Interim work for training and learning and development managers has grown in recent years and can pay well – if you can find a post. Training professionals considering taking an interim job had better brace themselves for a tough market, where opportunities are few and far between. Recruitment experts throughout the UK say interim training positions are scarce, with most positions requiring specific skills. In the north of England office of MDH Interim, a specialist agency that places interims across all industries, senior consultant Esther Farrington calculates that as far as training positions go, she gets "one or two a month." Farrington, whose remit covers Birmingham and the North, says hiring companies are typically looking for someone with past expertise in a specific area. So, for example, a call centre business will want someone who has previously trained call centre staff and a distribution outfit will give priority to a trainer with experience in that field....
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