Career switch, measured
From Instructional Designer to Training and Development Manager
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 77% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Instructional design, Curriculum development, Training and coaching, Process improvement; the main skills to add are Regulatory compliance, Sales, Logistics, Manufacturing.
77%
skill overlap
32
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillInstructional DesignerTraining and Development Manager
- Instructional design28%38%
- Curriculum development41%28%
- Training and coaching43%47%
- Process improvement13%31%
- Leadership23%75%
- Communication16%19%
- Stakeholder management11%19%
- Budgeting7%34%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Training and Development Manager postings, rarely in Instructional Designer ones.
SkillInstructional DesignerTraining and Development Manager
- Regulatory compliance–28%
- Sales–28%
- Logistics–25%
- Manufacturing–19%
- Microsoft Office–19%
- Excel–16%
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