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This is a blog for anyone looking to transition to corporate Learning & Development. Posts include tips for a successful job search, explanations of basic instructional design concepts, and stories from my own career pivot.
When I decided to leave education and seek a corporate ID role, reading content by people in the field confirmed that I was on the right path. I hope to pay it forward and provide some insight into the job change process for others by documenting my experiences.
Blog Categories
- Agile 3
- Books 2
- Career Development 37
- Corporate Jobs 17
- Credentialing 1
- Customer Education 7
- DEI 11
- Digital Accessibility 2
- Instructional Design 42
- Job Applications 13
- LMS 1
- Leadership 3
- Learning Science 1
- Learning Technologies 5
- Learning and Development 6
- Performance Consulting 2
- Personal Finance 6
- Project Management 17
- Remote Work 15
- Technical Training 18
- Transitioning Teachers 31
- Video-Based Learning 2
- Visual Design 2
- eLearning Development 20
- xAPI 1
Corporate Performance Reviews
Let's start off 2024 talking about performance reviews and how to appropriately toot your own horn.
Project vs. Program Management
You may have the opportunity to serve as a project or program manager, so I want to highlight some key differences and give an example of what each looks like.
Productivity Hacks
There are some productivity hacks from my teacher days that carried over to my instructional design routines. Self-management is very important in the corporate world because deadlines are spaced out, and things can creep up on you.
Instructional Design Team Work
As an instructional designer, my people skills are far more important than my technical skills. I work across many different teams on a weekly basis.
Reflect on These Two Areas When Job Hunting
You’ve decided to transition to a new career field, and are excited to start applying for jobs straight away. But caution!
Why I Chose Instructional Design
I chose instructional design very intentionally and actively tried to find a role in the field.
Working on a Geographically Dispersed Team
In every instructional design role I’ve had, my team has been distributed, first nationally, and now globally.
ID and Industry Content
How do you choose the industry in which you perform instructional design?
PMP Preparation
Right now I am preparing for the PMP exam and wanted to share what I am working on. While I’ve been leading professional projects for years, passing the exam will be a formal acknowledgement of that skillset.
Real World ADDIE
ADDIE is an instructional design process that everyone in the industry knows. But for an outsider looking in, what does it look like in practice?