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

marketing assistanttoexecutive assistant

A marketing assistant already meets 27% of what the executive assistant role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.

From marketing assistant
27%
Overlap1
To executive assistant
11 Skills carried over
18 Required, not held
73.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

27%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

73.6/ 100

1 Share of the executive assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the marketing assistant 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 executive assistant role treats 7 of its required skills as things a marketing assistant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • build business relationships
  • communicate schedules to the people concerned
  • draft corporate emails
  • manage personnel agenda
  • perform business research
  • process commissioned instructions

What stands in the way is 18 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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A executive assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a marketing assistant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held communicate schedules to the people concerned communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held revise drafts made by managers information skills
  • already held manage personnel agenda management skills
  • already held draft corporate emails communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held perform business research information skills
  • already held process commissioned instructions communication, collaboration and creativity

All 11 carried skills, including the 7 the executive assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 30 missing skills fall into 7 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 6 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held coordinate events required
  • required, not held disseminate messages to people required
  • required, not held fix meetings required
  • required, not held perform clerical duties required
  • required, not held plan schedule required
  • required, not held use office systems required
  • optional, not held support development of annual budget optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held build trust required
  • required, not held liaise with managers required
  • required, not held organise travel arrangements for staff required
  • optional, not held liaise with board members optional
  • optional, not held work in an international environment optional
  • optional, not held build international relations optional
  • optional, not held communicate with customers optional
  • optional, not held create import-export commercial documentation optional
  • optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
03 working with computers 3 required
  • required, not held manage office facility systems required
  • required, not held use spreadsheets software required
  • required, not held use word processing software required
04 information skills 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain register of shareholders required
  • required, not held translate keywords into full texts required
  • optional, not held manage payroll reports optional
  • optional, not held prepare financial statements optional
  • optional, not held prepare tax returns forms optional
05 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held apply information security policies required
  • required, not held observe confidentiality required
06 business, administration and law 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held company policies required
  • optional, not held international import export regulations optional
  • optional, not held international tariffs optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a executive 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 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held build business relationships skill
  • already held communicate schedules to the people concerned skill
  • already held draft corporate emails skill
  • already held manage personnel agenda skill
  • already held perform business research skill
  • already held process commissioned instructions skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
  • already held prepare presentation material skill
  • already held revise drafts made by managers skill
  • already held speak different languages skill
  • already held translate language concepts skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 generic programmes and qualifications 1 required
  • required, not held business communication required
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held international import export regulations optional
  • optional, not held international tariffs optional
  • optional, not held liaise with board members optional
  • optional, not held support development of annual budget optional
  • optional, not held work in an international environment optional
  • optional, not held build international relations optional
  • optional, not held communicate with customers optional
  • optional, not held create import-export commercial documentation optional
  • optional, not held manage payroll reports optional
  • optional, not held prepare financial statements optional
  • optional, not held prepare tax returns forms optional
  • optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
41 held skills the executive assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role accounting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role adobe creative suite knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply social media marketing skill
  • not needed by the target role assist in developing marketing campaigns skill
  • not needed by the target role attend trade fairs skill
  • not needed by the target role collaborate in the development of marketing strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role commercial law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct public presentations skill
  • not needed by the target role contact customers skill
  • not needed by the target role customer relationship management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role design questionnaires skill
  • not needed by the target role develop digital content skill
  • not needed by the target role draft press releases skill
  • not needed by the target role execute email marketing skill
  • not needed by the target role follow the statutory obligations skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with advertising agencies skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with financiers skill
  • not needed by the target role manage the handling of promotional materials skill
  • not needed by the target role manage website skill
  • not needed by the target role market research knowledge
  • not needed by the target role marketing analytics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role marketing department processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role marketing management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role online ads campaign techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role organise business documents skill
  • not needed by the target role perform market research skill
  • not needed by the target role perform mystery shopping skill
  • not needed by the target role perform office routine activities skill
  • not needed by the target role persuade clients with alternatives skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare exhibition marketing plan skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare visual data skill
  • not needed by the target role public relations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role relationship marketing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role revise questionnaires skill
  • not needed by the target role services marketing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role social media management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role statistics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role support managers skill
  • not needed by the target role tabulate survey results skill
  • not needed by the target role update budget skill

1 further entry not listed here

4 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
  • required, not held company policies required
  • required, not held business communication required
  • optional, not held international import export regulations optional
  • optional, not held international tariffs optional
Index

Other moves recorded from marketing assistant

Full index of moves from marketing assistant

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.