Career switch, measured
From Recreation Manager to Event Planner
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 53% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Hospitality, Leadership, Budgeting, Stakeholder management; the main skills to add are Marketing, Problem solving, Excel, Microsoft Office.
53%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillRecreation ManagerEvent Planner
- Hospitality40%49%
- Leadership53%45%
- Budgeting24%49%
- Stakeholder management20%23%
- Customer service27%34%
- Communication26%36%
- Logistics12%55%
- Contract negotiation13%19%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Event Planner postings, rarely in Recreation Manager ones.
SkillRecreation ManagerEvent Planner
- Marketing15%49%
- Problem solving16%36%
- Excel–28%
- Microsoft Office7%28%
- Project management7%17%
- Troubleshooting–13%
- B2B sales5%13%
- CAD–11%
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