- Based on 17 Jobtrees users who were a Front Desk Assistant in their career, on average, they have 0.43 years of experience and 3 jobs prior to this one. They spend 1.9 years on average in this job building experience and earn $32K per year before moving on.
- 0% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Front Desk Assistant are Technical Consultant, Graphic Designer and Customer Service Representative.
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- The most common career steps to get to Front Desk Assistant are Sales Associate, Head Of Operations and Resident Assistant based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Sales Associate, the most common step before Front Desk Assistant, is of similar seniority which is common to see in career paths. People will often move between jobs and roles at the same level as they explore new types and gain experience for more senior roles.
- While Sales Associate is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Front Desk Assistant that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Front Desk Assistant career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Front Desk Assistant so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- While Sales Associate isn't from the same job family as Front Desk Assistant, Hospitality, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Head Of Operations also being a common career path to Front Desk Assistant.
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- The most common degree or certification earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Front Desk Assistant is Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In Physics Education. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Sales Associate being on the path to and from Front Desk Assistant. This is common when people move companies where the title is the same as a past one but the scope may be different but also is commonly driven by them choosing to return to a function they fit well with.
- Front Desk Assistant is part of the Hospitality job family which has a limited number of unique role types (43) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Our data is limited for this role so it's possible there are other common career paths not highlighted here for Front Desk Assistant.