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

event managertoevent assistant

A event manager already meets 44% of what the event assistant role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From event manager
44%
Overlap1
To event assistant
13 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
56.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

44%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

56.7/ 100

1 Share of the event assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the event manager 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 event assistant role treats 9 of its required skills as things a event manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • confer with event staff
  • maintain event records
  • monitor event activities
  • negotiate contracts with event providers
  • obtain event permits
  • organise event participants' registration

What stands in the way is 7 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A event assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a event manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held negotiate contracts with event providers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held obtain event permits information skills
  • already held organise event participants' registration management skills
  • already held review event bills management skills
  • already held maintain event records information skills
  • already held monitor event activities information skills

All 13 carried skills, including the 9 the event assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 25 missing skills fall into 5 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 management skills 5 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held arrange special events required
  • required, not held coordinate catering required
  • required, not held manage event structure installation required
  • required, not held meet deadlines required
  • required, not held organise on-site amenities required
  • optional, not held forecast catering services optional
  • optional, not held identify suppliers optional
  • optional, not held make logistical arrangements optional
  • optional, not held organise facilities for office personnel optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 9 supplementary
  • required, not held promote event required
  • required, not held process commissioned instructions required
  • optional, not held contact event speakers optional
  • optional, not held create event-specific menus optional
  • optional, not held liaise with guest facilities providers optional
  • optional, not held liaise with advertising agencies optional
  • optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
  • optional, not held liaise with managers optional
  • optional, not held liaise with transportation companies optional
  • optional, not held negotiate buying conditions optional
  • optional, not held organise travel arrangements for staff optional
03 information skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held visit suppliers optional
  • optional, not held identify customer requirements optional
  • optional, not held process booking optional
04 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held quote prices optional
05 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held project management optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a event 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 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held confer with event staff skill
  • already held maintain event records skill
  • already held monitor event activities skill
  • already held negotiate contracts with event providers skill
  • already held obtain event permits skill
  • already held organise event participants' registration skill
  • already held review event bills skill
  • already held select event providers skill
  • already held solicit event publicity skill
  • already held contribute to the programmer's reflection process skill
  • already held inspect event facilities skill
  • already held liaise with event sponsors skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held contact event speakers optional
  • optional, not held create event-specific menus optional
  • optional, not held liaise with guest facilities providers optional
  • optional, not held project management optional
  • optional, not held visit suppliers optional
  • optional, not held forecast catering services optional
  • optional, not held identify customer requirements optional
  • optional, not held identify suppliers optional
  • optional, not held liaise with advertising agencies optional
  • optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
  • optional, not held liaise with managers optional
  • optional, not held liaise with transportation companies optional
  • optional, not held make logistical arrangements optional
  • optional, not held negotiate buying conditions optional
  • optional, not held organise facilities for office personnel optional
  • optional, not held organise travel arrangements for staff optional
  • optional, not held process booking optional
  • optional, not held quote prices optional
27 held skills the event assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role arrange event needs skill
  • not needed by the target role augmented reality knowledge
  • not needed by the target role consult exhibition organisers skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate events skill
  • not needed by the target role determine event objectives skill
  • not needed by the target role develop event topics skill
  • not needed by the target role direct event administrative details skill
  • not needed by the target role document safety actions skill
  • not needed by the target role ecotourism knowledge
  • not needed by the target role educate on sustainable tourism skill
  • not needed by the target role engage local communities in the management of natural protected areas skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate events skill
  • not needed by the target role food waste monitoring systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role improve customer traveling experiences with augmented reality skill
  • not needed by the target role manage conservation of natural and cultural heritage skill
  • not needed by the target role plan events skill
  • not needed by the target role plan presence at professional events skill
  • not needed by the target role plan schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role promote virtual reality travelling experiences skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise event staff skill
  • not needed by the target role support community-based tourism skill
  • not needed by the target role support local tourism skill
  • not needed by the target role use e-tourism platforms skill
  • not needed by the target role use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality skill
  • not needed by the target role virtual reality knowledge
  • not needed by the target role work with respect for own safety skill
  • not needed by the target role write risk assessment on performing arts production skill
1 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 project management optional
Index

Other moves recorded from event manager

Full index of moves from event manager

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.