A Showroom Hostess / Host is the first person to handle the customers and is responsible for handling the front office of any businesses. They attend to the customers coming into the showroom, handle their queries, try to resolve problems raised and act as coordinator between showroom facility and customer requests.
Personal Competencies
You are social and like to meet people
You have good communication skills
You are systematic in your work
You have a lot of patience
Entry Pathway
Minimum Qualification • After completion of class 12 and minimum age required is 18 years old for enrolling for National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF)* Level 3 course for Showroom Hostess/Host
* NSQF is a nationally integrated education and competency-based framework that enables persons to acquire desired competency levels in a chosen field. NSQF includes vocational education, vocational training, general education and technical education which prepares an individual for the job market with competent skills. An individual may return at any time to upgrade skills after gaining experience
• National Scholarship Portal - Please visit http://www.scholarships.gov.in. Under this portal there are Central Government schemes offered by different Departments, UGC/AICTE Schemes and State Schemes.*
• Please visit http://www.buddy4study.com for details on available scholarships. This is a gateway to scholarships starting from Class XI
*(Availability of these scholarships can vary from time to time)
Where will you work?
Places of work: Car showrooms, jewellery showrooms, shopping centres, shopping malls
Work environment: Generally 8 to 9 hours per day and 6 days a week. Seasonal shift duties and overtime work. It involves long hours of standing and walking
Opportunities for differently abled exist in this field
Femasdi Girisa comes from a BPL family; her family which includes six members depends completely upon Farming. The yearly earning of the family is just around Rs. 20,000. She had to say no to her education after passing her 10th. She now wanted to do something to help her family. She joined a sales training program being offered by D B Tech in Nagaland and this helped her to learn skills to handle different customers confidently. She even learned how to operate the computer and communicate effectively. She had developed a right attitude to face life with hard work and honesty. She got selected in Jack & Jill, an exclusive showroom in Dimapur, Nagaland and working with great satisfaction. When she was asked, how it feels to be working, she said, “ I always used to think that doing a job is a very difficult task, as one needs to work for long hours and obey his/her seniors. But now, I find it really pleasing, I am learning so many new things to deal effectively with the people around. She is presently earning a monthly salary of Rs. 6500, out of which she spends Rs.1500 on her own expenditure and rest she spends on her family. Talking to one of her colleague at her workplace, we got to know that she is really dedicated towards her work, and aspires to go forward. She now wants a promotion be a supervisor.” At her success, her parents exclaim, “D.B. Tech has provided Femasdi Girisa a good platform to make her career bright and has given us a reason to live.*
Showroom Hostess / Host
NCS Code: NA | V017Minimum Qualification
• After completion of class 12 and minimum age required is 18 years old for enrolling for National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF)* Level 3 course for Showroom Hostess/Host
* NSQF is a nationally integrated education and competency-based framework that enables persons to acquire desired competency levels in a chosen field. NSQF includes vocational education, vocational training, general education and technical education which prepares an individual for the job market with competent skills. An individual may return at any time to upgrade skills after gaining experience
Government Institutes
1. National Skills Development Corporation (NSDC): Visit https://www.nsdcindia.org/find-nsdc-training-centre
2. Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS): Visit https://nsdcindia.org/find-nsdc-training-centre-jss/
3. NIOS training centres: Visit https://voc.nios.ac.in/registration/locate-study-centre
4. List of NSQF centres: https://www.aicte-india.org/sites/default/files/Vocational%20institutions%20272%20recommended%20AY%202020-21.pdf
• A majority of government schemes are free
Scholarships
• National Scholarship Portal - Please visit http://www.scholarships.gov.in. Under this portal there are Central Government schemes offered by different Departments, UGC/AICTE Schemes and State Schemes.*
• Please visit http://www.buddy4study.com for details on available scholarships. This is a gateway to scholarships starting from Class XI
*(Availability of these scholarships can vary from time to time)
Places of work: Car showrooms, jewellery showrooms, shopping centres, shopping malls
Work environment: Generally 8 to 9 hours per day and 6 days a week. Seasonal shift duties and overtime work. It involves long hours of standing and walking
Opportunities for differently abled exist in this field
Assistant Showroom Hostess → Showroom Hostess → Floor Manager, Showroom
The approx. salary of a Showroom Hostess/Host ranges between INR 13,000 - 15,200* per month *
Source: https://www.ambitionbox.com/profile/showroom-hostess-salary
*These figures are indicative and subject to change
Experts from the field
Femasdi Girisa comes from a BPL family; her family which includes six members depends completely upon Farming. The yearly earning of the family is just around Rs. 20,000. She had to say no to her education after passing her 10th. She now wanted to do something to help her family. She joined a sales training program being offered by D B Tech in Nagaland and this helped her to learn skills to handle different customers confidently. She even learned how to operate the computer and communicate effectively. She had developed a right attitude to face life with hard work and honesty. She got selected in Jack & Jill, an exclusive showroom in Dimapur, Nagaland and working with great satisfaction. When she was asked, how it feels to be working, she said, “ I always used to think that doing a job is a very difficult task, as one needs to work for long hours and obey his/her seniors. But now, I find it really pleasing, I am learning so many new things to deal effectively with the people around. She is presently earning a monthly salary of Rs. 6500, out of which she spends Rs.1500 on her own expenditure and rest she spends on her family. Talking to one of her colleague at her workplace, we got to know that she is really dedicated towards her work, and aspires to go forward. She now wants a promotion be a supervisor.” At her success, her parents exclaim, “D.B. Tech has provided Femasdi Girisa a good platform to make her career bright and has given us a reason to live.*
Source - https://www.dbtech.in/SuccessStory.aspx?StoryID=CMAmPw+643x7AOBBSHt/yLs0MUM9rXQ/TQUGv4OzbMI=
*The above information is for training purposes only and will not be used for any commercial gains
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