150 Learning Pathways for Industry-Specific Workforce Readiness

Jennifer Edwards

Friday, November 14th, 2025

The pace of change in every industry is accelerating, making traditional, one-size-fits-all learning models less effective than ever. To help professionals keep pace with the skills that truly matter in their specific area, we’ve expanded Degreed Open Library. We are excited to launch 150 new, AI-curated learning pathways built around the capabilities that matter most in specific industries, including:

Healthcare
Finance
Manufacturing
Technology
Professional Services

Each pathway blends AI precision with expert validation, helping organizations speed up workforce time-to-readiness in their industry’s most sought-after skills, all while saving costs and time on manual curation.

How Is a Learning Pathway Created?

Every Open Library pathway starts with guided AI that is trained to surface credible, skill-aligned resources, rather than random web content. Human experts then refine tone, relevance, and design for clarity and deeper cognitive learning, following proven learning frameworks like Bloom’s Taxonomy and Coherence and Signaling principles.

Taking a collaborative approach, with human polish and oversight applied to AI output, maintains learning science at the core, driving higher learner completion rates and building skills that transfer more effectively on the job.

The Industry Edge: Pathways Built for Workforce Readiness

Our latest industry bundles are designed to solve specific challenges in each sector:

Healthcare: Building empowerment, communication, and decision-making confidence in clinical and non-clinical teams.
Financial Services: Enhancing trust, leadership, and compliance-readiness.
Manufacturing & Advanced Tech: Upgrading workforce adaptability through analytics, safety, and innovation pathways.
Professional Services: Strengthening client management, consulting, and data-driven problem-solving.
Retail & Consumer: Empowering managers and associates with digital, interpersonal, and operational skills.

Open Library’s research-based structure and AI-powered scalability allows organizations to quickly roll out relevant learning across roles and geographies as needs evolve, without starting from scratch each time.

What Are the Results?

Put simply, the outcome is learning that’s simple to implement, scalable, and cost-effective. As a result, Degreed clients are now turning to Open Library not just to complement content vendors, but to replace them.

A telecom company is moving away from LinkedIn Learning in favor of Open Library and the added relevance and quality it provides.
A global mining company was able to eliminate hours of manual quality assurance (QA) and reduced content vendor spend by leveraging Open Library’s auto-refreshed, high-quality pathways.
A non-profit healthcare organization saved time and budget while boosting learner confidence and peer-to-peer learning.

In total, Open Library drives measurable value:

60% of Degreed clients now use Open Library, with adoption up 13% month over month.
Content completions increased 13% between August and September, which shows rising engagement among global users.

The Future of Open Library

Open Library is evolving beyond a curated catalog of content. Specifically, it’s becoming a multi-format learning ecosystem by combining AI-powered summaries, Maestro coaching, interactive simulations, and future premium marketplace options.

By 2026, Open Library will feature: