunities in the learning and development department in the corporate sector itself. The learning and Development department which comes under Human Resources is a very good option if you your interest lies in teaching. All the Best.

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Corporate jobs have following major drawbacks: (a) Wild work hours make it difficult to have balanced work life balance. (b) Every corporate professional reaches to stage where he or she does not enjoy work (c) Feeling of getting lost in large enterprise (d) Difficult to get in contact with internal and external corporate environment (e) Climbing the corporate ladder is slow, painful and extremely political (f) You will forever be working under someone (g) You stop enjoying your job due to monotony and lack of challenges.

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The following are the main downsides of corporate jobs: (A) Working long hours makes it challenging to maintain a healthy work-life balance. (b) Every corporate professional eventually reaches the point where they no longer enjoy their work (c) the feeling of getting lost in a large organisation (d) the challenge of connecting with both the internal and external corporate environments (e) the slow, painful, and extremely political process of climbing the corporate ladder (f) the certainty that you will always report to someone (g) the lack of variety and challenges in the job that prevent you from enjoying it.

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Hi, The answer to your question completely depends on you, you have to decide what do you like most and then proceed accordingly, it should not be like you switch to teaching and later regret it, make sure to decide following before making any move: 1. Do you have interest in teaching or are currently working for any MNC? If you have strong interests and not flexible, you may not be able to enjoy working in industry which is of not your interest. 2. Do you enjoy teaching or solving problems? If you enjoy teaching, you stop comparing yourself with MNC employees or your friends and tell yourself you have chosen the path which may not be financially rewarding as MNC but you love what you do and you are not going to compare yourself be whatsoever. 3. If you like to work in MNC, you can earn more. But you need to listen to your manager and good at working with people. Follow your heart, be flexible and keep learning. Stop comparing yourself with others. Compare yourself and keep pushing your boundary. Be the best in your field. Remember top notch teacher is far better than an average or poor performer in MNC.

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Hi, In corporate world, you have plenty of new learning every day. You get to interact and understand about the market, surrounding and the world. If we talk about switching to a teaching profession, I would strongly suggest you to not to do that. Being in a corporate is fun and a new challenge. In teaching profession, you are restricted to one class or a decided place, but have to teach and repeat just one thing that you are master of, whole day, week, month and even whole year. You get nothing new. I am telling you this because I am myself a teacher in a reputed school, but if I were into a corporate, I would not wish to switch to teaching field. Also, the financial part is stronger in a corporate. Greater hikes, career hikes.

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The answer depends on the professional objectives of an individual and there is a lot of subjectivity to it. I have personally seen people making a successful transition from corporate to academia. I personally think that given the dearth of dynamism in academia and the growing commercialization of education in India, we need people who are proactive, street smart and disrupt the sector. Also, with the advent of education industry in the past few years, the number of corporate professionals entering into education and teaching is expected to increase. Teaching can be more fulfilling and can provide a better work life balance than a corporate job in general. Nowadays, the compensation in teaching is also good, as the industry is looking for professionals who are dynamic and can think of new ways to teach and can set the pedagogy with some new elements.

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