Where a critic can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a critic already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Critics write reviews of literary, musical and artistic works, restaurants, movies, television programs and other themes for newspapers, journals, magazines, radio, television and other media. They evaluate theme, expression and technique. Critics make judgements based on their personal experience and knowledge.
Also known as blogger, reviewer, theater critic, film critic, TV critic, art critic, architecture critic, cinema critic, television critic, literary critic, food critic, music critic.
Professionals 53 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: entertainment journalist, 75%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A critic needs 22 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- critically reflect on artistic production processes communication, collaboration and creativity
- analyse the comments of selected audiences information skills
- stay up to date with social media information skills
- evaluate writings in response to feedback communication, collaboration and creativity
- build contacts to maintain news flow communication, collaboration and creativity
- follow ethical code of conduct of journalists assisting and caring
- participate in editorial meetings communication, collaboration and creativity
- editorial standards social sciences, journalism and information
- use specific writing techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
- write to a deadline management skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a critic does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- entertainment journalist 78% covered · difficulty 30.2
- political journalist 78% covered · difficulty 29.8
- business journalist 75% covered · difficulty 33.5
- columnist 75% covered · difficulty 33.5
- foreign correspondent 75% covered · difficulty 33.5
- crime journalist 72% covered · difficulty 36.5
- sports journalist 72% covered · difficulty 36.5
- writer 36% covered · difficulty 70.1
- speechwriter 34% covered · difficulty 71.7
- book editor 28% covered · difficulty 76.8
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Critic is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a critic’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.