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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Retail Sales Associate
153 open jobs·10 employers
10 markets are one step away
These are the 10 careers with the highest skill overlap with Retail Sales Associate. Bigger circles mean more openings; careers closer to the center require fewer new skills.
Among nearby careers, Customer Success Manager has the most openings (720), while Operations Associate requires the fewest new skills.
Skill transition
How much each market's required skills differ from your
current role.
- Moderate change1
- Different field9
Larger circles = more open jobs, from 102 to 720 here.
TapSelect a market to put it at the center.
Operations Associate
from Retail Sales Associate
Possible move
Moderate boundary
The closest move to Retail Sales Associate we can see.
346
openings in Operations Associate
1
skills you already have
5
skills to learn
0
skills to strengthen
You already have
Retail Sales AssociateOperations Associateshare of postingsreceiving
94%72%
You'll need to learn
- inventory managementasked for in 86% of Operations Associate postings
- dashboardsasked for in 76% of Operations Associate postings
- google suiteasked for in 73% of Operations Associate postings
- presentationasked for in 71% of Operations Associate postings
- safetyasked for in 71% of Operations Associate postings
How much work is out there
Retail Sales Associate153Operations Associate346This market has 2.3x more postings than yours.
What to do next
1 · Learn
inventory management
Asked for in 86% of Operations Associate postings, and 4 other new skills.
2 · Look at the work
346 Operations Associate postings
Observed active in this snapshot.
153 Retail Sales Associate postings · 346 Operations Associate 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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