Career switch, measured
From Sales Representative to Account Executive
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 82% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Sales, Contract negotiation, Marketing, Lead generation; the main skills to add are Forecasting, Stakeholder management, Customer success, Procurement.
82%
skill overlap
2,959
open Account Executive postings read
Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillSales RepresentativeAccount Executive
- Sales92%93%
- Contract negotiation31%41%
- Marketing41%48%
- Lead generation25%52%
- CRM17%36%
- B2B sales13%34%
- Leadership27%31%
- Salesforce10%34%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Account Executive postings, rarely in Sales Representative ones.
SkillSales RepresentativeAccount Executive
- Forecasting11%42%
- Stakeholder management15%39%
- Customer success11%36%
- Procurement–18%
- Cybersecurity–8%
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