Career switch, measured
From Athlete to IT Manager
Yes, it's a realistic move with some upskilling. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 41% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Training and coaching, Leadership; the main skills to add are Stakeholder management, AWS, Team management, Sales.
41%
skill overlap
807
open IT Manager postings read
Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillAthleteIT Manager
- Training and coaching100%54%
- Leadership6%72%
Skills to add
Asked for often in IT Manager postings, rarely in Athlete ones.
SkillAthleteIT Manager
- Stakeholder management–36%
- AWS–33%
- Team management–28%
- Sales–21%
- Communication–20%
- Project management–17%
- Process improvement–15%
- Agile–14%
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