Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a file clerk can go next

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

File clerks are in charge of maintaining records of a company and managing forms and information. They organise and retrieve documents when necessary and ensure an efficient working system.

Also known as filing office helper, documentation specialist, record filing clerk, file keeper, digitalisation assistant, archive clerk, filing clerk, file and classification clerk, technical records clerk, filing system clerk, records clerk, copying clerk.

Clerical support workers 28 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: archivist, 33%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
archivist 33% covered office clerk 28% covered administrative assistant 27% covered billing clerk 25% covered document management officer 23% covered file clerk You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from file clerk, 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 file clerk already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A file clerk needs 13 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
  • perform records management information skills
  • facilitate access to information information skills
  • respect data protection principles assisting and caring
  • file documents information skills
  • fill out forms information skills
  • organise business documents management skills
  • digitization social sciences, journalism and information
  • ensure information transparency information skills
  • use office systems management skills
  • ensure proper document management information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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File clerk is filed under Clerical support workers, ISCO major group 4. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a file clerk’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.