Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a blogger can go next

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

Bloggers write online articles on a wide range of subjects such as politics, fashion, economics and sports. They can relate objective facts, but often they also give their opinion on the related topic. Bloggers also interact with their readers via comments.

Also known as blog content writer, travel blogger, blog writer, vegan food blogger, drinks blogger, food blogger, fashion blogger, sports blogger, head blogger, lifestyle blogger, health blogger, on-line content writer.

Professionals 43 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: crime journalist, 64%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
crime journalist 64% covered political journalist 61% covered entertainment journalist 61% covered columnist 61% covered sports journalist 61% covered blogger You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from blogger, 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 a blogger already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A blogger needs 18 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
  • follow up online user requests assisting and caring
  • ethics of sharing work through social media arts and humanities
  • manage website working with computers
  • online moderation techniques business, administration and law
  • manage online content working with computers
  • stay up to date with social media information skills
  • evaluate writings in response to feedback communication, collaboration and creativity
  • social media management business, administration and law
  • create online news content communication, collaboration and creativity
  • use specific writing techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Blogger 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 a blogger’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.