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

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

Casting directors select actors for all roles in a motion picture or television series. They co-operate with the producer and director to determine what they are looking for. Casting directors contact talent agents and organise interviews and auditions for the parts. They determine the fees and contracts for the actors and extras.

Professionals 25 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: post-production supervisor, 29%

post-production supervisor 29% covered storyboard artist 20% covered video and motion picture edit… 19% covered sound editor 19% covered script supervisor 19% covered casting director You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from casting director. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a casting director 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 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

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casting director 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 casting director 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.