During Instinct’s 14 years of recruiting in the Digital Learning sector, despite many profound technological advancements, it would be fair to say that we haven’t seen the development of entirely new job roles within Digital Learning (with the notable exception of Data Analysts and Community Managers coming under the L&D Umbrella for the first time.)What…
Teachers looking to get into eLearningAfter working in the Education Team at Instinct Resourcing for over 2 years, I have spoken to countless teachers looking to make the career move into the eLearning sector. Although many career paths can lead to eLearning, a teaching background is often the most logical route to making the leap.…
Over the last couple of years, we have seen many changes not only across the learning market but the recruitment market in general. In regards to Digital Learning and L&D, there have been two topics more prevalent than most. The first topic being AI, and the second being the modern-day debate of working from home…
Here at Instinct, we help our clients recruit for a wide range of roles within the Digital Learning sector. As part of our ongoing "What it Means to be a .." series, we are sharing our internal definitions of learning roles and what responsibilities we would attribute to them. This week we are looking at…
What Does it Mean to be an End-To-End Learning Designer? The first thing to recognise is how interchangeable job titles are in the Digital Learning World. Within design alone, there are multiple different job titles, all meaning slightly different things and often inconsistent in their meaning across companies; Learning Experience Designer, Digital Learning Developer, Instructional Designer,…
As recruitment consultants, a key element of our day-to-day on the candidate side is holding in-depth conversations with candidates considering or actively seeking a job change. While personal circumstances vary extensively, there are several key factors which seem to emerge quite frequently. Below, we have summarised an insight into these key trends:Culture issues: One of the…
Blended learning is the term used for hybrid learning, combining both digital and face-to-face approaches to learning. Typically, blended learning consists of learning techniques such as learning videos, animations, E-Learning modules, quizzes, face-to-face workshops, virtual sessions as well as group and individual sessions to name a few.This approach provides the learner with the opportunity to…
If you weren’t aware of the current issues facing the education market such as the large reduction in student numbers and the knock-on effect on budgets, then hopefully last week’s blog by my colleague Luke will have provided an insight into the challenges facing universities and education providers at present. With a large proportion of conversations…
