Typewriting

Technology is continuing and will continue to shape our daily and professional lives. Currently, voice and other input technologies are not prepared to meet today’s demand. so Keyboarding skills are very important in that they can impact a person’s ability to communicate with others in the future, both in social and professional realms. Although we now use computers for modern writing tasks, the typewriting still offers some advantages over digital technology. ( You can also Read Shorthand Course )

Significance of Typewriting

The productivity of a business depends on how things are done faster. To complete our work faster it is important to develop typing skills. Typing helps us in communicating with colleagues and customers, creating documents, and finding new information. As we can learn how to create special documents, letters, envelopes and spreadsheets, as well as how to use tables and lists effectively, we become familiar with different keyboard and document functions while improving typing speed and accuracy.

From an academic standpoint, keyboarding skills are a must for students interested in higher levels of education in almost any field. As younger generations including children and young adults are communicating via text message and via the Internet at increasing rates. Clearly, students who enter the workforce with competent typing skills are desirable to employers in both the public and private sectors. The fact of the matter is that typing skills are the most important thing to learn, at any age, to make you a more covered employee.

Job Placement

Many careers today require keyboarding and Typewriting skills. By having adequate keyboarding skills, people can open up a much larger market for themselves when making a career choice. Some fields that would require intensive keyboarding skills would be legal, journalism, statistics, social sciences and language arts. The few of the positions like

• Secretary and Receptionist. If you’re interested in being a secretary or receptionist, you will probably find that you need a typing speed between 55 and 80 words per minute (wpm)
• Legal and Administrative Assistant.
• Medical Transcriptionists.
• Data Entry Operators.
• Court Reporters.

Typists are employed in Government and Private Institutions. They are appointed as junior assistants in Government of Tamil nadu and Lower and Upper divisional clerks in Government of India. Those who have completed senior grade in Tamil and English typewriting, are eligible to work as instructors. It is the prerequisite to pursue “Technical Teachers Certificate” (TTC) who are employed as Technical Teachers in Vocational Courses like Typewriting etc. in Government and Non-Government Institutions. They can also be self-employed to run type institutes, monitor and evaluate the courses including paper valuation.

Typing classes are available for individuals who wish to enhance their keyboarding skills and become more efficient typists.