Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an office manager can go next

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

Office managers oversee the administrative work that clerical workers are commissioned to perform in various types of organisations or associations. They perform micromanagement and maintain a close view of administrative processes such as such as controlling correspondence, designing filing systems, reviewing and approving supply requisitions, assigning and monitoring clerical functions. They report to managers within the same department or to general managers in companies, depending on their size.

Also known as office coordinator, administrative services manager, office supervisor, administrative manager, administrative supervisor, general office administrator.

Technicians and associate professionals 37 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: defence administration officer, 33%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
defence administration officer 33% covered move manager 30% covered court administrator 29% covered shop supervisor 27% covered insurance clerk 26% covered office manager You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from office 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 an office manager 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

An office manager 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
  • manage office appliance requirements management skills
  • manage needs for stationery items communication, collaboration and creativity
  • video conferencing tool arts and humanities
  • manage office facility systems working with computers
  • implement corporate governance communication, collaboration and creativity
  • analyse staff capacity management skills
  • create a work atmosphere of continuous improvement management skills
  • use office systems management skills
  • office software information and communication technologies (icts)
  • identify process improvements management skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Office manager is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 an office 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.