I’ve been involved with establishing, delivering, and managing on a daily basis technology training for end users in several different organizations and companies for many years. The majority of the training has been on standard commercial word processing, spreadsheeting, and database software, in addition to various e-mail packages. In addition, I’ve also developed many manuals and other forms of user documentation to accompany all of this training.
My current position is being eliminated within a few months from now and my preference now is to manage training programs more from an HR perspective, i.e. management training, soft skills training, etc. I’ve always felt that there are certain tenets regarding training and training philosophies that apply regardless of the subject matter of the training. My question is this…will my background in technical training work against me in securing a position as I now desire? Any thoughts on this will be greatly appreciated.
P.S. My educational background (as ancient as it is) is in education, psychology, and sociology (very people-oriented and “soft”).