Glossary

Stretch move

A transition tier for target roles with real upside that require stronger evidence of skills before becoming the main plan.

What this means in practice

Stretch moves sit between safe adjacency and full reinvention. The target is reachable — the training time fits the runway or the skill overlap is meaningful — but the worker should prove the new skills with a project or course before betting on it.

A Bookkeeping Clerk moving toward an Internal Controls Associate role is a stretch move: the accounting context transfers, but audit and controls thinking need demonstration. The calculator flags these so ambition does not get mistaken for a plan.

In the data

See this term in the occupation data

These published occupation pages show stretch move in action — with task-level exposure, automation and augmentation scores, wage context, and transition pathways.

SOC 43-3031

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

Invoice matching, reconciliations, and routine reporting are exposed to automation. Judgment around controls, vendor context, audit trails, and anomaly escalation can become more valuable.

Exposure: 78
Automation: 59%
Augment: 34%

SOC 27-1024

Graphic Designers

Asset variation, layout drafts, and production design are exposed, while brand judgment, creative direction, client interpretation, and systems thinking become more important.

Exposure: 64
Automation: 42%
Augment: 63%

SOC 17-3011

Drafters

Converting sketches and specifications into finished CAD drawings is precisely the production task generative design and BIM automation are absorbing. Code analysis, revision coordination, and engineering collaboration offer partial shelter.

Exposure: 76
Automation: 54%
Augment: 50%

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