Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a presenter can go next

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

Presenters host broadcast productions. They are the face or voice of these programs and make announcements on different platforms such as radio, television, theatres or other establishments. They ensure that their audience is entertained and introduce the artists or persons being interviewed.

Also known as broadcast journalist, master of ceremonies, finance broadcast journalist, hostess, announcer, TV presenter, host, sport announcer, moderator, DJ radio presenter, radio presenter, video jockey presenter.

Professionals 40 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: news anchor, 73%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
news anchor 73% covered weather forecaster 49% covered speechwriter 40% covered fact checker 40% covered magazine editor 35% covered presenter You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from presenter, 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 presenter already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A presenter needs 19 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
  • gather information on theme of the show information skills
  • rehearse role communication, collaboration and creativity
  • read pre-drafted texts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • memorise lines communication, collaboration and creativity
  • meet expectations of target audience information skills
  • perform improvisation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • breathing techniques arts and humanities
  • audiovisual equipment arts and humanities
  • vocal techniques arts and humanities
  • follow time cues communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Presenter is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a presenter’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.