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

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

Columnists research and write opinion pieces about new events for newspapers, journals, magazines and other media. They have an area of interest and can be recognised by their writing style.

Professionals 45 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: entertainment journalist, 80%

entertainment journalist 80% covered foreign correspondent 79% covered sports journalist 76% covered crime journalist 76% covered critic 75% covered columnist You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from columnist. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a columnist 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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columnist 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 columnist 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.