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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)

Media Programming Directors

Career B (or your target career)

First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers

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Comparison table

MetricMedia Programming DirectorsFirst-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
National median salary$90,360$87,520
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment143,120214,390
Typical educationBachelor's DegreeBachelor's Degree
Job zone44
Important skillsSpeaking, Critical Thinking, Judgment and Decision Making, Reading Comprehension, CoordinationMonitoring, Active Listening, Management of Personnel Resources, Speaking, Coordination
Related careersTraining and Development Managers, First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers, First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, General and Operations ManagersSales Managers, Human Resources Specialists, First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers, Management Analysts
Media Programming Directors dashboardFirst-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

95%

20 of 21 target skills

Target-only skills

1

Current-only skills

2

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

  • Monitoring+0.4 level
  • Speaking—
  • Management of Personnel Resources+0.3 level
  • Active Listening—
  • Judgment and Decision Making—
  • Time Management+0.1 level
  • Social Perceptiveness+0.1 level
  • Coordination—
  • Persuasion+0.4 level
  • Reading Comprehension+0.1 level
  • Writing+0.1 level
  • Critical Thinking—
  • Negotiation+0.5 level
  • Complex Problem Solving—
  • Active Learning—
  • Instructing+0.6 level
  • Learning Strategies+0.5 level
  • Service Orientation+0.1 level
  • Systems Analysis—
  • Systems Evaluation—

Only in First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers

  • Mathematics

Only in Media Programming Directors

  • Operations Analysis
  • Management of Material Resources