Employment agent to human resources assistant
An employment agent already meets 48% of what the human resources assistant role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
52/ 100
1 How much of what a human resources assistant is expected to do is already part of an employment agent’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 human resources assistant role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A human resources assistant role treats 9 of its required skills as things an employment agent already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assess character
- communicate by telephone
- document interviews
- fix meetings
- hire human resources
- job market offers
What stands in the way is 8 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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A human resources assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an employment agent background worth leading with.
- already held profile people management skills
- already held ensure gender equality in the workplace assisting and caring
- already held support employability of people with disabilities management skills
- already held job market offers business, administration and law
- already held hire human resources management skills
- already held assess character management skills
All 17 carried skills, including the 9 the human resources assistant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 6 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 support managers required
- still to learn use communication techniques required
- still to learn write work-related reports required
- optional, not held negotiate employment agreements optional
- optional, not held negotiate with employment agencies optional
- optional, not held assist employee health programmes optional
- optional, not held coach employees optional
- optional, not held manage employee complaints optional
- still to learn administer appointments required
- still to learn maintain professional administration required
- optional, not held disseminate messages to people optional
- optional, not held identify necessary human resources optional
- optional, not held introduce new employees optional
- optional, not held manage payroll optional
- still to learn apply company policies required
- still to learn identify with the company's goals required
- still to learn manage payroll reports required
- optional, not held gather feedback from employees optional
- optional, not held advertising techniques optional
- optional, not held human resources department processes optional
- optional, not held business communication optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a human resources assistant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 administer appointments practise this
- 02 apply company policies practise this
- 03 identify with the company's goals 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 17 skills that carry over
- already held assess character skill
- already held communicate by telephone skill
- already held document interviews skill
- already held fix meetings skill
- already held hire human resources skill
- already held job market offers knowledge
- already held listen actively skill
- already held observe confidentiality skill
- already held profile people skill
- already held apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
- already held employment law knowledge
- already held ensure gender equality in the workplace skill
- already held human resource management knowledge
- already held interview people skill
- already held labour legislation knowledge
- already held recruit employees skill
- already held support employability of people with disabilities skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held negotiate employment agreements optional
- optional, not held negotiate with employment agencies optional
- optional, not held advertising techniques optional
- optional, not held assist employee health programmes optional
- optional, not held business communication optional
- optional, not held coach employees optional
- optional, not held disseminate messages to people optional
- optional, not held gather feedback from employees optional
- optional, not held human resources department processes optional
- optional, not held identify necessary human resources optional
- optional, not held introduce new employees optional
- optional, not held manage employee complaints optional
- optional, not held manage payroll optional
14 held skills the human resources assistant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on career skill
- not needed by the target role analyse unemployment rates skill
- not needed by the target role assist clients with personal development skill
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role facilitate job market access skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with local authorities skill
- not needed by the target role maintain privacy of service users skill
- not needed by the target role mentor individuals skill
- not needed by the target role prepare for job interview skill
- not needed by the target role promote employment policy skill
- not needed by the target role promote gender equality in business contexts skill
- not needed by the target role promote inclusion skill
- not needed by the target role provide information on study programmes skill
- not needed by the target role search databases skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held advertising techniques optional
- optional, not held business communication optional
- optional, not held human resources department processes optional
Common questions about this move
Can an employment agent become a human resources assistant?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An employment agent already covers 48% of what a human resources assistant is expected to do: 17 skills carry over, 9 of which the human resources assistant role treats as required.
What skills does an employment agent need to become a human resources assistant?
8 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is administer appointments.
How hard is the move from employment agent to human resources assistant?
Its learning distance is 52 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.