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

economic policy officertolabour market policy officer

A economic policy officer already meets 41% of what the labour market policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From economic policy officer
41%
Overlap1
To labour market policy officer
11 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
55.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

41%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

55.7/ 100

1 Share of the labour market policy officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the economic policy officer 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 labour market policy officer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a economic policy officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on legislative acts
  • create solutions to problems
  • maintain relationships with government agencies
  • manage government policy implementation

What stands in the way is 7 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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A labour market policy officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a economic policy officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held advise legislators communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held policy analysis social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held liaise with politicians communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held carry out strategic research information skills
  • already held advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage government policy implementation management skills

All 11 carried skills, including the 4 the labour market policy officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 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 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held labour law required
  • required, not held labour legislation required
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
  • optional, not held employment law optional
02 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse the training market required
  • required, not held analyse unemployment rates required
  • optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held promote employment policy required
  • optional, not held represent union members optional
  • optional, not held analyse community needs optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
  • optional, not held liaise with union officials optional
04 health and welfare 1 required
  • required, not held labour market required
05 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held develop employment policies required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a labour market 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 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on legislative acts skill
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
  • already held manage government policy implementation skill
  • already held advise legislators skill
  • already held carry out strategic research skill
  • already held liaise with politicians skill
  • already held perform project management skill
  • already held policy analysis knowledge
  • already held project management knowledge
  • already held scientific research methodology knowledge
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
  • optional, not held represent union members optional
  • optional, not held analyse community needs optional
  • optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
  • optional, not held employment law optional
  • optional, not held liaise with union officials optional
17 held skills the labour market policy officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on drafting policies skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on economic development skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse economic trends skill
  • not needed by the target role consider economic criteria in decision making skill
  • not needed by the target role develop economic policies skill
  • not needed by the target role economics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role establish collaborative relations skill
  • not needed by the target role forecast economic trends skill
  • not needed by the target role government policy implementation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role international business knowledge
  • not needed by the target role international commercial transactions rules knowledge
  • not needed by the target role international tariffs knowledge
  • not needed by the target role international trade knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain relations with local representatives skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor national economy skill
  • not needed by the target role political economy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role project management principles knowledge
5 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 labour law required
  • required, not held labour legislation required
  • required, not held labour market required
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
  • optional, not held employment law optional
Index

Other moves recorded from economic policy officer

Full index of moves from economic policy officer

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.