Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a foreign correspondent can go next

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

Foreign correspondents research and write news stories of international importance for newspapers, journals, magazines, radio, television and other media. They are stationed in a foreign country.

Also known as foreign news correspondent, on-the-scene reporter, international correspondent, foreign reporter, foreign affairs correspondent, foreign journalist.

Professionals 48 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: entertainment journalist, 81%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
business journalist 80% covered sports journalist 77% covered crime journalist 80% covered critic 75% covered entertainment journalist 81% covered foreign correspondent You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from foreign correspondent, 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 foreign correspondent 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 foreign correspondent needs 25 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
  • provide context to news stories communication, collaboration and creativity
  • study cultures information skills
  • observe new developments in foreign countries 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
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Foreign correspondent is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 foreign correspondent’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.