Table 1Transition record

academic advisortoadmissions coordinator

A academic advisor already meets 39% of what the admissions coordinator role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From academic advisor

39%

Overlap1

To admissions coordinator

8 Skills carried over

4 Required, not held

54.6 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

39%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

54.6/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the admissions coordinator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the academic advisor profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A admissions coordinator role treats 4 of its required skills as things a academic advisor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

assessment processes
identify education needs
provide information on education financing
provide information on school services

What stands in the way is 4 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A admissions coordinator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a academic advisor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held provide information on education financing communication, collaboration and creativity
already held provide information on school services assisting and caring
already held counsel students communication, collaboration and creativity
already held education administration business, administration and law
already held identify education needs management skills
already held education law business, administration and law

All 8 carried skills, including the 4 the admissions coordinator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 management skills 4 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held assist students with their enrolment required
required, not held manage student admissions required
required, not held provide education management support required
required, not held assess students required

optional, not held manage educational institution's administration optional
optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
optional, not held use office systems optional

02 business, administration and law 3 supplementary

optional, not held customer service optional
optional, not held student financial aid programmes optional
optional, not held secondary school procedures optional

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary

optional, not held communicate with youth optional
optional, not held use different communication channels optional

04 education 2 supplementary

optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
optional, not held primary school procedures optional

05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary

optional, not held electronic communication optional

06 generic programmes and qualifications 1 supplementary

optional, not held communication optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a admissions coordinator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 8 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held assessment processes knowledge
already held identify education needs skill
already held provide information on education financing skill
already held provide information on school services skill
already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
already held counsel students skill
already held education administration knowledge
already held education law knowledge

The 1 learning area not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary

optional, not held office software optional

13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held customer service optional
optional, not held student financial aid programmes optional
optional, not held communicate with youth optional
optional, not held communication optional
optional, not held electronic communication optional
optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
optional, not held manage educational institution's administration optional
optional, not held office software optional
optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
optional, not held primary school procedures optional
optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
optional, not held use different communication channels optional
optional, not held use office systems optional

23 held skills the admissions coordinator role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role action research knowledge
not needed by the target role advise on learning methods skill
not needed by the target role analyse education system skill
not needed by the target role construct individual learning plans skill
not needed by the target role consult student's support system skill
not needed by the target role cooperate with education professionals skill
not needed by the target role counselling methods knowledge
not needed by the target role curriculum objectives knowledge
not needed by the target role curriculum standards knowledge
not needed by the target role encourage students to acknowledge their achievements skill
not needed by the target role give constructive feedback skill
not needed by the target role labour market knowledge
not needed by the target role learning difficulties knowledge
not needed by the target role learning needs analysis knowledge
not needed by the target role listen actively skill
not needed by the target role monitor educational developments skill
not needed by the target role organise job search workshops skill
not needed by the target role promote education programmes skill
not needed by the target role provide career counselling skill
not needed by the target role provide information on study programmes skill
not needed by the target role psychology knowledge
not needed by the target role tackle issues that block academic progress skill
not needed by the target role university procedures knowledge

8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held customer service optional
optional, not held student financial aid programmes optional
optional, not held communication optional
optional, not held electronic communication optional
optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
optional, not held office software optional
optional, not held primary school procedures optional
optional, not held secondary school procedures optional

Index

Other moves recorded from academic advisor

Full index of moves from academic advisor

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.