From tour operator manager to tourist information centre manager
12 of the 32 essential skills of a tourist information centre manager are already essential for a tour operator manager — about 38% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 12
- skills carry over
- 20
- would be new
- 38%
- of the target job covered
- 32
- essential skills of a tourist information centre manager
What a tourist information centre manager does
Tourist information centre managers are in charge of managing employees and activities of a centre which provides information and advice to travellers and visitors about local attractions, events, travelling and accommodation.
What carries over
12 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- build a network of suppliers in tourism
- build business relationships
- comply with food safety and hygiene
- develop strategies for accessibility
- handle personal identifiable information
- maintain customer service
- manage budgets
- manage staff
- oversee the design of touristic publications
- oversee the printing of touristic publications
- recruit employees
- tourism market
What would be new
20 skillsEssential for a tourist information centre manager and not for a tour operator manager. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- analyse data about clients
- apply foreign languages in tourism
- assess an area as a tourism destination
- create solutions to problems
- design materials for multimedia campaigns
- design press kit for media
- develop financial statistics reports
- develop tourist information materials
- distribute local information materials
- ensure infrastructure accessibility
- geographical areas relevant to tourism
- handle touristic quantitative data
- have computer literacy
- keep up to date on local events
- local area tourism industry
- maintain customer records
- manage medium term objectives
- present reports
- provide tourism related information
- respond to customers' inquiries
Other moves from tour operator manager
2 roles- destination manager13 skills in common
- travel agency manager11 skills in common
← tour operator managertourist information centre manager →The other way round
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a tourist information centre manager?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.