4.7 Summary

mothers like Yang Ping, freelance TAE work gives them the flexibility to balance between work and family responsibilities. Entering into the TAE sector may not be too difficult. However, to survive and thrive in the changing work can be challenging. We will discuss the challenges the TAE professionals face in Chapter 8.

4.7 Summary

The TAE professionals, AE, TM, and HRD are similar in many respects. Majority (~70%) of our TAE professionals performed multiple tasks in their work, and most of them are in full-time position. Our TAE professionals are highly qualified in terms of academic qualifications and training qualifications, about 6 or 7 in 10 professionals have degree or above qualification. They are also quite experienced with at least half of them having more than five years of TAE-related working experience. However, overall only 1 in 3 AEs have worked in other sector other than TAE and are currently still holding an industry position. For the other 2/3 of AEs, there are concerns over their industry expertise and how to keep their industry knowledge current is critical for quality of AEs.

As for the reasons why AEs joined the TAE sector, passion stood up to be the key reason. Many AEs come to the TAE sector with enthusiasm to share their knowledge and diverse industry experiences, which helps to make learning more relevant to the learners. Flexible time is another major reason why freelance AEs join the sector.