The Learning Journal - From Teach to LXD

Leslie Early joins me to talk about transitioning from K12 into Instructional design and how many of those skills we have as educators transfer to ID.  We also share a big announcement!

My mentor and friend, Cara North, took the time to chat with me about what it is like to be a hiring manager and what hiring managers are looking for.  

This week, I got the following question in an email from a recruiter, "What is your salary expectation?'' which sent me down a path to figure out what is the salary range for corporate ID as well as how to answer that question.  Below are links to some of the resources I mentioned in the episode. Andrew LaCivita YouTube Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjYxCPmnFBw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-mNcEctZQY eLearning Launch - eLearningLaunch.com eLearning Launch special 8-week cohort - https://alexandersalas.typeform.com/to/KKi7jIR1

This week I got a rejection email that stalled my job searching efforts.  In this episode, I talk about the Wall of Awful (link below) I built from that rejection email and what I did to tear some of those bricks down by re-writing my cover letter.   Wall of Awful - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo08uS904Rg

In this episode, I am going to share with you what it was like to get my first recruiter call and the things I have on my LinkedIn profile and resume that helped get that call.   You can check out my LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericazimmer/ And my Website that has my resume: ericazimmer.com

Hi Everyone, My name is Erica Zimmer and I am starting this new podcast called The Learning Journal from Teach to LXD to share my journey as I try to transition from K12 to Freelance ID.  I have been wanting to take this leap for a long time and with COVID and the start of in-person school on the Horizon for the fall, I have been working harder than ever to make this transition.  I will be sharing not only my successes by my failures as well.  So I hope you join me on this journey, and hopefully, someday I’ll share with you that I did it.