Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

employment agenttohuman resources assistant

A employment agent already meets 48% of what the human resources assistant role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From employment agent
48%
Overlap1
To human resources assistant
17 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
52 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

48%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

52/ 100

1 Share of the human resources assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the employment agent profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A human resources assistant role treats 9 of its required skills as things a employment agent already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • assess character
  • communicate by telephone
  • document interviews
  • fix meetings
  • hire human resources
  • job market offers

What stands in the way is 8 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A human resources assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a employment agent background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held profile people management skills
  • already held ensure gender equality in the workplace assisting and caring
  • already held support employability of people with disabilities management skills
  • already held job market offers business, administration and law
  • already held hire human resources management skills
  • already held assess character management skills

All 17 carried skills, including the 9 the human resources assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held support managers required
  • required, not held use communication techniques required
  • required, not held write work-related reports required
  • optional, not held negotiate employment agreements optional
  • optional, not held negotiate with employment agencies optional
  • optional, not held assist employee health programmes optional
  • optional, not held coach employees optional
  • optional, not held manage employee complaints optional
02 management skills 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held administer appointments required
  • required, not held maintain professional administration required
  • optional, not held disseminate messages to people optional
  • optional, not held identify necessary human resources optional
  • optional, not held introduce new employees optional
  • optional, not held manage payroll optional
03 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held apply company policies required
  • required, not held identify with the company's goals required
04 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage payroll reports required
  • optional, not held gather feedback from employees optional
05 business, administration and law 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held advertising techniques optional
  • optional, not held human resources department processes optional
06 generic programmes and qualifications 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held business communication optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a human resources assistant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 17 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assess character skill
  • already held communicate by telephone skill
  • already held document interviews skill
  • already held fix meetings skill
  • already held hire human resources skill
  • already held job market offers knowledge
  • already held listen actively skill
  • already held observe confidentiality skill
  • already held profile people skill
  • already held apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
  • already held employment law knowledge
  • already held ensure gender equality in the workplace skill
  • already held human resource management knowledge
  • already held interview people skill
  • already held labour legislation knowledge
  • already held recruit employees skill
  • already held support employability of people with disabilities skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held negotiate employment agreements optional
  • optional, not held negotiate with employment agencies optional
  • optional, not held advertising techniques optional
  • optional, not held assist employee health programmes optional
  • optional, not held business communication optional
  • optional, not held coach employees optional
  • optional, not held disseminate messages to people optional
  • optional, not held gather feedback from employees optional
  • optional, not held human resources department processes optional
  • optional, not held identify necessary human resources optional
  • optional, not held introduce new employees optional
  • optional, not held manage employee complaints optional
  • optional, not held manage payroll optional
14 held skills the human resources assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on career skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse unemployment rates skill
  • not needed by the target role assist clients with personal development skill
  • not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
  • not needed by the target role facilitate job market access skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with local authorities skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain privacy of service users skill
  • not needed by the target role mentor individuals skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare for job interview skill
  • not needed by the target role promote employment policy skill
  • not needed by the target role promote gender equality in business contexts skill
  • not needed by the target role promote inclusion skill
  • not needed by the target role provide information on study programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role search databases skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advertising techniques optional
  • optional, not held business communication optional
  • optional, not held human resources department processes optional
Index

Other moves recorded from employment agent

Full index of moves from employment agent

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.