Thanks for watching!

I hear you!! That was me about six years ago and then I made the switch to full time ID. I don't do any delivery or admin crap anymore. Just get to focus on the one role and much happier. To be fair, there was a time in my life (younger) where I did enjoy doing all of it but after years and years, I got burned out.

@@yourlearningcareer Thank you a lot for the insight. I will definitely keep bringing in my personality to stay motivated. The way companies want the training to be held is not always the best.

Thanks, Natalia! Yes, I would definitely highlight those as well. The more value you can add, the better!

Take a look at the articles I linked to in the description about "How to Become a Corporate Trainer" and the "Getting Started in L&D" one. When I talk about a "Corporate Trainer", I am talking about the person who is actually conducting/teaching a training class. Whereas, the instructional designer is the person who designs and develops the class. These are often separate positions but they are also very often combined into one role. And, in fact, most of my experience has been in jobs where I did both. I usually had titles like "Training Specialist" or "Learning and Development Specialist" and I was a combination of trainer and instructional designer. Hope that makes sense! 😀

@@yourlearningcareer Thank you very much Jeff!!

In my opinion, it's most efficient to start where you are working now. And, you should start with whichever is most interesting to YOU. If that's ID, great but if you are more interested in some other aspect, then start there. For me, initially, it was training. I became a trainer within my department and built my career from there. I always recommend for people to look for training/design opportunities within their current job/department/company.

Yes, I do! Here is an article I wrote on that very topic: www.yourlearningcareer.com/creating-a-job-winning-training-presentation-for-your-interview/ Good luck!!

Instructional design is basically the planning out and creation of the training content. And then, the trainer delivers it. I have LOTS of videos covering both training and instructional design. Go to the channel home page and scroll down and you will see several playlists that I think will help you: www.youtube.com/@yourlearningcareer/featured I also have articles out on my website: www.yourlearningcareer.com

I am salaried so I do get paid but they are things people just may not realize can be part of the job

Nope! 🙂