Career switch, measured
From Sales Development Representative to Marketing Specialist
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 57% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Marketing, Research, Sales, CRM; the main skills to add are Excel, Data visualization, Digital marketing, Project management.
57%
skill overlap
652
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillSales Development RepresentativeMarketing Specialist
- Marketing61%70%
- Research45%33%
- Sales97%49%
- CRM46%21%
- Communication41%32%
- Salesforce52%13%
- B2B sales23%13%
- Stakeholder management20%30%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Marketing Specialist postings, rarely in Sales Development Representative ones.
SkillSales Development RepresentativeMarketing Specialist
- Excel7%21%
- Data visualization–15%
- Digital marketing–13%
- Project management–11%
- LLMs–11%
- Market research–10%
- SQL–10%
- Forecasting–9%
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