Shownotes
On this episode of The Talent Development Hot Seat, Sarah Cannistra is Andy’s guest. She is an L&D and career executive coach and founder of The Overnight Trainer, specializing in helping aspiring and existing L&D professionals create and build the L&D career of their dreams. Since beginning her career in L&D over a decade ago, she’s created hundreds of learning and development programs for over 5,000 learners, led the learning function for four different organizations, and hired and trained dozens of L&D professionals. Sarah Cannistra now uses what she’s learned in her career to develop the L&D careers of others. She is now a career coach specializing in helping learning and development professionals get the best job and accelerate their career success as well as a consultant.
In this interview, you’ll hear:
- Sarah Cannistra’s advice for people looking to move into learning and development from a different career path and how to carve out your own niche in the L&D space.
- Why attaining certifications is such a personal decision and how you can evaluate whether they’re right for you or not.
- How you can begin to set yourself up for success once you begin your career in L&D.
- Sarah Cannistra’s advice for using your network to help further your future success.
- Why talking to people in different roles can help you explore what you want your niche to be.
- How she assists people who are already in senior positions to continue to grow in their roles.
- Her recommendation for having your role and L&D as a whole be seen as strategically important to your organization.
- Why you need to narrow down your job search to match your skillset and your niche.
- The biggest trend she sees right now in L&D.
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Connect with Sarah Cannistra:
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