Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a department manager can go next

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

Department managers are responsible for the operations of a certain division or department of a company. They ensure objectives and goals are reached and manage employees.

Also known as business unit manager, unit manager, business unit coordinator, department coordinator, unit director, division manager.

Managers 80 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: medical practice manager, 70%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
medical practice manager 70% covered bank manager 70% covered chief operating officer 69% covered chief executive officer 58% covered budget manager 52% covered department manager You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from department manager, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a department manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A department manager needs 16 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • exercise stewardship management skills
  • ensure lawful business operations assisting and caring
  • collaborate in company's daily operations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • conclude business agreements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • report on overall management of a business communication, collaboration and creativity
  • assume responsibility for the management of a business management skills
  • strategic planning business, administration and law
  • abide by business ethical code of conducts assisting and caring
  • strive for company growth management skills
  • create a financial plan management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a department manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Department manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a department manager’s work. 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.