Occupation Atlasemployment agent
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/42a96d07-1e1d-49ae-9399-c1f4be27ddea
employment agent
Employment agents work for employment services and agencies. They match job seekers with advertised job vacancies and provide advice on job search activities.
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Job Zone
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
CESConventional · Enterprising · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional5.80
- E Enterprising5.38
- S Social3.64
- I Investigative3.42
- A Artistic1.41
- R Realistic1.29
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists (13-1141.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (17)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- apply knowledge of human behaviour
- communicate by telephone
- develop professional network
- document interviews
- employment law
- ensure gender equality in the workplace
- hire human resources
- interview people
- job market offers
- labour legislation
- listen actively
- maintain privacy of service users
- observe confidentiality
- profile people
- promote gender equality in business contexts
- recruit employees
- support employability of people with disabilities
Optional (14)
- advise on career
- analyse unemployment rates
- assess character
- assist clients with personal development
- facilitate job market access
- fix meetings
- human resource management
- liaise with local authorities
- mentor individuals
- prepare for job interview
- promote employment policy
- promote inclusion
- provide information on study programmes
- search databases
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 17 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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