Frequently Asked Questions: 4Q Peer Trainer Program [SS2]
Participant FAQ
Yes, for exceptionally good participants we offer scholarship right at the point of selection if they are interacting through Off-line selection process.
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If not, then you can contact us at care@addwit.org
However, even if somehow discount is not available, consider this as an investment decision and be sure of excellent ROI.
Yes and No.
Yes, because mentoring coupled with business skills and experience can lead to a respectable career in Consulting either with Addwit, or any other renowned firm.
You can also start leading a group after mid-program assessment, which can open a revenue stream for you.
No, because being able to mentor and guide subordinates happens to be an essential workplace skill, an integral part of whatever we do.
Yes. Every discussion is being made available in more languages – in Hindi, to begin with.
Because English is an essential skill anyway, we also have separate program/s to help you to learn English.
What is better than being good employee? Being able to help other colleagues become more effective at workplace; isn’t it?
Now you know the answer. Notch up from the Day-1 at your job after education.
When recruiter sees 4Q Peer Trainer Certification on your CV, s/he is sure that here is one person who will be able to train and lead a small team with her / him right from Day-1
Consider the two as Level-1 and Level-2.
Expert Practitioner Certification will help us understand the depth of 4Q Framework. You will be able to see its usefulness for your own career. You will also start intuitively using it.
This level is based on the Program Material and multiple assessment quizzes and a pre-certification interaction.
After this Certification,
- If you are a student you will be eligible to lead a small group of up to three peers / friends so that you gain some experience of mentoring
- If you are an experienced faculty / HR Professional / practicing Manager, then, you will be eligible to lead up to 20
Peer Trainer Certification – The scope of discussions at this stage moves beyond the 4Q Framework, and we take up
- Mentoring Insights and techniques
- Current trends and news in area of Skills and Employability (which keeps you connected with employer’s expectations.)
- Advanced level techniques for Non-formal participatory mentoring
Key methodology here is – work-based projects and assignments
Students can sign up directly for this Program via this link. It includes fee for both levels of certification.
Faculty Members / HR Professionals and practicing Managers need to send their CV to care@addwit.org. After validation, they will get a link to pay for the enrollment.
Material
You will receive: (1) Personal copy of book – The 4Q Framework (2) More than 15 downloadable audio files and PDF files and (3) After successful completion of this level, you will get access to Level-2 of the Certification which includes workshops, additional videos, dozens of additional documents and reports
Methodology
4Q Expert Practitioner Program moves through nine sessions – 4QEPC01 to 4QEPC09, as outlined below.
- Day 1: 4Q Framework for Career Skills – Overview Chapter 1 + Self Assessment 1
- Day 2: 4Q Framework for Career Skills – Overview Chapter 2 + Self Assessment 2
- Day 3: 4Q Framework for Career Skills – Overview Chapter 3 + Self Assessment 3
- Day 4: 4Q Framework for Career Skills – Overview Chapter 4 + Self Assessment 4
- Day 5: 4Q Framework for Career Skills – Overview Chapter 5 + Self Assessment 5
- Day 6: 4Q Framework for Career Skills – Overview Chapter 6 + Self Assessment 6
- Day 7: 4Q Framework for Career Skills – Overview Chapter 7 + Self Assessment 7
- Day 8: 4Q Framework for Career Skills – Self Study based Assignment #1 for Chapter 8
- Day 9: 4Q Framework for Career Skills – Self Study based Assignment #2 for Chapter 9 & 10 + Self Assessment 8
- Day 9-15: 4Q Expert Practitioner Certification Self Assessment 9 + Viva (if required)
Action
If you have not yet joined the 4Q career Skills Peer Trainer Program, the your next steps are
- Students can sign up by paying for the program here
- Faculty Members / HR Professionals and practicing Managers may send their CV to care@addwit.org. After your details are validated, you will receive a payment link
This question actually brings us on same page! Yes, we ourselves gave this question a deep thought too.
I totally agree that employers don’t really care for what Certifications do you have… They may not really know anything about this, or any other Online Certification.
What matters to them is – what tools and skills you bring along.
So, in place of saying “I have this / these Online Certifications”, you should mention on CV one statement; for example:
- Ability to assist colleagues with workplace skills (acquired from 4Q Peer Trainer Certification)
- Ability to mentor juniors and colleagues for performance maximization (acquired from 4Q Peer Trainer Certification)
- Equipped with tool s to ensure perpetual self development and assist colleagues for career growth (acquired from 4Q Peer Trainer Certification)
The institutional decision making process is complex and painfully slow, at times. Consider these three possibilities:
- The institution may have certain curriculum binding upon them, given by the university. We are working diligently for this Framework to be included in University systems, however, this is a process that takes time. Will surely happen, soon.
- There may be limitation of resources for planning at Institutional Level; however, individually you need to take a decision for yourself.
- YOU must start your career with right foundation; a good start makes big difference. You cannot wait for procedural delays that may take years to sort out.
We frequently hold Facebook Live and YouTube Live sessions where you and your parents can log in simultaneously. This session usually spans 45 minutes. We can explain various benefits, take their questions and explain the logic. Together you can take a well-informed decision.
These Live sessions usually happen on Friday evenings (8.30-9.15 pm IST). Send an email to us on care@addwit.org to get the invite.
Please send an email to care@addwit.org. We assure to respond within 48 hours.
If urgent, please contact us through +91 84335 60250
Partner University / Institution FAQ
Fine, we can arrange for direct MoU with the author, who is PhD, MBA and has 20+ years of teaching and entrepreneurial experience and has to his credit more than half a dozen research papers, a book chapter in a Cambridge Scholar Press book, and other 8+ books published / under publication process. If you need CV, please send an email to us at care@addwit.org (Author’s LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/onlyarvind/ )
The ‘academic reason’ to consider tie up is that the book ‘4Q Framework’ has a dedicated chapter that presents more than 100 related researches with supplementary commentary.
Further, to begin, you could convert this tie-up into many Research Projects, Conference Themes, Student Projects and even Doctoral Research topic/s.
Ideally students should pay for it, unless our Institutional Budget already earmarks enough funds.
In addition to the non-financial benefits that has been covered under Q. 1 above; the key financial benefit is in form of reasonable revenue sharing from fee received from enrollments from your University / Institution; towards costs incurred in assisting in enrollments, providing infrastructure and helping hands for the three off-line workshops (an integral part of Peer Trainer program).
This however works out with some minimum numbers only – for example 40 enrollments or more. (“40” is only an example. Operating Budget for each partner institution needs to be worked out separately. Partners with fewer numbers may be clubbed up with others in the vicinity to make it viable).
We do understand. However, this can be precisely THE reason to decide FOR this intervention. Two reasons: (1) If as an Institution we do not shape up our students well, it will soon be out of business, and (2) Academicians can play a vital role in the formative years that students and parents have placed trust on them.
We involve participants to generate content in simple and local language so that the “heart of the matter” sinks in their thought process.
We completely understand. Yes, for Institutional Decisions the offering must fit in the Institutional Vision and internal policies. We are prepared to collaborate through the decision evolving process in following manners
- Talk by the Author of the book: where the Institution’s panel of Experts (Board of Studies / Academic Council / Deans and Directors, Students’ Representatives, etc) could ask as many questions as they have
- Faculty Development Program: titled Certified Employability Mentor (CEM) that will work on blended methodology (one-day workshop, followed by 9 online sessions)
- Bridge Course on Employability & Career management Strategies: It can be part of Student Induction Program or Pre-Placement Program
Once the Institutional Teams build confidence in this bespoke framework for employability, we will together develop a customized decision for the institution.
Please send an email to care@addwit.org. We assure to respond within 48 hours.
If urgent, please contact us through +91 84335 60250