IBM on a hiring spree

IBM has been on a hiring spree for the last one year or so. It is recruiting like crazy for Instructional Designers. Now that in a way, is definitely good news for the numerous IDs across the country, both experienced and freshers. The importance of India for IBM is reflected in the fact that it has opened up a Knowledge Factory in the past year, which services IBM's global bases. The focus is on understanding the content needs of the market, devise innovative learning solutions and meet the design needs of the elearning market. To ensure this, IBM is recruiting IDs who can set up the elearning system in India and APAC for IBM. Having said that, the first thing that would come into the minds of an ID is that how well would he/she be paid considering the fact that it is IBM. Whatever be the case, Instructional Designers in India are not very highly paid. In fact, in comparison to their American counterparts they draw peanuts. The reasons in my opinion are two. One, IDs in India do not have a degree in Instructional Designing or Learning Psychology (If it makes them any less competent from their counterparts is another debate altogether) and the second reason being that elearning is still not recognised in the Indian circuit as much as IT or anything else. And if you are talking about the remuneration, there are people who are paid as less as 1.2 LPA and it can touch up to 12 LPA. So what are you waiting for? Jump into the bandwagon and make hay while the sun shines!!

Instructional Designing as a career in India

I have been wanting to write this for quite sometime now. But something or the other has kind of stalled the coming of this post. Coming to the point, am talking about Instructional Designing as a career in India. Yes, it is booming. In the current scenario, its not not just the elearning companies but also BPOs, banks and software companies which are on a recruiting splurge for Instructional Designers. Youngsters start their career as a Trainee ID and move on to become Senior IDs and eventually may be a Project Manager or an elearning specialist. Sounds pretty lucrative! I know. It did to me as well when I started off a couple of years back. But at the same time, the grass is not all green. IDs in India are highly underpaid in comparison to their counterparts in other parts of the world. This can be attributed to the probable lack of skills in Indian IDs. Basically, most of the IDs in India are in this profession without any formal degree on Instructional Designing. But in other countries, people have a Graduate or Post-Graduate degree in Instructional Designing before they start working. I guess to match upto their standards and learning requirements, it is highly important for IDs in India to undergo some training in the same. Gear up IDs!