Project manager to auction house manager
A project manager already meets 36% of what the auction house manager role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
64.3/ 100
1 How much of what an auction house manager is expected to do is already part of a project 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 auction house manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An auction house manager role treats 7 of its required skills as things a project manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- build business relationships
- corporate social responsibility
- follow company standards
- manage budgets
- manage staff
- manage supplies
What stands in the way is 9 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An auction house manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a project manager background worth leading with.
- already held supervise daily information operations management skills
- already held strive for company growth management skills
- already held manage supplies management skills
- already held follow company standards assisting and caring
- already held corporate social responsibility business, administration and law
- already held apply conflict management communication, collaboration and creativity
All 9 carried skills, including the 7 the auction house manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 23 missing skills fall into 5 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 budgetary principles required
- still to learn product comprehension required
- still to learn auction characteristics required
- still to learn financial management required
- optional, not held items specialty available for auction optional
- optional, not held public auction procedures optional
- still to learn manage auction house required
- still to learn prepare for auction required
- still to learn identify new business opportunities required
- optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
- optional, not held fix meetings optional
- optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
- still to learn initiate contact with sellers required
- still to learn set auction listing agreement required
- optional, not held create auction catalogue optional
- optional, not held initiate contact with buyers optional
- optional, not held advertise auction sales optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held represent the company optional
- optional, not held speak different languages optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- optional, not held arrange security of goods for auction optional
- optional, not held monitor artistic activities optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an auction house manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage auction house practise this
- 02 budgetary principles study this
- 03 initiate contact with sellers 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 9 skills that carry over
- already held build business relationships skill
- already held corporate social responsibility knowledge
- already held follow company standards skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held manage supplies skill
- already held supervise daily information operations skill
- already held apply conflict management skill
- already held strive for company growth skill
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held arrange security of goods for auction optional
- optional, not held create auction catalogue optional
- optional, not held initiate contact with buyers optional
- optional, not held items specialty available for auction optional
- optional, not held advertise auction sales optional
- optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held fix meetings optional
- optional, not held monitor artistic activities optional
- optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
- optional, not held public auction procedures optional
- optional, not held represent the company optional
- optional, not held speak different languages optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
59 held skills the auction house manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role Agile project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role Prince2 project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse business plans skill
- not needed by the target role apply change management skill
- not needed by the target role business processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role communication principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role control of expenses skill
- not needed by the target role create a financial report skill
- not needed by the target role create project specifications skill
- not needed by the target role crowdsourcing strategy knowledge
- not needed by the target role customise project methodologies skill
- not needed by the target role design wayside signalling interlockings skill
- not needed by the target role develop business plans skill
- not needed by the target role draft project documentation skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
- not needed by the target role ensure equipment availability skill
- not needed by the target role ensure equipment maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role establish daily priorities skill
- not needed by the target role estimate duration of work skill
- not needed by the target role find a replacement for stage manager skill
- not needed by the target role identify legal requirements skill
- not needed by the target role insourcing strategy knowledge
- not needed by the target role internal risk management policy knowledge
- not needed by the target role lean project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role legal studies knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
- not needed by the target role maintain a central project repository skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
- not needed by the target role manage logistics skill
- not needed by the target role manage project changes skill
- not needed by the target role manage project information skill
- not needed by the target role manage project metrics skill
- not needed by the target role manage several projects skill
- not needed by the target role manage standard enterprise resource planning system skill
- not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
- not needed by the target role negotiate with stakeholders skill
- not needed by the target role office administration knowledge
- not needed by the target role organise project meetings skill
- not needed by the target role outsourcing strategy knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform PESTEL analysis skill
19 further entries not listed here
6 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 budgetary principles required
- still to learn product comprehension required
- still to learn auction characteristics required
- still to learn financial management required
- optional, not held items specialty available for auction optional
- optional, not held public auction procedures optional
Other moves recorded from project manager
- programme manager 69% covered · moderate
- project support officer 69% covered · moderate
- ICT project manager 51% covered · substantial
- operations manager 49% covered · substantial
- security manager 39% covered · substantial
- resource manager 35% covered · substantial
- facilities manager 33% covered · substantial
- gambling manager 32% covered · substantial
Common questions about this move
Can a project manager become an auction house manager?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A project manager already covers 36% of what an auction house manager is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 7 of which the auction house manager role treats as required.
What skills does a project manager need to become an auction house manager?
9 required skills are missing, plus 14 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by business, administration and law. The single most important is manage auction house.
How hard is the move from project manager to auction house manager?
Its learning distance is 64.3 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.