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Factual side-by-side attributes from the imported O*NET and BLS OEWS datasets. No career is ranked or recommended.

Career A (or your current career)

Advertising and Promotions Managers

Career B (or your target career)

Purchasing Managers

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Comparison table

Metric	Advertising and Promotions Managers	Purchasing Managers
National median salary	$133,660	$148,080
Local median salary	Not published	Not published
National employment	21,470	84,320
Typical education	Not recorded	Bachelor's Degree
Job zone	4	4
Important skills	Speaking, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Judgment and Decision Making, Social Perceptiveness	Speaking, Management of Personnel Resources, Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, Negotiation
Related careers	Art Directors, Web Administrators, Telemarketers, Purchasing Managers	Business Intelligence Analysts, First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers, Administrative Services Managers

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Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

87%

20 of 23 target skills

Target-only skills

Current-only skills

Skill overlap compares O*NET skills rated at importance 3.0 or above for each occupation. It is a measure of listed skill overlap, not a probability of getting the job.

Shared skills

Speaking—
Management of Personnel Resources+0.1 level
Active Listening—
Reading Comprehension—
Writing—
Monitoring—
Social Perceptiveness—
Negotiation—
Time Management+0.4 level
Critical Thinking—
Judgment and Decision Making—
Coordination—
Persuasion—
Systems Analysis+0.5 level
Service Orientation+0.6 level
Complex Problem Solving—
Instructing+0.9 level
Active Learning—
Systems Evaluation—
Learning Strategies+0.6 level

Only in Purchasing Managers

Management of Financial Resources
Management of Material Resources
Mathematics

Only in Advertising and Promotions Managers

None