I also worked as a sales officer in banking, finance and insurance companies for 5 years.

I don’t want to contune working a job in the sales & marketing field and i am not interested in software programming.

I completed a post graduate diploma in business management in 2011.

Can u suggest for me my career prospects?

Can i get a job in Information technology (IT) companies?

Which course can help me get a jobs IT companies?

Please help me … i m really very confused

I am currently Working as a consultant Sales Engineer for a reputed US MNC and i want to become a business Analyst.Can you help in how i can use my Sales Exp for becoming a BA as they are of Diff types and i am from mechanical Background working for a Power Company

The strenghts you put to use in your current sales career will be similar to the skills you will bring to bear in your new business analyst career.

#1. In sales you have to identify the key decision makers early on in the sales cycle. As a business analyst pne of your first tasks is to identify who your stakeholders are.

#2. In sales, you have to make presentations to close a sale or increase the vel of interest in your products or services. As a business analyst you will have to facilitate meetings with product owners, stakeholders, customers, etc.

#3. Any salesperson worth his or her salt is intimately familiar with the features and benefits of their products or services. As a business analyst, you must establish, understand and become intimately familiar with the requirements for your projects early on in the process.

#4. A sales person needs strong oral or verbal communication skills. Likewise, a business analyst needs strong verbal and oral presenattion skills.

#5. A sales person needs strong inter-psersonal skills as he/she will be working closely with people and needs to enjoy that process. A business analyst also needs strong inter-personal skills to succeed at his/her job.

This list will help you understand how you will make a transition to business analysis.

However, you still need to learn the ABCs of Business Analysis … the tools, techniques, skills and educational training that makes you a business analyst.

For that, I will advice you to take a look at the business analyst training program here:

I am in sales and i want to become a business analyst what should i do in this regard?

Should i undergo training for this will there be job opportunity if i do so?

These business analysis careers require some knowledge of marketing, sales or customer relationship management … which are roles that you already have some background in

Here is an article on how to become a CRM business analyst and here is another article on how to become a marketing and sales business analyst

Right now i am working with an IT company as a Marketing Officer since last 2 month.

Before this job i was worked with the company who deals with security product like CCTV camera,UVSS etc.

I want to make my career as a business analysts.

So please guide me that what are the additional course i have to done or my qualification is enough for that.

Thank & Regards

In today’s mondern career, nothing stays the same for too long. Changes in the marketplace, new regulations and new technology drive changes in our workplace, job description, roles and responsibilities.

Most normal people don’t like changes in the workplace because it forces them to learn new habits or skills. But change is inevitable and only those remain flexible or adaptable will survive or succeed in the long-run.

MY advice is that you should list the skills required for success in your new role and then find a way to learn or master them through mentorship, personal study, training, etc.

I am B.Tech+MBA and basically from product Marketing experience but as few months back i joined a software company as BDM to look after sales activities but its quite obvious that product marketing and software marketing having lots of difference so my toughest challenge is to sustain in software company in Business Development profile.

You need to get trained on the core business analysis skills including UML, Use Cases, Requirements Elicitation and Documentation.

You already have some familiarity with Use Cases as you are probably used to creating your Test Cases from Use Cases. And you may alrey have some familiarity with UML as you are used to working so closely with Software Engineers.

You just need to take this knowledge a step further and go from just having some knowledge of these skills or to become a consumer of these types of documents to the creator of the documents and an expert at creating them.

Your next step? Signup for Business Analyst Training here to get started

You are closer than you think …

You first goal will be to learn or master business analysis. Click here to learn more about that process and the next part is to apply your MBA in Marketing skills and knowledge.

This all presumes that you are working for an employer that needs you in that role … if not, your best bet is to be an IT Business Analyst and leave your Marketing background aside for a while

I’d been selected through the campus in one of the reputed IT firm during my MBA placements.

My technical background (Bachelor in Computer Science) helped me to crack the interview.

Marketing was my major specialization during MBA.

This organization is highly technology focused & hardly it encourages any sort of marketing which happens in FMCG.

I wanted to get into IT so that I could leverage my technical knowledge.

Now, I see myself unfit for future sales role & thinking to explore BA area about which I’m totally neophyte.

Please advise me what can be suitable career option & if BA would be the right choice, then how should I go about it?