If you’re a young professional in the talent development space, here are articles that you should read before the end of the year.

• Advice for Budding Trainers: Swati Karve provides advice on becoming a trainer. It’s relevant for people who want to transition into training after having a different career or who are just getting started on their TD careers.

• Keeping Up With the Industry Will Constantine shares his experiences about how he broke into the learning and development field and how he keeps up with our rapidly changing profession.

• Discover Your Strengths: Megan Gomperts shares her thoughts on discovering and capitalizing on your strengths to determine what role(s) fit you best.

• Advice for Next Generation of TD Professionals: ATD’s CEO Tony Bingham shares advice about and for the next generation of TD professionals.

Here are some excellent articles for early careerists, no matter the field.

• 4 Ways to Know if You’re a High Potential: If you think you have high potential but you’re not sure how others view you, read this article by Carlann Fergusson.

• Become a Future Leader: If you aspire to a management position, Terri Tierney Clark shares some tips on what to do now to prepare to lead in the future.

• Leading Executive Conversations:  Advice from Sally Williamson about how to talk to senior leaders.  It’s all about context.

Looking for some more career development tips? Check out the new TD at Work Career Management Collection with advice on how to market yourself, keep your career on track and maintain work-life balance.  If you're interested in the pay range for Talent Development in 2015, check our brand new research report What Does Talent Development Pay?