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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)

Health Education Specialists

Career B (or your target career)

Clinical Nurse Specialists

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Comparison table

MetricHealth Education SpecialistsClinical Nurse Specialists
National median salary$64,070$97,550
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment65,6903,379,720
Typical educationAssociate's Degree or other 2-year degreeMaster's Degree
Job zone45
Important skillsActive Listening, Speaking, Writing, Learning Strategies, Social PerceptivenessSpeaking, Monitoring, Service Orientation, Reading Comprehension, Social Perceptiveness
Related careersPatient Representatives, Instructional Coordinators, Registered Nurses, Nurse PractitionersNeurologists, Cardiologists, Paramedics, Psychiatrists

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

95%

21 of 22 target skills

Target-only skills

1

Current-only skills

0

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
  • Monitoring+0.3 level
  • Social Perceptiveness+0.4 level
  • Reading Comprehension+0.4 level
  • Service Orientation+0.8 level
  • Critical Thinking+0.3 level
  • Judgment and Decision Making+1.1 level
  • Active Learning+0.6 level
  • Complex Problem Solving+1.1 level
  • Active Listening+0.1 level
  • Writing
  • Coordination+0.8 level
  • Persuasion+0.6 level
  • Learning Strategies
  • Time Management+0.8 level
  • Instructing+0.9 level
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Systems Evaluation+0.3 level
  • Systems Analysis+0.1 level
  • Operations Analysis+0.6 level
  • Negotiation

Only in Clinical Nurse Specialists

  • Science

Only in Health Education Specialists

  • None