Career switch, measured
From Telemarketer to Sales Manager
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 74% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Sales, Marketing, CRM, Salesforce; the main skills to add are Customer success, Stakeholder management, Contract negotiation, Forecasting.
74%
skill overlap
5,104
open Sales Manager postings read
Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillTelemarketerSales Manager
- Sales97%88%
- Marketing53%40%
- CRM48%20%
- Salesforce31%15%
- Lead generation30%14%
- Communication41%24%
- Leadership25%35%
- B2B sales10%15%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Sales Manager postings, rarely in Telemarketer ones.
SkillTelemarketerSales Manager
- Customer success–26%
- Stakeholder management11%25%
- Contract negotiation7%25%
- Forecasting–23%
- Microsoft Office–12%
- Budgeting–12%
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