You might be thinking that teaching is academic and working at a BPO outsourcing house is business. What could the two possibly have in common? More than you think. As a business person, you need to do a lot of learning and teaching. You need to research your market, research and compare methodologies for many aspects of your business. You also need to teach new workers how to do their job. If you are experienced at teaching, you will be more patient, attentive and able to teach newbies how to do their job.
The other benefit of a teaching background is that teaching puts you in contract with under average people. If you are from an educated background, you might have limited experience dealing with or working with under-achievers. However, as a business owner or manager, most of the people you deal with will be under-achievers — and a few low-lives too! You need to know how to bring the best out of very mediocre people. It isn’t easy or fun either. But, most people will slack off unless you know how to manage them well. Being a teacher is the same as being a manager, after all, you are managing twenty-four people’s learning. Being on top of things and on top of a room full of people is similar to running a business. So, if you want to do well in BPO, try to do some teaching, or hire a teacher to assist you. Just try to get them to dress a little better than the average teacher.