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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 16
- Customer Education 7
- DEI 10
- Digital Accessibility 2
- Instructional Design 41
- Job Applications 12
- LMS 1
- Leadership 3
- 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
BAU and Flexible Work
In the corporate world, it’s often Business as Usual (BAU) during stressful or chaotic times. This can only be achieved successfully with flexibility and trust at work.
Corporate Benefits: Employee Stock Purchase Plans
Transitioning teachers might be unfamiliar with some of the financial benefits of working in the corporate world. One program I recently started participating in is the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Layoffs are Senseless
Can you do anything to prevent being laid off? Over the last year it’s become clear to me that layoffs are not based on professional merit.
Remote Work and Individual Contributors
I’ll start with this: in-person office work is better for bosses.
Where Does Customer Education Belong?
Customer Education departments can fit into many branches of a company.
Corporate Performance Reviews
Let's start off 2024 talking about performance reviews and how to appropriately toot your own horn.
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.
Working on a Geographically Dispersed Team
In every instructional design role I’ve had, my team has been distributed, first nationally, and now globally.
Webinar: ID Across Industries
Wondering what instructional design looks like across different industries? Curious about what real projects look like in different organizations?
Branding Guidelines
Following branding guidelines is not always easy for former teachers who are used to designing their own classroom materials. In the corporate world, you have to stick with the branding guidelines.