Professional designations don't come easily.
Not exact matches
Salesmanship is practically the only skill set needed in the C - suite that doesn't have its own
professional designation, like those held by accountants and lawyers.
Consumers
do not need any more laws regulating title,
designations or certifications for insurance
professionals.
The only comprehensive retirement training organization in the financial services industry focused exclusively on educating
professionals on the nuances of Social Security retirement planning, the organization creates and provides a training course on Social Security retirement benefits and claiming strategies and provides advisors with the opportunity, for those inclined to
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designation.
One who practices engineering is called an engineer, and those licensed to
do so have formal
designations such as
Professional Engineer, Chartered Engineer or Incorporated Engineer.
This reminds me of Hugh Howey's emphasis on two things: 1) encouraging everyone who loves reading, no matter what it is, because we simply don't have enough love of literature in the world, and more of that benefits EVERYONE, and 2) the emphasis on who is «
professional» and «worthy» vs. «amateur» is a sport that may be lucrative for some (i.e. those dispensing the
designations), but overall damages writers.
I don't think it is necessary to have a
professional designation in order to help people invest their money.
: The number of
professional designations and acronyms has jumped in recent years, but don't be fooled.
Part of our mission is to give dog owners a way to identify
professional dog trainers and behavior consultants, and we
do this through our
designations.
An individual who
does not belong to HRPA might offer similar services to that of an HR
professional who
does, but they would not be bound by the act and could not represent themselves as a member of the Association or as a CHRP if they
did not hold the
designation.
To add to the confusion, therapist doesn't exist as a formal
professional designation, at least not in the eyes of the states that regulate mental health professions through licensure and certification boards.
It's a shame that state legislatures and real estate commissions don't increase the educational requirements needed to get licensed and let the
professionals earn their CE by attending
designation courses that'll actually make a difference.
As a former national director of the Real Estate Institute of Canada and other associations, Barry felt that getting a
designation in real estate is important — but none of the organizations really have
done a solid job in branding or making the need to work with a
professional strong in the eyes of public.
Spending $ 1000 and taking a 3 month course, passing and obtaining a «salesman's» license
does not qualify one as a «
professional» who usually spend thousands of dollars on education and devote years of their life to obtain their
designation, license, title, etc. (doctor, lawyer, engineer, accountant, etc etc.).
However, though
professional by
designation, we don't always act professionally.
Some of these
designations can be earned by
doing nothing more than signing your name and writing a check (20 years ago) while others require 100's of hours of study and
professional practice standards in the year the
designation is being used.
Rising
professionals who don't yet meet the requirements for full membership can still get involved through the «SIOR Candidate Membership» program, which pairs them with a local mentor and gets them on track to qualifying for SIOR
designation.
The 2001 NAR Member Profile shows that sales associates with a
professional designation earn $ 27,000 more a year than those who don't have one.
As a commercial practitioner, I was the first member of my local board to earn the CCIM
designation, because I believed, and still
do, that it was critical to my performance as a real estate
professional.
Top 5
does accept a variety of other industry brand and brokerage course achievements, certifications and
designations as a way of satisfying the
Professional Education requirement for Top 5.
The
Designations of ASPTM means «Accredited Staging
Professionals» In other words graduates are Accredited and are thoroughly trained to Stage ® Homes as Staging was intended to be
done.
Broker Claude Leclair, manager of Maison
du consommateur in Rosemère, north of Montreal, says real estate
professionals have been forced to change their titles from agents to brokers despite the fact clients have never been able to tell the difference between the
designations since he started his real estate career in 1989.