More career and competencies reflection

After reading Byun’s article, I think instructional designers should keep themselves current and stand in technological edge. They are required to catch the technology flow, for example, from print design to web/computer based design. The value of their job is to bring new information and communicate (transfer) it with others. For getting the job done better, they should have attractive personality to be respected and listened to, namely, the professional image. I start to wonder how easy to get an instructional designer job. I ask myself, how can I present my self professional enough to obtain an instructional designer’s job? Do my professional abilities match the survey competencies? Am I learning what employers need?

Even though Neil Postman does not agree education should be led by the employment market in “the end of education”, I still believe it is important to have enough training to meet career requirements. It is why we are in the school. I separate competencies into two categories:

1. For getting a job, we need to be trained with good professional skills: instructional design and development, computer and writing skills.

2. For maintaining the job, I think management and communication abilities are the most important competencies because they bring interaction with others, which can help smoothen job progress.