Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a consul can go next

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

Consuls represent governments in foreign institutions such as embassies in order to facilitate economic and political cooperation between the two nations. They protect the interests of their home nation and provide bureaucratic assistance to citizens living as expatriates or travelling in the host country.

Also known as chargé d'affaires, consul-general, honorary consul, attaché.

Managers 39 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: diplomat, 70%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
diplomat 70% covered ambassador 68% covered embassy counsellor 59% covered foreign affairs officer 58% covered international relations offic… 53% covered consul You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from consul, 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 consul 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 consul needs 15 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
  • offer assistance to national citizens assisting and caring
  • issue official documents assisting and caring
  • foreign languages for international careers arts and humanities
  • develop international cooperation strategies management skills
  • advise on public finance communication, collaboration and creativity
  • foreign affairs business, administration and law
  • government representation social sciences, journalism and information
  • build international relations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • public finance business, administration and law
  • assess risk factors information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Consul is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. 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 consul’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.