Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a business consultant can go next

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

Business consultants analyse the position, structure and processes of businesses and companies and offer services or advice to improve them. They research and identify business processes such as financial inefficiencies or employee management and devise strategical plans to overcome these difficulties. They work in external consulting firms where they provide an objective view on a business and or company's structure and methodological processes.

Also known as business process consultant.

Professionals 54 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: business analyst, 75%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
business analyst 75% covered public funding advisor 36% covered business intelligence manager 35% covered venture capitalist 30% covered ICT business development mana… 28% covered business consultant You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from business consultant, 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 business consultant 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

A business consultant needs 27 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
  • management systems standards business, administration and law
  • advise on personnel management communication, collaboration and creativity
  • identify undetected organisational needs management skills
  • analyse the context of an organisation information skills
  • operational research business, administration and law
  • consultation methods business, administration and law
  • management consulting business, administration and law
  • perform business analysis information skills
  • analyse business processes information skills
  • advise on efficiency improvements communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Business consultant 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 business consultant’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.