Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an academic advisor can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an academic advisor already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Academic advisors assist students, at post-secondary level, in recognising and achieving their educational goals. They advise students on their schedule selection of school programmes, communicate to them degree requirements, and assist them in career planning. Academic advisors also discuss the student's academic performance and its implications and make suggestions for improvement including study advice. They also work closely with other university administrators and professors and ensure they are up to date on university or college regulation, program, or requirement changes.

Also known as academic student advisor, education advisor, degree program coach, student career guide, degree program guidance practitioner, post-secondary level student advisor, higher education advisor, degree program advisor.

Professionals 31 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: educational counsellor, 40%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
educational counsellor 40% covered admissions coordinator 39% covered academic support officer 38% covered career guidance advisor 37% covered learning mentor 36% covered academic advisor You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from academic advisor, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an academic advisor already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An academic advisor needs 14 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • advise on learning methods communication, collaboration and creativity
  • construct individual learning plans management skills
  • provide information on school services assisting and caring
  • counsel students communication, collaboration and creativity
  • provide information on study programmes assisting and caring
  • curriculum standards education
  • education law business, administration and law
  • counselling methods health and welfare
  • encourage students to acknowledge their achievements management skills
  • monitor educational developments information skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an academic advisor does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Academic advisor is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an academic advisor’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.