From management assistant to executive assistant
13 of the 25 essential skills of a executive assistant are already essential for a management assistant — about 52% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from management assistant in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 13
- skills carry over
- 12
- would be new
- 52%
- of the target job covered
- 25
- essential skills of a executive assistant
What a executive assistant does
Executive assistants are advanced administrative professionals who work with top-level executives or in international facilities in various industries. They organise meetings, organise and maintain files, arrange travel, train staff members, communicate in other languages, and manage the day-to-day operations of the office.
What carries over
13 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- build business relationships
- company policies
- coordinate events
- disseminate messages to people
- draft corporate emails
- fix meetings
- liaise with managers
- perform business research
- perform clerical duties
- process commissioned instructions
- use different communication channels
- use office systems
- use spreadsheets software
What would be new
12 skillsEssential for a executive assistant and not for a management assistant. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- apply information security policies
- build trust
- business communication
- communicate schedules to the people concerned
- maintain register of shareholders
- manage office facility systems
- manage personnel agenda
- observe confidentiality
- organise travel arrangements for staff
- plan schedule
- translate keywords into full texts
- use word processing software
← management assistantexecutive assistant →The other way round
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How far are you from being a executive assistant?
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