Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a chief operating officer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a chief operating officer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Chief operating officers are the right hand and second in command of a company's chief executive officer. They ensure that the daily operations of the company run smoothly. Chief operating officers also develop company policies, rules and goals.

Managers 44 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: chief executive officer, 76%

chief executive officer 76% covered branch manager 37% covered business manager 37% covered strategic planning manager 35% covered department manager 34% covered chief operating officer You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from chief operating officer. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a chief operating officer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Index

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chief operating officer is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a chief operating officer already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.