Corporate risk manager to resource manager
A corporate risk manager already meets 18% of what the resource manager role asks for. The move turns on 20 required skills not yet in the profile.
81.4/ 100
1 How much of what a resource manager is expected to do is already part of a corporate risk manager’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the resource manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A resource manager role treats 5 of its required skills as things a corporate risk manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assess financial viability
- assess supplier risks
- corporate social responsibility
- follow company standards
- liaise with managers
What stands in the way is 20 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A resource manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a corporate risk manager background worth leading with.
- already held advise on risk management information skills
- already held risk management business, administration and law
- already held assess supplier risks information skills
- already held assess financial viability information skills
- already held follow company standards assisting and caring
- already held corporate social responsibility business, administration and law
All 7 carried skills, including the 5 the resource manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 36 missing skills fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn manage inventory required
- still to learn forecast workload required
- still to learn identify suppliers required
- still to learn manage budgets required
- still to learn perform project management required
- still to learn strive for company growth required
- optional, not held programme work according to incoming orders optional
- optional, not held control financial resources optional
- optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
- optional, not held manage human resources optional
- optional, not held manage sub-contract labour optional
- optional, not held manage supplies optional
- still to learn analyse supply chain trends required
- still to learn analyse business plans required
- still to learn analyse logistic changes required
- still to learn analyse supply chain strategies required
- still to learn estimate costs of required supplies required
- still to learn perform resource planning required
- optional, not held accurately estimate work hours optional
- optional, not held apply for government funding optional
- optional, not held calculate purchasing levels of raw materials optional
- optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
- optional, not held estimate profitability optional
- still to learn project management required
- still to learn supplier management required
- still to learn business strategy concepts required
- still to learn supply chain management required
- still to learn supply chain principles required
- optional, not held conflict management optional
- optional, not held financial forecasting optional
- optional, not held human resource management optional
- optional, not held labour legislation optional
- still to learn maintain relationship with customers required
- still to learn maintain relationship with suppliers required
- still to learn order supplies required
- optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a resource manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 analyse supply chain trends practise this
- 02 maintain relationship with customers practise this
- 03 maintain relationship with suppliers practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 7 skills that carry over
- already held assess financial viability skill
- already held assess supplier risks skill
- already held corporate social responsibility knowledge
- already held follow company standards skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
- already held advise on risk management skill
- already held risk management knowledge
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held programme work according to incoming orders optional
- optional, not held accurately estimate work hours optional
- optional, not held apply for government funding optional
- optional, not held calculate purchasing levels of raw materials optional
- optional, not held conflict management optional
- optional, not held control financial resources optional
- optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
- optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
- optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
- optional, not held estimate profitability optional
- optional, not held financial forecasting optional
- optional, not held human resource management optional
- optional, not held labour legislation optional
- optional, not held manage human resources optional
- optional, not held manage sub-contract labour optional
- optional, not held manage supplies optional
40 held skills the resource manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT network security risks knowledge
- not needed by the target role Monte Carlo simulation knowledge
- not needed by the target role accounting department processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role address identified risks skill
- not needed by the target role align efforts towards business development skill
- not needed by the target role analyse external factors of companies skill
- not needed by the target role analyse insurance needs skill
- not needed by the target role analyse internal factors of companies skill
- not needed by the target role apply crisis management skill
- not needed by the target role assess reliability of data skill
- not needed by the target role assess risk factors skill
- not needed by the target role compile appraisal reports skill
- not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
- not needed by the target role corporate sustainability knowledge
- not needed by the target role create risk reports skill
- not needed by the target role define risk policies skill
- not needed by the target role develop company strategies skill
- not needed by the target role enterprise risk management knowledge
- not needed by the target role estimate impact of risks skill
- not needed by the target role financial products knowledge
- not needed by the target role forecast organisational risks skill
- not needed by the target role identify if a company is a going concern skill
- not needed by the target role implement corporate governance skill
- not needed by the target role insurance law knowledge
- not needed by the target role internal auditing knowledge
- not needed by the target role international financial reporting standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role keep updated on the political landscape skill
- not needed by the target role key risk indicators knowledge
- not needed by the target role make strategic business decisions skill
- not needed by the target role manage commercial risks skill
- not needed by the target role national generally accepted accounting principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role qualitative risk analysis techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role quantitative risk analysis techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role reinsurance knowledge
- not needed by the target role risk financing techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role risk identification knowledge
- not needed by the target role risk modelling knowledge
- not needed by the target role risk transfer knowledge
- not needed by the target role track key performance indicators skill
- not needed by the target role types of insurance knowledge
9 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn project management required
- still to learn supplier management required
- still to learn business strategy concepts required
- still to learn supply chain management required
- still to learn supply chain principles required
- optional, not held conflict management optional
- optional, not held financial forecasting optional
- optional, not held human resource management optional
- optional, not held labour legislation optional
Common questions about this move
Can a corporate risk manager become a resource manager?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A corporate risk manager already covers 18% of what a resource manager is expected to do: 7 skills carry over, 5 of which the resource manager role treats as required.
What skills does a corporate risk manager need to become a resource manager?
20 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is analyse supply chain trends.
How hard is the move from corporate risk manager to resource manager?
Its learning distance is 81.4 out of 100, which is the career change band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.