Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a literary scholar can go next

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

Literary scholars research works of literature, history of literature, genres, and literary criticism in order to appraise the works and the surrounding aspects in an appropriate context and to produce research results on specific topics in the field of literature.

Also known as literary science researcher, literary researcher, literature scholar, literary studies researcher, literary studies scholar, literary studies scientist, literary studies research scientist, literary research scientist, literary analyst, literary scientist, literary research analyst.

Professionals 69 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: religion scientific researcher, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
religion scientific researcher 79% covered media scientist 74% covered philosopher 73% covered thanatology researcher 71% covered communication scientist 71% covered literary scholar You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from literary scholar, 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 literary scholar 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 literary scholar needs 45 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
  • literary criticism arts and humanities
  • academic English languages
  • literary techniques arts and humanities
  • history of literature arts and humanities
  • literary theory arts and humanities
  • perform background research on writing subject information skills
  • read books communication, collaboration and creativity
  • types of literature genres arts and humanities
  • literature arts and humanities
  • writing techniques arts and humanities
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Literary scholar 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 literary scholar’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.