New Data Reveals Product Manager As Top Role To Get Promoted From

Can the role a person holds influence their odds of getting a promotion? How about their industry or their address?

It turns out all these factors can influence how likely Canadians are to be promoted, according to new data from LinkedIn’s latest Get Ahead Special Report.

LinkedIn investigated internal promotion rates compared to the national average over the past 12 months. Here are the key findings:

Top 3 roles where Canadians were most likely to be promoted:

1. Product managers, internal promotion rate 120% higher than the national average
2. Marketers, internal promotion rate 68% higher
3. Accountants, internal promotion rate 51% higher

Top 3 industries where Canadians were most likely to be promoted:

1. Finance, internal promotion rate 46% higher than the national average
2. Media & Communications, internal promotion rate 39% higher
3. Software & IT Services, internal promotion rate 39% higher

Top 3 locations where Canadians were most likely to be promoted:

1. Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area, internal promotion rate 11% higher
2. Greater Toronto Area, internal promotion rate 27% larger than the national average
3. Greater Kitchener-Waterloo Metropolitan Area, internal promotion rate 4% higher