Networking & Job Searching for IP&T Overview: The Modern IP&T Professional

In addition to finding opportunities, there are a number of other skills worth adding to your professional toolbox that will help you stay relevant and competitive in the modern professional world.

This module covers helpful inside support at regular behaviors that help expand and maintain your network, records to keep updated that will streamline the document-creation process (and make life easier on your future self), tips on how to "hack" the systems that review your applications when you apply for jobs, and what actually should be a part of an instructional design portfolio.

Module 4: The Modern IP&T Professional

Module purpose: This module is meant to help you identify skills, build habits, and keep track of materials that require continuous updating, as well as a catch-all of other important need-to-know skills as a modern professional.

Instructional Design Portfolios

This page covers the basic process of constructing a portfolio, start to finish, as well as advising about the kind of content, guiding questions, and providing many high-quality IP&T portfolio examples.

Estimated Read/View Time: 10-15 min.

This page answers the questions:

What platform should I build my portfolio site on?
What things should my portfolio showcase?
What elements should I have on my site?
What are recruiters looking for when they evaluate an ID portfolio?

Professional Maintenance

This page covers things you should be doing every day on LinkedIn to establish a professional presence, to maintain your network, and to be open to relevant opportunities.

Estimated Read/View Time: 15-20 min.

This page answers the questions:

What should I be doing regularly on LinkedIn?
How can I keep my profiles competitive and up to date in my fields of interest?
What things can I be doing every day to make the NW&JS process easier for myself in the future?

Job Application Packages & Application Tracking Systems

This page covers how application systems operate, how to optimize your resume to increase your chances, and how to stand out in the hiring pool

Estimated Read/View Time: 2-5 min.

This page answers the questions:

How can I tailor my resume to better align with the job application?
What are recruiters looking for when they evaluate my application?