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What can training and development specialists switch to?

6 jobs with similar skills where less of the shift is touched by AI or robots.

Time card for human resources managers: 0m of an 8-hour shift touched by AI or robotsTime card: Human Resources Managers →

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What can training and development specialists switch to? AI or robots touch about 2h 52m of a typical 8-hour shift for training and development specialists, nearly all of it on tasks AI or robots have done on their own somewhere. The jobs below use many of the same skills, and less of their day is touched today. The closest fit is human resources managers: 0m touched, with median pay 115% higher.

Matches come from O*NET's ratings of the skills, knowledge and work activities each job uses. "To build up" lists the skills each option rates as clearly more important than training and development specialists do today. "Touched" is time on tasks with documented AI use or robots working in real workplaces. Treat these as starting points: pay, openings and requirements differ by state.

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  1. Human Resources ManagersClose skills · 0m touched (vs 2h 52m) · $149k · +5.5% by 2035 · bachelor's degreeShared skills: Instructing, Social Perceptiveness, Learning StrategiesTo build up: Management of Personnel Resources, Management of Financial Resources, Negotiation
  2. Coaches and ScoutsClose skills · 0m touched (vs 2h 52m) · $47k · +6.1% by 2035 · bachelor's degreeShared skills: Instructing, Learning Strategies, Social PerceptivenessTo build up: Persuasion, Systems Analysis, Management of Personnel Resources
  3. Sales ManagersRelated skills · 26m touched (vs 2h 52m) · $148k · +4.5% by 2035 · bachelor's degreeShared skills: Coordination, Time Management, InstructingTo build up: Negotiation, Persuasion, Management of Personnel Resources

With more training

  1. Industrial-Organizational PsychologistsClose skills · 1h 51m touched (vs 2h 52m) · $194k · +6.5% by 2035 · graduate degreeShared skills: Operations Analysis, Coordination, Time ManagementTo build up: Science, Mathematics, Systems Analysis
  2. Postsecondary Education AdministratorsClose skills · 41m touched (vs 2h 52m) · $105k · +1.8% by 2035 · graduate degreeShared skills: Instructing, Learning Strategies, Time ManagementTo build up: Management of Financial Resources, Complex Problem Solving, Management of Personnel Resources
  3. Kindergarten through Secondary Education AdministratorsClose skills · 22m touched (vs 2h 52m) · $106k · -0.3% by 2035 · graduate degreeShared skills: Learning Strategies, Instructing, Social PerceptivenessTo build up: Management of Financial Resources, Quality Control Analysis, Management of Material Resources

Before you switch

See the full time card for training and development specialists first: many tasks there still need a person, and learning AI tools for the rest can be its own way forward. For pay where you live, open any job above and pick your state.