8 Reasons Why the New Year is the Best Time to Start a Marketing or Management Qualification

Ah the start of a new year, supposedly a time of reflection and new beginnings but lets face it, more often than not consisting of dragging yourself out of bed into the cold and wishing away the rest of those pesky long dark winter days before spring.

But it’s not all bad!

The beginning of a new year can also be the best time to tap into that feeling of ‘fresh start’ inspiration and get inspired yourself.

What will your new year’s resolution be? It can be tempting come January to set those elusive, intangible targets that you never quite seem to hit, like ‘be more productive’ or ‘ring Auntie Maureen…’. 

This year, why not make your new year’s resolution a solid plan which will yield tangible results and help you progress in your career by signing up to a Marketing or Management Qualification with MMC Learning.

With thousands of students heading back to primary and secondary school, sixth form college and university, we sometimes forget that for much of our lives, the new year was a time to get stuck into our academic studies in earnest- so why not now?

The new year is an excellent time to commit to making decisive change in your career and personal development.

MMC Learning is an all year round enrollment marketing training and accredited CIM and CMI study centre but we see the biggest intake in the new year because it taps into that feeling of new growth and acts as a springboard for those stuttering to meet their resolutions.

Here’s 10 reasons why you should take the leap and sign up to a course for the new year.

1. You’ve just had some downtime.

You’re fresh off the buzz of the Christmas period and you’ve managed to take a break over the holidays to spend with loved ones and re-charge. Even if you didn’t get to travel, hopefully you’ll have had some time off from work. It may only have been the Christmas bank holidays themselves, but that time to rest, recharge and refocus makes all the difference and sets you up to establish or re-affirm goals you want to achieve – both in the short term and long term. Now is the time for action!

2. You can achieve great things this year and it’s barely begun! Commit to getting on track quickly and make the most of the year.

Rather than allow the seasonal blues to kick over the long months of January and February, you can shake off that winter gloom and be productive and achieve an incredible addition for your CV. If you’re looking to add a professional qualification and are prepared to work hard, you could complete a marketing or management course in under 6 months.

It may be that things have not worked as you’d like last year. Global events are moving fast and it’s easy to be paralysed in decision making when there is so much going on and so many pressures in the macro environment.

But if you’ve already decided to commit to your career goals by undertaking a qualification, why put it off? Sure you could wait until the start of the academic year in September, but why wait and put your dreams on hold for another whole year?!

3. It’s the start of the academic year - sort of…

While September is traditionally the start of the academic year for schools and Universities, many professional Qualifications base their courses more around January and February start dates as they know that this is a prime start time for professional people who are operating by the calendar year. 

Many course providers will carry out their reviews and course updates over the Christmas period and put revitalised, fresh content in place for January so you know you’re getting the best learning content and most up to date qualification available.

MMC is offers enrollment dates all year round for our Marketing and Management courses but even we have to admit there’s something special about the January intake.

January will usually see slightly bigger cohorts of learners on professional courses and the inspiration you can draw from your peers of all ages going back into education to either give them that career start or kick start is intoxicating. Knowing you’ll be in great company with many others looking to improve their prospects and learn at the same time is a powerful draw.

4. It’ll stand you in good for 6-month salary/ review discussions.

Many organisations have annual appraisals or reviews that take place in Decemeber or towards the end of the year where plans are made and budgets are set. However, some companies might conduct reviews on a 6 month basis rather than yearly. Often organisations will conduct a 6 month review if you are newer to the organisation and they want to look at your progress. Or they might review everyone annually on their joining anniversary which could be at any point in the year. In any of these cases you can bet a 6 month review will probably fall around the summer, so you’ll want to factor your additional study and learning into any conversation about where your career takes you next. If you start a CIM course in the new year you’ll have an impressive new Qualification sorted just in time for your next review.