Career switch, measured
From Administrative Services Manager to General Manager
Yes, it's a realistic move with some upskilling. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 40% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Leadership, Budgeting, Payroll, Scheduling; the main skills to add are Sales, Training and coaching, Communication, Retail operations.
40%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillAdministrative Services ManagerGeneral Manager
- Leadership55%77%
- Budgeting61%23%
- Payroll30%17%
- Scheduling22%24%
- Regulatory compliance31%20%
- Process improvement13%16%
- Stakeholder management15%22%
- Auditing15%11%
Skills to add
Asked for often in General Manager postings, rarely in Administrative Services Manager ones.
SkillAdministrative Services ManagerGeneral Manager
- Sales–48%
- Training and coaching13%48%
- Communication–34%
- Retail operations–26%
- Inventory management12%25%
- Customer service10%25%
- Marketing–19%
- Problem solving–
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