Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

human resources managertoemployment agent

A human resources manager already meets 43% of what the employment agent role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From human resources manager
43%
Overlap1
To employment agent
10 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
56.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

43%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

56.6/ 100

1 Share of the employment agent role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the human resources manager profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A employment agent role treats 9 of its required skills as things a human resources manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • develop professional network
  • employment law
  • ensure gender equality in the workplace
  • hire human resources
  • interview people
  • labour legislation

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A employment agent role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a human resources manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held promote gender equality in business contexts assisting and caring
  • already held ensure gender equality in the workplace assisting and caring
  • already held support employability of people with disabilities management skills
  • already held hire human resources management skills
  • already held human resource management business, administration and law
  • already held interview people communication, collaboration and creativity

All 10 carried skills, including the 9 the employment agent role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour required
  • required, not held communicate by telephone required
  • required, not held listen actively required
  • optional, not held advise on career optional
  • optional, not held assist clients with personal development optional
  • optional, not held facilitate job market access optional
  • optional, not held prepare for job interview optional
  • optional, not held promote employment policy optional
  • optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
  • optional, not held mentor individuals optional
02 assisting and caring 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain privacy of service users required
  • required, not held observe confidentiality required
  • optional, not held promote inclusion optional
  • optional, not held provide information on study programmes optional
03 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held profile people required
  • optional, not held assess character optional
  • optional, not held fix meetings optional
04 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held document interviews required
  • optional, not held analyse unemployment rates optional
05 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held job market offers required
06 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held search databases optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a employment agent role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held develop professional network skill
  • already held employment law knowledge
  • already held ensure gender equality in the workplace skill
  • already held hire human resources skill
  • already held interview people skill
  • already held labour legislation knowledge
  • already held promote gender equality in business contexts skill
  • already held recruit employees skill
  • already held support employability of people with disabilities skill
  • already held human resource management knowledge
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advise on career optional
  • optional, not held analyse unemployment rates optional
  • optional, not held assist clients with personal development optional
  • optional, not held facilitate job market access optional
  • optional, not held prepare for job interview optional
  • optional, not held promote employment policy optional
  • optional, not held assess character optional
  • optional, not held fix meetings optional
  • optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
  • optional, not held mentor individuals optional
  • optional, not held promote inclusion optional
  • optional, not held provide information on study programmes optional
  • optional, not held search databases optional
74 held skills the employment agent role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adapt training to labour market skill
  • not needed by the target role administer appointments skill
  • not needed by the target role advertising techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role advise on conflict management skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on organisational culture skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on personnel management skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on risk management skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on social security benefits skill
  • not needed by the target role apply company policies skill
  • not needed by the target role apply conflict management skill
  • not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
  • not needed by the target role build trust skill
  • not needed by the target role company policies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role consultation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role coordinate educational programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate operational activities skill
  • not needed by the target role corporate law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role corporate social responsibility knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create a work atmosphere of continuous improvement skill
  • not needed by the target role develop corporate training programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role develop employee retention programs skill
  • not needed by the target role develop staff skill
  • not needed by the target role develop training programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role discharge employees skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure information transparency skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate performance of organisational collaborators skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate training skill
  • not needed by the target role gather feedback from employees skill
  • not needed by the target role give constructive feedback skill
  • not needed by the target role government policy implementation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role government social security programmes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role human resources department processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify necessary human resources skill
  • not needed by the target role identify policy breach skill
  • not needed by the target role identify with the company's goals skill
  • not needed by the target role labour law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role leadership principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role manage corporate training programmes skill

34 further entries not listed here

1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held job market offers required
Index

Other moves recorded from human resources manager

Full index of moves from human resources manager

Note

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.