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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)

Telemarketers

Career B (or your target career)

First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers

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Comparison table

MetricTelemarketersFirst-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
National median salary$35,450$87,520
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment58,430214,390
Typical educationHigh School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)Bachelor's Degree
Job zone24
Important skillsPersuasion, Speaking, Active Listening, Service Orientation, Reading ComprehensionMonitoring, Active Listening, Management of Personnel Resources, Speaking, Coordination
Related careersMarket Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists, Real Estate Sales Agents, Sales Managers, Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales AgentsSales Managers, Human Resources Specialists, First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers, Management Analysts
Telemarketers dashboardFirst-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

38%

8 of 21 target skills

Target-only skills

13

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+0.3 level
  • Active Listening+0.1 level
  • Social Perceptiveness+1.0 level
  • Persuasion+0.3 level
  • Reading Comprehension+0.9 level
  • Critical Thinking+0.8 level
  • Negotiation+1.1 level
  • Service Orientation—

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

  • Monitoring
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Time Management
  • Coordination
  • Writing
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Active Learning
  • Instructing
  • Learning Strategies
  • Systems Analysis
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Mathematics

Only in Telemarketers

  • None