Career switch, measured
From Athlete to General Manager
Yes, it's a realistic move with some upskilling. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 38% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Training and coaching, Leadership; the main skills to add are Sales, Communication, Retail operations, Inventory management.
38%
skill overlap
24,571
open General Manager postings read
Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillAthleteGeneral Manager
- Training and coaching100%48%
- Leadership6%77%
Skills to add
Asked for often in General Manager postings, rarely in Athlete ones.
SkillAthleteGeneral Manager
- Sales–48%
- Communication–34%
- Retail operations–26%
- Inventory management–25%
- Customer service–25%
- Scheduling–24%
- Budgeting–23%
- Stakeholder management–22%
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