Career guidance advisor to academic advisor
A career guidance advisor already meets 69% of what the academic advisor role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
31.2/ 100
1 How much of what an academic advisor is expected to do is already part of a career guidance advisor’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the academic advisor role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An academic advisor role treats 11 of its required skills as things a career guidance advisor already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assessment processes
- counsel students
- counselling methods
- curriculum objectives
- curriculum standards
- education law
What stands in the way is 3 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An academic advisor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a career guidance advisor background worth leading with.
- already held organise job search workshops management skills
- already held labour market health and welfare
- already held provide information on school services assisting and caring
- already held provide information on education financing communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held counsel students communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held provide information on study programmes assisting and caring
All 19 carried skills, including the 11 the academic advisor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 12 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn advise on learning methods required
- still to learn give constructive feedback required
- optional, not held consult student's support system optional
- optional, not held promote education programmes optional
- still to learn construct individual learning plans required
- optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
- optional, not held action research optional
- optional, not held learning difficulties optional
- optional, not held learning needs analysis optional
- optional, not held tackle issues that block academic progress optional
- optional, not held education administration optional
- optional, not held analyse education system optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an academic advisor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise on learning methods practise this
- 02 construct individual learning plans practise this
- 03 give constructive feedback practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 19 skills that carry over
- already held assessment processes knowledge
- already held counsel students skill
- already held counselling methods knowledge
- already held curriculum objectives knowledge
- already held curriculum standards knowledge
- already held education law knowledge
- already held encourage students to acknowledge their achievements skill
- already held listen actively skill
- already held monitor educational developments skill
- already held provide information on school services skill
- already held provide information on study programmes skill
- already held cooperate with education professionals skill
- already held identify education needs skill
- already held labour market knowledge
- already held organise job search workshops skill
- already held provide career counselling skill
- already held provide information on education financing skill
- already held psychology knowledge
- already held university procedures knowledge
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held action research optional
- optional, not held analyse education system optional
- optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
- optional, not held consult student's support system optional
- optional, not held education administration optional
- optional, not held learning difficulties optional
- optional, not held learning needs analysis optional
- optional, not held promote education programmes optional
- optional, not held tackle issues that block academic progress optional
37 held skills the academic advisor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adult education knowledge
- not needed by the target role advise on training courses skill
- not needed by the target role application process knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply quality standards to the interaction with candidates skill
- not needed by the target role assess candidates skill
- not needed by the target role assess prior learning skill
- not needed by the target role assess students' preliminary learning experiences skill
- not needed by the target role assist clients with personal development skill
- not needed by the target role coach clients skill
- not needed by the target role communicate about youth's well-being skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with youth skill
- not needed by the target role counsel clients skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role encourage counselled clients to examine themselves skill
- not needed by the target role establish educational network skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate clients' progress skill
- not needed by the target role facilitate job market access skill
- not needed by the target role have emotional intelligence skill
- not needed by the target role identify clients' needs skill
- not needed by the target role identify training needs skill
- not needed by the target role job market offers knowledge
- not needed by the target role labour legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with educational staff skill
- not needed by the target role maintain professional administration skill
- not needed by the target role manage professional transition in an arts career skill
- not needed by the target role organise projects to fill education needs skill
- not needed by the target role organise study information sessions skill
- not needed by the target role oversee extra-curricular activities skill
- not needed by the target role perform educational testing skill
- not needed by the target role personal reflection techniques based on feedback knowledge
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide assistance with job search skill
- not needed by the target role psychological counselling methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role use consulting techniques skill
- not needed by the target role work with different target groups skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held action research optional
- optional, not held education administration optional
- optional, not held learning difficulties optional
- optional, not held learning needs analysis optional
Other moves recorded from career guidance advisor
- life coach 51% covered · moderate
- assessor of prior learning 46% covered · substantial
- academic support officer 45% covered · substantial
- educational counsellor 43% covered · substantial
- admissions coordinator 39% covered · moderate
- further education principal 38% covered · substantial
- deputy head teacher 34% covered · substantial
- learning mentor 33% covered · substantial
Common questions about this move
Can a career guidance advisor become an academic advisor?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A career guidance advisor already covers 69% of what an academic advisor is expected to do: 19 skills carry over, 11 of which the academic advisor role treats as required.
What skills does a career guidance advisor need to become an academic advisor?
3 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is advise on learning methods.
How hard is the move from career guidance advisor to academic advisor?
Its learning distance is 31.2 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.