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Resume Roast for Instructional Designers

Instructional Designer resumes get read for portfolio, tools, and evidence the learning worked, in that order. Designed engaging learning experiences is a phrase that designs nothing. Reviewers want course counts, the stack, like Articulate, Captivate, an LMS by name, and completion or performance data. A portfolio link with three strong samples beats two pages of ADDIE vocabulary every single time.

What Gabe checks first on a Instructional Designer resume

Link a portfolio with course samples up top. Design claims without visible work read like a chef refusing to cook.
Count and size the work, like 25 e-learning modules and 4 instructor-led programs serving 3,000 employees yearly.
Show learning outcomes, like post-training error rates down 30 percent or completion up from 55 to 90 percent. Pretty courses that changed nothing are decoration.

Worth knowing

Referred candidates are roughly 40 times more likely to reach an interview than cold applicants. (referral-to-interview research)

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