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

office clerktomanagement assistant

A office clerk already meets 36% of what the management assistant role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From office clerk
36%
Overlap1
To management assistant
10 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
64.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

36%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

64.7/ 100

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

  • company policies
  • disseminate internal communications
  • disseminate messages to people
  • draft corporate emails
  • maintain internal communication systems
  • process commissioned instructions

What stands in the way is 9 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A management assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a office clerk background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held use free typing techniques management skills
  • already held draft corporate emails communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held disseminate internal communications communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held disseminate messages to people management skills
  • already held process commissioned instructions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held maintain internal communication systems communication, collaboration and creativity

All 10 carried skills, including the 9 the management assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 31 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held liaise with board members required
  • required, not held build business relationships required
  • required, not held liaise with managers required
  • required, not held support managers required
  • required, not held write work-related reports required
  • optional, not held draft press releases optional
  • optional, not held speak different languages optional
  • optional, not held translate language concepts optional
  • optional, not held write meeting reports optional
02 management skills 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held coordinate events required
  • required, not held fix meetings required
  • required, not held perform clerical duties required
  • optional, not held manage personnel agenda optional
  • optional, not held perform cost accounting activities optional
03 information skills 1 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held perform business research required
  • optional, not held apply statistical analysis techniques optional
  • optional, not held maintain register of shareholders optional
  • optional, not held maintain statutory books optional
  • optional, not held revise drafts made by managers optional
  • optional, not held track key performance indicators optional
04 business, administration and law 10 supplementary
  • optional, not held accounting department processes optional
  • optional, not held financial department processes optional
  • optional, not held legal department processes optional
  • optional, not held marketing department processes optional
  • optional, not held operations department processes optional
  • optional, not held human resources department processes optional
  • optional, not held management department processes optional
  • optional, not held personnel management optional
  • optional, not held public relations optional
  • optional, not held sales department processes optional
05 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held assist visitors optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a management 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held company policies knowledge
  • already held disseminate internal communications skill
  • already held disseminate messages to people skill
  • already held draft corporate emails skill
  • already held maintain internal communication systems skill
  • already held process commissioned instructions skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
  • already held use office systems skill
  • already held use spreadsheets software skill
  • already held use free typing techniques skill
22 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held accounting department processes optional
  • optional, not held financial department processes optional
  • optional, not held legal department processes optional
  • optional, not held marketing department processes optional
  • optional, not held operations department processes optional
  • optional, not held apply statistical analysis techniques optional
  • optional, not held assist visitors optional
  • optional, not held draft press releases optional
  • optional, not held human resources department processes optional
  • optional, not held maintain register of shareholders optional
  • optional, not held maintain statutory books optional
  • optional, not held manage personnel agenda optional
  • optional, not held management department processes optional
  • optional, not held perform cost accounting activities optional
  • optional, not held personnel management optional
  • optional, not held public relations optional
  • optional, not held revise drafts made by managers optional
  • optional, not held sales department processes optional
  • optional, not held speak different languages optional
  • optional, not held track key performance indicators optional
  • optional, not held translate language concepts optional
  • optional, not held write meeting reports optional
38 held skills the management assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role accounting techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role align content with form skill
  • not needed by the target role apply grammar and spelling rules skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with customer service department skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role deliver correspondence skill
  • not needed by the target role digitise documents skill
  • not needed by the target role document sharing procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure proper document management skill
  • not needed by the target role facilitate access to information skill
  • not needed by the target role file documents skill
  • not needed by the target role fill out forms skill
  • not needed by the target role handle delivered packages skill
  • not needed by the target role handle mail skill
  • not needed by the target role information confidentiality knowledge
  • not needed by the target role issue sales invoices skill
  • not needed by the target role keep records of customer interaction skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain correspondence records skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain inventory of office supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role manage digital archives skill
  • not needed by the target role manage digital documents skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor staff absences skill
  • not needed by the target role organise business documents skill
  • not needed by the target role organise facilities for office personnel skill
  • not needed by the target role perform cleaning duties skill
  • not needed by the target role perform office routine activities skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare correspondence for customers skill
  • not needed by the target role process customer orders skill
  • not needed by the target role process data skill
  • not needed by the target role respect data protection principles skill
  • not needed by the target role route correspondence to business departments skill
  • not needed by the target role serve beverages skill
  • not needed by the target role transcription methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role translate keywords into full texts skill
  • not needed by the target role use microsoft office skill
  • not needed by the target role use personal organization software skill
  • not needed by the target role use software for data preservation skill
10 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 accounting department processes optional
  • optional, not held financial department processes optional
  • optional, not held legal department processes optional
  • optional, not held marketing department processes optional
  • optional, not held operations department processes optional
  • optional, not held human resources department processes optional
  • optional, not held management department processes optional
  • optional, not held personnel management optional
  • optional, not held public relations optional
  • optional, not held sales department processes optional
Index

Other moves recorded from office clerk

Full index of moves from office clerk

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.