Table 1Transition record

economic advisertocompetition policy officer

A economic adviser already meets 35% of what the competition policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From economic adviser

35%

Overlap1

To competition policy officer

10 Skills carried over

10 Required, not held

62.6 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

35%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

62.6/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the competition policy officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the economic adviser 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 competition policy officer role treats 6 of its required skills as things a economic adviser already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

advise on legislative acts
government policy implementation
liaise with local authorities
maintain relations with local representatives
maintain relationships with government agencies
market analysis

What stands in the way is 10 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A competition policy officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a economic adviser background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held advise on government policy compliance communication, collaboration and creativity
already held ensure information transparency information skills
already held market analysis business, administration and law
already held maintain relations with local representatives communication, collaboration and creativity
already held advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity
already held maintain relationships with government agencies communication, collaboration and creativity

All 10 carried skills, including the 6 the competition policy officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 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 business, administration and law 5 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held state aid regulations required
required, not held business processes required
required, not held business strategy concepts required
required, not held competition law required
required, not held consumer law required

optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
optional, not held corporate law optional
optional, not held project management principles optional

02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held promote free trade required
required, not held create solutions to problems required

optional, not held develop professional network optional

03 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held develop competition policies required
required, not held manage government policy implementation required

optional, not held perform project management optional

04 information skills 1 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held investigate competition restrictions required

optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
optional, not held carry out strategic research optional
optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
optional, not held perform market research optional

05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary

optional, not held policy analysis optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a competition policy officer 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 10 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held advise on legislative acts skill
already held government policy implementation knowledge
already held liaise with local authorities skill
already held maintain relations with local representatives skill
already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
already held market analysis knowledge
already held advise on government policy compliance skill
already held ensure information transparency skill
already held present reports skill
already held scientific research methodology knowledge

10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
optional, not held policy analysis optional
optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
optional, not held carry out strategic research optional
optional, not held corporate law optional
optional, not held develop professional network optional
optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
optional, not held perform market research optional
optional, not held perform project management optional
optional, not held project management principles optional

29 held skills the competition policy officer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role advise on economic development skill
not needed by the target role advise on public finance skill
not needed by the target role analyse big data skill
not needed by the target role analyse economic trends skill
not needed by the target role analyse market financial trends skill
not needed by the target role apply statistical analysis techniques skill
not needed by the target role assess risk factors skill
not needed by the target role business analysis knowledge
not needed by the target role carry out statistical forecasts skill
not needed by the target role civil law knowledge
not needed by the target role company policies knowledge
not needed by the target role comprehend financial business terminology skill
not needed by the target role develop financial statistics reports skill
not needed by the target role develop organisational policies skill
not needed by the target role economics knowledge
not needed by the target role environmental economics knowledge
not needed by the target role financial forecasting knowledge
not needed by the target role inspect government expenditures skill
not needed by the target role inspect government incomes skill
not needed by the target role maintain financial records skill
not needed by the target role monitor company policy skill
not needed by the target role organisational policies knowledge
not needed by the target role politics knowledge
not needed by the target role public finance knowledge
not needed by the target role report analysis results skill
not needed by the target role statistics knowledge
not needed by the target role strategic planning knowledge
not needed by the target role supervise advocacy work skill
not needed by the target role use business simulation tools skill

9 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

required, not held state aid regulations required
required, not held business processes required
required, not held business strategy concepts required
required, not held competition law required
required, not held consumer law required
optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
optional, not held policy analysis optional
optional, not held corporate law optional
optional, not held project management principles optional

Index

Other moves recorded from economic adviser

Full index of moves from economic adviser

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.