Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a letting agent can go next

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

Letting agents schedule appointments with clients in order to show and lease real estate to prospective residents. They assist in marketing the property for rent through advertising and community out-reach. They are also involved in daily communication and administrative tasks.

Also known as estate agents, estate agent, real estate agent, real estate leasing specialists, rental agents, leasing agents, real estate leasing specialist, letting consultant, leasing broker, real estate leasing consultant, real estate leasing consultants, leasing agent.

Technicians and associate professionals 34 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: real estate surveyor, 56%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
real estate surveyor 56% covered property appraiser 48% covered real estate agent 47% covered property assistant 46% covered real estate investor 43% covered letting agent You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from letting agent, 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 letting agent 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 letting agent needs 17 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
  • organise property viewing management skills
  • inform on renting agreements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • office administration business, administration and law
  • perform property market research information skills
  • provide information on properties communication, collaboration and creativity
  • compare property values information skills
  • liaise with advertising agencies communication, collaboration and creativity
  • coordinate advertising campaigns management skills
  • collect property financial information information skills
  • real estate market business, administration and law
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Letting agent is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 letting agent’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.