Building a career in
Learning & Development

Audio answers to the most common questions about starting your L&D Career answered by those who were in your shoes years ago.

What’s one thing you would recommend to someone who wants to join L&D?

Before joining any career path, everyone has questions. It takes time and effort to answer all of them. Most importantly, gathering different perspectives isn't always easy. So we did it for you! We made a list of the questions we got from those of you looking to join L&D, and asked L&Ds we appreciate to answer them. So for each question you have, you will get at least two short audio answers you can listen to whenever you want to form a better opinion of what you need to do next and what to expect. If you have any extra questions, you can also ask them once you submit your email address.

Lavinia Mehedințu
Co-Founder & Learning Architect @ Offbeat
Milica Sapic
‍‍
Talent Development
@ Klarna
Crystal Andrus
Senior Training Specialist @ Westlake
Lauren Cunningham
Learning & Development Manager @ Bumble
Massella Dukuly
Director of Team Enablement @ LifeLabs Learning
Olla Jongerius
Global L&D Manager
@ Nortal
Karolina Roziewicz
Learning and Development Manager @ LiveChat

What questions will I get answers to?

Here are some of the most common questions we get from those of you looking to join L&D.

What was your first role in Learning & Development?
How did you get to that first role? What was your background?
What was next? What other roles have you had?
What other roles, apart from those you explored, have you encountered in L&D?
What does a day in your work life look like?
What skills, behaviors, knowledge, and attitudes would you look for when recruiting someone for your L&D team?
What kind of projects should one have to expect when joining L&D?
What’s something you love about working in L&D?
What’s something less fun when working in L&D
With what other roles from the organization do you interact most often as an L&D professional?
What’s one thing you would recommend to someone who wants to join L&D?
How does one know if a career in L&D would be a good fit?
What’s one resource you would recommend to someone who wants to join L&D (article, book, podcast, course)?
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Do you want to contribute?

We're looking to build more audio learning journeys in the future. Short snippets everyone can listen to so they can get different perspectives on their questions.

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