Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

copy editortospeechwriter

A copy editor already meets 38% of what the speechwriter role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From copy editor
38%
Overlap1
To speechwriter
7 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
58.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

38%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

58.9/ 100

1 Share of the speechwriter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the copy editor 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 speechwriter role treats 6 of its required skills as things a copy editor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply grammar and spelling rules
  • consult information sources
  • copyright legislation
  • grammar
  • spelling
  • writing techniques

What stands in the way is 6 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A speechwriter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a copy editor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held writing techniques arts and humanities
  • already held spelling arts and humanities
  • already held proofread text communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held consult information sources information skills
  • already held grammar arts and humanities
  • already held apply grammar and spelling rules communication, collaboration and creativity

All 7 carried skills, including the 6 the speechwriter role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 5 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held identify customer's needs required
  • required, not held use specific writing techniques required
  • required, not held write in conversational tone required
  • required, not held develop creative ideas required
  • required, not held prepare speeches required
  • optional, not held evaluate writings in response to feedback optional
  • optional, not held practice humour optional
  • optional, not held promote one's writings optional
  • optional, not held select subject matter optional
02 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held perform background research on writing subject required
  • optional, not held analyse the comments of selected audiences optional
  • optional, not held manage writing administration optional
03 arts and humanities 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held breathing techniques optional
  • optional, not held pronunciation techniques optional
  • optional, not held vocal techniques optional
04 management skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held write to a deadline optional
  • optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
  • optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
05 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use word processing software optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a speechwriter 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply grammar and spelling rules skill
  • already held consult information sources skill
  • already held copyright legislation knowledge
  • already held grammar knowledge
  • already held spelling knowledge
  • already held writing techniques knowledge
  • already held proofread text skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held analyse the comments of selected audiences optional
  • optional, not held evaluate writings in response to feedback optional
  • optional, not held manage writing administration optional
  • optional, not held practice humour optional
  • optional, not held promote one's writings optional
  • optional, not held write to a deadline optional
  • optional, not held breathing techniques optional
  • optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
  • optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
  • optional, not held pronunciation techniques optional
  • optional, not held select subject matter optional
  • optional, not held use word processing software optional
  • optional, not held vocal techniques optional
21 held skills the speechwriter role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adapt to artists' creative demands skill
  • not needed by the target role apply desktop publishing techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role consult with editor skill
  • not needed by the target role desktop publishing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role digital journalism knowledge
  • not needed by the target role editorial standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow a brief skill
  • not needed by the target role follow ethical code of conduct of journalists skill
  • not needed by the target role follow newspaper house style skill
  • not needed by the target role follow work schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role literature knowledge
  • not needed by the target role office software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role read manuscripts skill
  • not needed by the target role review unpublished articles skill
  • not needed by the target role rewrite articles skill
  • not needed by the target role rewrite manuscripts skill
  • not needed by the target role suggest revision of manuscripts skill
  • not needed by the target role track changes in text editing skill
  • not needed by the target role typography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use dictionaries skill
  • not needed by the target role write headlines skill
3 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 breathing techniques optional
  • optional, not held pronunciation techniques optional
  • optional, not held vocal techniques optional
Index

Other moves recorded from copy editor

Full index of moves from copy editor

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.