Learning and Development Specialist (Corporate Training)
Impact: Employee development, organizational performance, knowledge transfer
Designs, develops, and implements training programs and materials to enhance employee skills and organizational performance.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Extensive
- Team vs solo
- 60% Team / 40% Solo
- Client facing
- Frequent
- Impact visibility
- High
- Travel
- Minimal
- Schedule flexibility
- Flexible
- Remote work
- Hybrid
- Typical work hours
- 40 hours/week
- Stress level
- Moderate
At a glance
- Median salary
- $78,000
- Entry-level
- $55,000 - $65,000
- Senior
- $95,000+
- Growth by 2033
- 8% (as fast as average)
- Demand
- Growing
- Freelance potential
- Moderate
- Salary growth potential
- Moderate to 50-70% growth from entry to senior
- Typical student debt
- $20,000 - $40,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- Instructional Design
- E-Learning Development
- Training Delivery
- Performance Management
- Learning Management Systems (LMS)
- Curriculum Development
Soft skills
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Problem-solving
- Adaptability
- Empathy
- Facilitation
Technical complexity: Moderate
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Bachelor's Degree
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 3-5 years
- Years to senior
- 7-10 years
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- L&D Specialist
- Senior L&D Specialist
- L&D Manager
- Director of L&D
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 10% to low risk due to human interaction and creative aspects
- AI disruption risk
- Low
- Demand trend
- Growing
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 3.8/10
- Meaning
- 4/10
- Work-life balance
- 3.5/10
- Prestige
- 6.5/10
- Social perception
- High