A Career Magic Wand: 8 Ways to Leverage Your Portfolio
How can you Harry Potter your way into career advancement? Your work portfolio can be your magic wand!
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Category Archives: Careers
The CPLP: Driving Success
Celebrating its 16th birthday this year, the CPLP exam has established itself as the certification of choice for workplace learning professionals who meet the testing criteria of five years of experience in training related areas (your MATD counts toward this). The CPLP certification offers training professionals a way to demonstrate and communicate their mastery of the ATD competencies. Even though our curriculum
Read moreWhat can a Career Journal do for you?
Guest Author: Peg O’Donnell We have all been asked at one point in our lives “what is your dream job?” As we continue to grow and develop what we know about the world we start to take the question more seriously. But have you ever thought that the focus needs to be on the “dream you” as much as it
Read moreThe Recipe for Success: Formal education leads to better results
When I began my studies at RU, it was with many years of experience working in the training and development field under my belt. I was a competent training manager—serving as the liaison between the SMEs and developers, offering input on both design and execution. But there was something missing—the foundational knowledge as to why things needed to be done
Read moreCrossing the Digital Divide: Networking and career development for online learners
How do I grow my network of colleagues and gain industry experience sitting on my sofa at home taking online classes?
Read moreBeyond Corporate America: Non-traditional career paths for training and development graduates
Kathleen Iverson, Roosevelt University Training and Development Department Chair If you visit the RU Training job board, you’ll find many opportunities for instructional designers and e learning specialists. In fact, instructional design was listed as No. 38 in 2012 in Money Magazine’s list of best jobs. Many MATD grads work for major organizations in Chicago and nationally including Allstate, Hewitt
Read moreTraining and Development for Non-Profits: The Road Less Taken?
by Vince Cyboran, Ed.D. Once upon a time, there was a New Yorker cover entitled “View of the World from 9th. Avenue.” It depicted a map of the United States with detail of NYC extending to the Hudson River, and then a vast almost-no-man’s-land extending west to the Pacific Ocean. Mental maps–or models–of T&D locales are often analogous: the detailed
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