Compare Purchasing Managers & Business Continuity Planners District Of Columbia

Comparison Purchasing Managers Business Continuity Planners
Salary

View the mid-level salary in both your current job and your selected occupation. (Annual salaries apply to people who work full-time year-round.)

Purchasing Managers $163,200
Business Continuity Planners $103,600

Similar skills & knowledge

These skills are commonly used in both your current job and your selected occupation.

Administrative
Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

Personnel and Human Resources
Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

Law and Government
Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

Management of Personnel Resources
Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.

Time Management
Managing your time and the time of other people.

Customer and Personal Service
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Social Perceptiveness
Understanding people's reactions.

Administration and Management
Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Management of Financial Resources
Making spending decisions and keeping track of what is spent.

Persuasion
Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.

Service Orientation
Looking for ways to help people.

Coordination
Changing what is done based on other people's actions.

Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.

Learning Strategies
Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.

Monitoring
Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.

Active Listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

Active Learning
Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.

Speaking
Talking to others.

Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.

Systems Evaluation
Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.


skills & knowledge Gaps

These are areas where you might have skill gaps. People working in your selected job generally need higher levels in these skill and knowledge areas than people working in your current job.

Complex Problem Solving Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Purchasing Managers
Purchasing Managers
Medium
Complex Problem Solving Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Business Continuity Planners
Business Continuity Planners
High

Complex Problem Solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

Public Safety and Security Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Purchasing Managers
Purchasing Managers
Low
Public Safety and Security Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Business Continuity Planners
Business Continuity Planners
Medium

Public Safety and Security
Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

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Typical Level Of Training

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Typical level Of training for Purchasing Managers
Purchasing Managers

Bachelor's degree

Typical level Of training for Business Continuity Planners
Business Continuity Planners

Licensing

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Licensing for Purchasing Managers
Purchasing Managers

No license found in District of Columbia

Licensing for Business Continuity Planners
Business Continuity Planners

No license found in District of Columbia


Certification

Certifications help you get ahead or qualify for different jobs. You usually have to pass a test to earn one, and then you can show employers that you have the skills and knowledge needed to do well on the job.

Certification for Purchasing Managers
Purchasing Managers

27 related certifications

Certification for Business Continuity Planners
Business Continuity Planners

22 related certifications

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