Need for Skill Training
WHY STUDY PROPOSAL WRITING?
A. the "Ability to Sell" ➔ Guarantees Success in All Fields >
- A key aspect of any Proposal is that it seeks to market the relevant capabilities of Seller for delivering the promised product/service deftly to the full satisfaction of the Buyer.
- Anyone who has mastered this skill can easily market his/her own profile to grab premium jobs with reputed employers.
- In job, this skill can spur career growth. This is because, a person who can push up sales revenues is an asset that no organisation can afford to lose. To retain such an asset, companies offer premium salaries and bonuses besides quicker promotions!
B. Proposal Writing - A Highly Remunerative Job Option >
- Expert Proposal Writers can push up the revenues ➔ Offered premium salaries .
- Those with advanced/professional qualifications (MA, MCom, MBA, CA, PhD, etc.) and also trained in Proposal Writing are preferred by the Recruiters.
- Any plain Graduate who can read & write in simple English may acquire this skill to land the highly coveted white-collared jobs in prominent PSUs/MNCs/INGOs.
- Educated housewives can earn gainful income while working from the comfort of their home.
- Armed with this skill One can easily launch his/her own entrepreneurial venture and become a successful business owner.
C. Widespread Demand for Proposal Writers - Both India & Abroad >
- Worldwide, All Institutional Buyers (Govt. Depts., NGOs, Businesses, etc.) procure Goods & Services via Competitive Bidding.
- To Generate Revenues, Sellers have to Obtain Work Orders from such Buyers. ➔ For this, Sellers have to submit Winnable Proposals ➔ Ensures Regular Demand for Trained Proposal Writers.
- Thus, Proposal Writing is a Value-Added Skill that can Strengthen the Employability of Youth across all Sectors/Streams (Management, Infrastructure Development, IT, Agriculture, Rural/Urban Development, Social Research, NGO, CSR, etc.) and Geographies.
- Sheer Vastness of Commercial Transactions (Nos. and Volumes)➔ Signify a Huge Scope for Proposal Writers.
- Robust Economic Growth ➔ Greater Demand for Proposal Writers ➔ Huge Nos. of Vacancies (India & Abroad) Advertised on various Job Portals.
D. Lack of Trained Proposal Writers ➔ Opportunity for Job Seekers>
- In India, there is a critical Lack of Availability of Trained Proposal Writers. This is because, the Proposal Development Courses are yet to find a place in the Regular Academic Curricula of most of the campuses across the country.
- On campusses, academicians do write Research Proposals. However, the Evaluation Parameters as well as the Outputs expected from such Proposals are grossly different from those submitted for competitive bidding in the commercial domain. As a result, this key skill is rarely passed on to the students.
- Short-Term Certifications in Proposal Writing are mostly available in the Online Mode for only a couple of days. Most of these courses are replete with Textual/Audio/Video lectures. As a result, the participants get to only enhance their knowledge & awareness of some terms, protocols and processes. However, it seldom leads to higher level learning that can effect gross changes in their skills when it actually comes to developing winnable technical and financial proposals.
- Businesses/Organisations/Institutions usually deploy their Core Technical staff for writing the Proposals. However, a Technical Proposal is not only about writing the Core Technical Stuff. It involves lot of Non-Technical aspects as well that often escape the attention of such Experts but carry a far greater weightage in the Evaluation Criteria. Due to this there remains a void that can be easily filled-up by Trained Proposal Writers.
