Career switch, measured
From Office Supervisor to General Manager
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 74% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Leadership, Training and coaching, Scheduling, Inventory management; the main skills to add are Retail operations, Stakeholder management, Marketing, Payroll.
74%
skill overlap
24,571
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillOffice SupervisorGeneral Manager
- Leadership74%77%
- Training and coaching41%48%
- Scheduling37%24%
- Inventory management24%25%
- Communication27%34%
- Sales30%48%
- Customer service41%25%
- Budgeting15%23%
Skills to add
Asked for often in General Manager postings, rarely in Office Supervisor ones.
SkillOffice SupervisorGeneral Manager
- Retail operations–26%
- Stakeholder management5%22%
- Marketing–19%
- Payroll7%17%
- Merchandising7%16%
- Forecasting5%12%
- Team management–11%
- Research–9%
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