There are no general regulations that permit volunteering of services to an employer in the private sector. All hours worked must be paid.

Most for-profit organizations cannot accept volunteer, unpaid labor without running afoul of the FLSA.

Even interns must be paid in most circumstances—if they’re performing tasks that benefit the employer (as opposed to just learning and observing), they’re completing work that is entitled to pay. This is true even if the intern <em>offers</em> his or her services for free just to get started with the organization.

So how much does it cost to start as a freelance instructional designer? My estimate is between $3000 and $5000.

Using the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) organizational framework as our method of reviewing job postings, we found that instructional design, talent delivery and facilitation, technology application, communication, and collaboration and leadership capabilities appeared the most frequently.

For corporate settings, more jobs than expected require bachelor’s degrees and fewer jobs than expected require a master’s degree or higher. On the contrary, for higher education settings, more jobs than expected required master’s degrees or higher and fewer jobs than expected required bachelor’s degrees. While this may not be surprising to some job seekers, it does indicate that job applicants with bachelor’s degrees already possess the educational requirements for a corporate role.

<strong>You’re as likely to get a job interview m</strong><strong>eeting 50% of job requirements as meeting 90% of them.</strong>

You may have seen stories before about how women in particular&nbsp;<a href="https://hbr.org/2014/08/why-women-dont-apply-for-jobs-unless-theyre-100-qualified">don’t apply for jobs unless they’re 100% qualified</a>. We wondered if they were on to something – maybe there’s gender discrimination at play and hiring managers look for women to meet more of the requirements. Turns out,&nbsp;<strong>our findings apply just as much to women as to men</strong>, and actually, <strong>for women, the chances of getting an interview start increasing as soon as you meet 30% of requirements</strong>.