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Where a public speaking coach can go next

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

Public speaking coaches provide, often private, instruction to clients in theory and techniques on how to improve their public speaking skills. They identify each client's strengths and weaknesses and tailor their instruction to their specific needs, which may include improving the client's vocal delivery, articulation, presentation abilities and body language. Depending on the background of the client, be it business, education or otherwise, public speaking coaches also instruct clients or students in persuasive arguing, rhetorical delivery and other debating techniques.

Also known as public speaking tutor, public speaking mentor, speech giving coach.

Professionals 32 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: corporate trainer, 42%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
corporate trainer 42% covered further education teacher 42% covered tutor 41% covered adult literacy teacher 40% covered vessel steering instructor 34% covered public speaking coach You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from public speaking coach, 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 public speaking coach 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

A public speaking coach 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
  • speech techniques arts and humanities
  • teach public speaking principles communication, collaboration and creativity
  • provide feedback to performers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • body language arts and humanities
  • breathing techniques arts and humanities
  • adapt teaching to target group communication, collaboration and creativity
  • show consideration for student's situation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • pronunciation techniques arts and humanities
  • rhetoric social sciences, journalism and information
  • encourage students to acknowledge their achievements management skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Public speaking coach 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 public speaking coach’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.