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Where a secretary of state can go next

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

Secretaries of state assist heads of government departments, such as ministers, and aid in the supervision of proceedings in the department. They assist in the direction of policies, operations, and department staff, and perform planning, resource allocation, and decision-making duties.

Also known as minister of state, undersecretary of state, state secretary, senior minister, under secretary of state.

Managers 29 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: senator, 68%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 5 nearest destinations from secretary of state, 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 secretary of state already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A secretary of state needs 14 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

prepare legislation proposition management skills
present legislation proposition communication, collaboration and creativity
implement strategic management communication, collaboration and creativity
analyse legislation information skills
legislation procedure business, administration and law
perform political negotiation communication, collaboration and creativity
advise legislators communication, collaboration and creativity
good governance social sciences, journalism and information
public administration social sciences, journalism and information
conduct financial audits information skills

Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Secretary of state is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. 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 secretary of state’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.