- Based on 10 Jobtrees users who were a Professional Speaker in their career, on average, they have 1.63 years of experience and 3 jobs prior to this one. They spend 10.7 years on average in this job building experience and earn $60K per year before moving on.
- 30% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Professional Speaker are Business Owner, Keynote Speaker and Life Coach. Business Owner, the most common next career step, is a less experienced role which is common to see in career paths as titles aren't synonymous across companies (higher title doesn't always mean higher pay or larger scope) and not all job seekers are looking to increase their responsibility in their next career step. While Business Owner isn't from the Public Relations job family, there are common paths within the same discipline as Professional Speaker shown by Keynote Speaker also being a next career step Jobtrees users are taking.
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- The most common career steps to get to Professional Speaker are Executive Board Member, Founder and Medical Doctor based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- While Executive Board Member is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Professional Speaker that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Professional Speaker career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Professional Speaker so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- While Executive Board Member isn't from the same job family as Professional Speaker, Public Relations, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Founder also being a common career path to Professional Speaker.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Professional Speaker are Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Biology, General, Bachelor Degree In Medicine, and Master Of Science (m.sc.) In Biology. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Professional Speaker is part of the Public Relations job family which has a limited number of unique role types (41) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Our data is limited for this role so it's possible there are other common career paths not highlighted here for Professional Speaker.