Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a business journalist can go next

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

Business journalists research and write articles about economy and economic events for newspapers, magazines, television and other media. They conduct interviews and attend events.

Professionals 58 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: photojournalist, 77%

photojournalist 77% covered critic 75% covered magazine editor 69% covered newspaper editor 69% covered blogger 66% covered business journalist You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from business journalist. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a business journalist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

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

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a business journalist already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.