Career switch, measured
From Advertising Sales Agent to Sales Development Representative
Yes, it's a realistic move with some upskilling. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 45% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Lead generation, Sales, Marketing, Training and coaching; the main skills to add are Salesforce, CRM, Research, B2B sales.
45%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillAdvertising Sales AgentSales Development Representative
- Lead generation89%76%
- Sales100%97%
- Marketing90%61%
- Training and coaching89%24%
- Leadership89%23%
- Contract negotiation100%7%
- Communication11%41%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Sales Development Representative postings, rarely in Advertising Sales Agent ones.
SkillAdvertising Sales AgentSales Development Representative
- Salesforce–52%
- CRM–46%
- Research–45%
- B2B sales–23%
- Stakeholder management–20%
- Customer success–13%
- Problem solving–12%
- Budgeting–11%
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