Career switch, measured
From Executive Assistant to Event Planner
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 57% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Logistics, Microsoft Office, Excel, Leadership; the main skills to add are Hospitality, Marketing, Customer service, Sales.
57%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillExecutive AssistantEvent Planner
- Logistics49%55%
- Microsoft Office60%28%
- Excel32%28%
- Leadership71%45%
- Communication41%36%
- Budgeting22%49%
- Project management18%17%
- Stakeholder management46%23%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Event Planner postings, rarely in Executive Assistant ones.
SkillExecutive AssistantEvent Planner
- Hospitality–49%
- Marketing13%49%
- Customer service10%34%
- Sales13%28%
- Contract negotiation–19%
- Troubleshooting–13%
- B2B sales–13%
- CAD–11%
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