Career switch, measured
From Tutor to Economist
Yes, it's a realistic move with some upskilling. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 47% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Research, Leadership; the main skills to add are Statistics, Python, Accounting, Data analysis.
47%
skill overlap
32
open Economist postings read
Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillTutorEconomist
- Research83%88%
- Leadership8%44%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Economist postings, rarely in Tutor ones.
SkillTutorEconomist
- Statistics–69%
- Python–34%
- Accounting–31%
- Data analysis–28%
- Stakeholder management–25%
- Customer service–22%
- Marketing–19%
- Forecasting–16%
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