Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an occupational analyst can go next

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

Occupational analysts collect and analyse occupational information within one field or company in order to make recommendations for reducing costs and general business improvements. They provide technical assistance to employers in dealing with problematic staff recruitment and development and with staff restructuring. Occupational analysts study and write job descriptions and prepare occupational classification systems.

Also known as organizational structure analyst, corporate business consultant, corporate business analyst, job analyst.

Professionals 36 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: human resources assistant, 43%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
human resources assistant 43% covered recruitment consultant 36% covered employment agent 34% covered human resources officer 34% covered talent acquisition manager 33% covered occupational analyst You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from occupational analyst, 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 an occupational analyst already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An occupational analyst needs 16 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
  • design job analysis tools communication, collaboration and creativity
  • develop occupational classification systems information skills
  • write job descriptions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • carry out job analysis information skills
  • advise on personnel management communication, collaboration and creativity
  • job market offers business, administration and law
  • digital data processing working with computers
  • human resource management business, administration and law
  • advise on efficiency improvements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • market analysis business, administration and law
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an occupational analyst does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Occupational analyst 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 an occupational analyst’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.