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

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

Linguists study languages scientifically. They master languages and can interpret them in terms of their grammatical, semantic, and phonetic characteristics. They research the evolution of language and the way it is used by societies.

Professionals 70 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: religion scientific researcher, 77%

religion scientific researcher 77% covered literary scholar 73% covered thanatology researcher 73% covered philosopher 71% covered communication scientist 69% covered linguist You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from linguist. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a linguist 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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linguist 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 linguist 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.