Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a writer can go next

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

Writers develop content for books. They write novels, poetry, short stories, comics and other forms of literature. These forms of writing can be fictional or non-fictional.

Professionals 32 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: speechwriter, 66%

speechwriter 66% covered script writer 40% covered copy editor 39% covered lexicographer 38% covered critic 36% covered writer You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from writer. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a writer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Index

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

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a writer already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.