Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a talent agent can go next

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

Talent agents represent actors, authors, broadcast journalists, film directors, musicians, models, professional athletes, screenwriters, writers, and other professionals in various entertainment or broadcast businesses. They promote their clients in order to attract prospective employers. Talent agents set up public appearances, auditions and performances. They take care of contract negotiations.

Also known as sport agent, theatrical agent, modelling agent, talent agency, literary agent, commercial agent, talent booking agent, voice talent agent, music agent.

Technicians and associate professionals 35 skills on file 4 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: publishing rights manager, 25%

Fig. 2 · Career map 4 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
publishing rights manager 25% covered book editor 22% covered advertising media buyer 22% covered book publisher 20% covered talent agent You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 4 nearest destinations from talent agent, 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 talent agent already covers. All 4 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 4 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A talent agent needs 13 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
  • arrange bookings management skills
  • help coordinate promotional activities management skills
  • coach clients communication, collaboration and creativity
  • identify talent management skills
  • analyse data about clients management skills
  • plan medium to long term objectives management skills
  • contract law business, administration and law
  • provide career counselling communication, collaboration and creativity
  • prospect new customers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • employment law business, administration and law
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Talent agent is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 talent agent’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.