Compare careers
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)
Sales Managers
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Comparison table
| Metric | Telemarketers | Sales Managers |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $35,450 | $148,270 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 58,430 | 637,080 |
| Typical education | High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | Bachelor's Degree |
| Job zone | 2 | 4 |
| Important skills | Persuasion, Speaking, Active Listening, Service Orientation, Reading Comprehension | Speaking, Negotiation, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Persuasion |
| Related careers | Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists, Real Estate Sales Agents, Sales Managers, Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents | First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, Brokerage Clerks, Financial and Investment Analysts, Logisticians |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
36%
8 of 22 target skills
Target-only skills
14
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
- Negotiation+1.4 level
- Reading Comprehension+0.8 level
- Critical Thinking+0.9 level
- Social Perceptiveness+1.0 level
- Persuasion+0.4 level
- Service Orientation+0.8 level
Only in Sales Managers
- Monitoring
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Time Management
- Complex Problem Solving
- Active Learning
- Coordination
- Instructing
- Systems Evaluation
- Writing
- Systems Analysis
- Learning Strategies
- Management of Financial Resources
- Mathematics
Only in Telemarketers
- None