The secret to making it BIG in your career
Every problem arises because of the multiplicity of wants and limited resources. There are a lot of people gunning for the same job that you are. How do you get yourself the job? How do you set yourself apart from the crowd? What helps you be distinct and differentiate yourself from every other applicant? Simple, ‘DO MORE’. Employers are looking for people who are focused, who are willing to treat the corporation like kin and who are willing to simply ‘DO MORE’ than what the competition is willing to do. Short courses are a great way for graduation students, graduated students and employed personnel to ‘DO MORE’.
For students pursuing unconventional courses like BBI, doing more is very essential to make a mark in their career trajectory. Short Certificate Courses with BBI courses both online and offline, workshops are great ways for students to advance their career, become better professionals and expand the horizon of their domain-specific knowledge. Eminent professionals ranging from CEOs of companies to insurance and banking consultants and industry personnel hold numerous banking and insurance workshops are held across the country. So one has to constantly be vigilant and keep out an eye for these to not miss out on the opportunities in their vicinity.
How to do short courses with BBI?
Various universities in India as well as outside India have their distance learning programmes which are a very useful especially for BBI students looking at mastering Bank Management, Insurance, Banking Ethics, Accounts, Financial Planning, Auditing, Taxation, etc. while pursuing other things or even working. The mainstream corporateMany has started accepting e-learning platforms as legitimate proof of competence. As a result, these platforms are flourishing.
Here are some courses that you can explore:
- Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) Certificate
- Diploma in Banking and Finance (DBF)
- Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) Certificate
- Associate in Claims (AIC) Certificate
- Insurance Institute of India’s Certificate Course on “Compliance, Governance and Risk Management in Insurance” in collaboration with the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) is a great classroom certificate course for students looking at a career in insurance.
To learn more:
The following are some short certified online courses that we’d recommend for BBI students:
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Excel Skills for Insurance Professionals:
This course intends to make its students fit to make the most out of MS-Excel in the Insurance domain which can also be extended to Banking.
Cost: INR 6,080
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Introduction to Fractional Reserve Banking:
This course is dedicated to helping you learn more about fractional reserve banking and how it works. Fractional-reserve banking is the common practice by commercial banks of accepting deposits, and making loans or investments, while holding reserves at least equal to a fraction of the bank’s deposit liabilities.
Cost: $19 (Approx. INR 1400)
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Branch Relationship Manager Program:
This online industry-recognized certification program covers bank deposit and fee-based products, in detail. It also covers payments and retail trade and forex. Also, the State Bank of India uses Modules from this course for online pre-joining induction Program, to ensure Probationary Officers get job-ready before they join. Therefore, such a program will provide a strong CV advantage in clearing PO Interviews.
Cost: INR 6950
Apart from this, there are a lot of free courses available online which may or may not be certified. If learning is your sole objective then we’d recommend FREE courses. But if you are looking at these courses as value-adding devices to your résumé then our recommendation is to go for certified courses. Graduate degrees and undergraduate degrees or certificate courses from physical universities (offline courses) aren’t the only valid proponents of an individual’s education anymore but these courses still carry more value than online courses. There has to be a balance in today’s phygital realm, where there is a physical institute whose degree you hold along with undertaking courses on digital platforms who are acclaimed and legitimate.
