Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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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.

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

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
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from literary scholar. 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.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

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literary scholar 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 literary scholar 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.