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

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

Magazine editors decide which stories are interesting enough and will be covered in the magazine. They assign journalists to each item. Magazine editors determine the length of each article and where it will be featured in the magazine. They also ensure that publications are finished on time for publishing.

Professionals 37 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: editor-in-chief, 76%

editor-in-chief 76% covered broadcast news editor 62% covered columnist 59% covered crime journalist 57% covered photojournalist 57% covered magazine editor You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from magazine editor. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a magazine editor 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

Index

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magazine editor 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 magazine editor 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.