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)
Tour Guides and Escorts
Career B (or your target career)
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
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Comparison table
| Metric | Tour Guides and Escorts | Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | Not published | $61,160 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | Not published | 142,860 |
| Typical education | Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree | Bachelor's Degree |
| Job zone | 3 | 4 |
| Important skills | Speaking, Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, Reading Comprehension | Active Listening, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Coordination, Social Perceptiveness |
| Related careers | Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors, Baggage Porters and Bellhops, Librarians and Media Collections Specialists, History Teachers, Postsecondary | Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes, Logisticians, First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
40%
8 of 20 target skills
Target-only skills
12
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
- Active Listening+0.9 level
- Speaking+0.8 level
- Reading Comprehension+1.0 level
- Coordination+1.0 level
- Social Perceptiveness+0.8 level
- Service Orientation+1.0 level
- Time Management+1.6 level
- Monitoring+0.8 level
Only in Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
- Critical Thinking
- Complex Problem Solving
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Persuasion
- Writing
- Active Learning
- Negotiation
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Systems Analysis
- Systems Evaluation
- Instructing
- Management of Financial Resources
Only in Tour Guides and Escorts
- None