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

supply chain assistanttoadministrative assistant

A supply chain assistant already meets 21% of what the administrative assistant role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

From supply chain assistant
21%
Overlap1
To administrative assistant
7 Skills carried over
15 Required, not held
77.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

21%

Learning distance A rebuild

77.1/ 100

1 Share of the administrative assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the supply chain assistant 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 administrative assistant role treats 5 of its required skills as things a supply chain assistant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • organise business documents
  • perform business research
  • perform office routine activities
  • use office systems
  • use spreadsheets software

What stands in the way is 15 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A administrative assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a supply chain assistant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held monitor staff absences information skills
  • already held perform business research information skills
  • already held organise business documents management skills
  • already held perform office routine activities management skills
  • already held use office systems management skills
  • already held use spreadsheets software working with computers

All 7 carried skills, including the 5 the administrative assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 34 missing skills fall into 8 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 information skills 5 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held file documents required
  • required, not held ensure proper document management required
  • required, not held fill out forms required
  • required, not held keep task records required
  • required, not held maintain statutory books required
  • optional, not held maintain inventory of office supplies optional
02 management skills 4 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held handle mail required
  • required, not held disseminate messages to people required
  • required, not held organise facilities for office personnel required
  • required, not held plan schedule required
  • optional, not held coordinate events optional
  • optional, not held deliver correspondence optional
  • optional, not held fix meetings optional
  • optional, not held handle petty cash optional
  • optional, not held manage personnel agenda optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held disseminate general corporate information required
  • required, not held disseminate internal communications required
  • required, not held draft corporate emails required
  • optional, not held create import-export commercial documentation optional
  • optional, not held liaise with managers optional
  • optional, not held maintain internal communication systems optional
  • optional, not held organise travel arrangements for staff optional
  • optional, not held prepare presentation material optional
  • optional, not held process commissioned instructions optional
  • optional, not held speak different languages optional
04 working with computers 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage digital documents required
  • required, not held use microsoft office required
  • optional, not held use personal organization software optional
05 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held company policies required
  • optional, not held accounting techniques optional
06 assisting and caring 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held respect data protection principles optional
  • optional, not held provide customer follow-up services optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a administrative assistant 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held organise business documents skill
  • already held perform business research skill
  • already held perform office routine activities skill
  • already held use office systems skill
  • already held use spreadsheets software skill
  • already held issue sales invoices skill
  • already held monitor staff absences skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held transcription methods optional
08 generic programmes and qualifications 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held business communication optional
19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held respect data protection principles optional
  • optional, not held accounting techniques optional
  • optional, not held business communication optional
  • optional, not held coordinate events optional
  • optional, not held create import-export commercial documentation optional
  • optional, not held deliver correspondence optional
  • optional, not held fix meetings optional
  • optional, not held handle petty cash optional
  • optional, not held liaise with managers optional
  • optional, not held maintain internal communication systems optional
  • optional, not held maintain inventory of office supplies optional
  • optional, not held manage personnel agenda optional
  • optional, not held organise travel arrangements for staff optional
  • optional, not held prepare presentation material optional
  • optional, not held process commissioned instructions optional
  • optional, not held provide customer follow-up services optional
  • optional, not held speak different languages optional
  • optional, not held transcription methods optional
  • optional, not held use personal organization software optional
27 held skills the administrative assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse supply chain strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role assist in planning production scheduling skill
  • not needed by the target role budget for financial needs skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out inventory control accuracy skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate purchasing activities skill
  • not needed by the target role direct logistical functions skill
  • not needed by the target role forecast production quantities skill
  • not needed by the target role handle returns skill
  • not needed by the target role identify key processes of traceability systems skill
  • not needed by the target role identify software for warehouse management skill
  • not needed by the target role international business knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interpret business information skill
  • not needed by the target role inventory management rules knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor manufacturing quality standards skill
  • not needed by the target role office software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operations department processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role prepare purchasing reportings skill
  • not needed by the target role provide technical documentation skill
  • not needed by the target role purchase supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role receive shipment packaging information skill
  • not needed by the target role sales department processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role supply chain principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role support managers skill
  • not needed by the target role use production planning software skill
  • not needed by the target role use sales forecasting softwares skill
4 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 company policies required
  • optional, not held accounting techniques optional
  • optional, not held business communication optional
  • optional, not held transcription methods optional
Index

Other moves recorded from supply chain assistant

Full index of moves from supply chain assistant

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.