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Career moves · 231,145 postings · 163 markets · 2026-07-16

Where can your career go next?

Search the role you're in. We count what employers ask for across 231,145 active postings, then show you the markets one step away: how big each one is, and exactly which skills you'd need to add.

What this is and isn't

Markets sit close together when employers on both sides ask for the same skills, measured across 350 normalized skills. This is not a record of people moving between them. That would need career histories we don't have. A close market also isn't automatically a good move. Skills counted are the ones postings list explicitly, so every figure is a floor.

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Recruiter

280 open jobs·194 employers

10 markets are one step away

These are the 10 careers with the highest skill overlap with Recruiter. Bigger circles mean more openings; careers closer to the center require fewer new skills.

Among nearby careers, Sales Representative has the most openings (312), while Talent Acquisition Specialist requires the fewest new skills.

Skill transition

How much each market's required skills differ from your
current role.

  • Very close2
  • Moderate change8

Larger circles = more open jobs, from 109 to 312 here.

Tap a market to put it at the center.

The 10 markets closest to Recruiter, ranked by how much their skills overlap with your current role. Distance from the center shows how different the required skills are, closer is a smaller change. Color is the transition band; circle size is open jobs.
  • Talent Acquisition Specialist

    from Recruiter

    Excellent match

    Very close

    Among the 2 closest moves from Recruiter. No new skills to learn here. The difference is depth, not breadth: Talent Acquisition Specialist postings want more of what you already do.

    110

    openings in Talent Acquisition Specialist

    6

    skills you already have

    0

    skills to learn

    5

    skills to strengthen

    You already have

    RecruiterTalent Acquisition Specialistshare of postings

    talent acquisition

    67%100%

    vendor management

    67%72%

    hris

    40%46%

    interviewing

    14%18%

    outreach

    21%17%

    brand identity

    6%15%

    You'll need to learn

    Nothing new: every skill Talent Acquisition Specialist asks for is already among Recruiter's.

    Strengthen what you have

    • talent acquisition67% → 100%
    • vendor management67% → 72%
    • hris40% → 46%
    • interviewing14% → 18%
    • brand identity6% → 15%

    How much work is out there

    Recruiter
    280
    Talent Acquisition Specialist
    110

    Smaller than the market you're in, but 6 of the skills it asks for are ones you already have.

    What to do next

    1. 1 · Strengthen

      talent acquisition

      67% of Recruiter postings ask for it, against 100% of Talent Acquisition Specialist.

    2. 2 · Look at the work

      110 Talent Acquisition Specialist postings

      Observed active in this snapshot.

    280 Recruiter postings · 110 Talent Acquisition Specialist postings · 350 normalized skills · snapshot 2026-07-16

Methodology

What is this based on?

231,145 live job postings from 28,870 employers across 163 markets, captured 2026-07-16. Skills come from each posting's stated requirements.

How is distance calculated?

Each market becomes a profile of the skills its postings request, and markets are compared by how much those profiles overlap (an IDF-weighted cosine similarity, so skills that appear in almost every role count for less). The closest markets sit nearest the center, grouped into five bands from Very close to Different field.

What do the skill lists mean?

Shared skills are the ones both roles commonly ask for. Skills to learn are the ones the target market asks for that your current role doesn't, ranked by how much more often they come up.

What isn't included?

Years of experience, seniority, salary, portfolio or certification requirements, or how competitive a role is to land. Skill overlap is one axis of a move, not the whole picture.

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