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

educational counsellortocareer guidance advisor

A educational counsellor already meets 32% of what the career guidance advisor role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.

From educational counsellor
32%
Overlap1
To career guidance advisor
20 Skills carried over
18 Required, not held
73.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

32%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

73.9/ 100

1 Share of the career guidance advisor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the educational counsellor 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 career guidance advisor role treats 7 of its required skills as things a educational counsellor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • assessment processes
  • counselling methods
  • listen actively
  • monitor educational developments
  • provide career counselling
  • provide information on education financing

What stands in the way is 18 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 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A career guidance advisor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a educational counsellor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held perform educational testing management skills
  • already held provide information on education financing communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held communicate about youth's well-being communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held establish educational network communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held counsel students communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held provide information on study programmes assisting and caring

All 20 carried skills, including the 7 the career guidance advisor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 36 missing skills fall into 8 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 9 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held provide assistance with job search required
  • required, not held assist clients with personal development required
  • required, not held encourage counselled clients to examine themselves required
  • required, not held facilitate job market access required
  • required, not held work with different target groups required
  • required, not held advise on training courses required
  • required, not held coach clients required
  • required, not held counsel clients required
  • required, not held identify clients' needs required
  • optional, not held manage professional transition in an arts career optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
  • optional, not held use consulting techniques optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
02 management skills 2 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held assess candidates required
  • required, not held maintain professional administration required
  • optional, not held assess prior learning optional
  • optional, not held organise study information sessions optional
  • optional, not held assess students' preliminary learning experiences optional
  • optional, not held encourage students to acknowledge their achievements optional
  • optional, not held identify training needs optional
  • optional, not held organise job search workshops optional
  • optional, not held organise projects to fill education needs optional
03 education 2 required
  • required, not held curriculum objectives required
  • required, not held curriculum standards required
04 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held apply quality standards to the interaction with candidates required
  • required, not held evaluate clients' progress required
05 business, administration and law 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held job market offers required
  • optional, not held application process optional
  • optional, not held project management optional
  • optional, not held university procedures optional
  • optional, not held labour legislation optional
06 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held have emotional intelligence required
  • optional, not held provide information on school services optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a career guidance advisor 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 20 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assessment processes knowledge
  • already held counselling methods knowledge
  • already held listen actively skill
  • already held monitor educational developments skill
  • already held provide career counselling skill
  • already held provide information on education financing skill
  • already held provide information on study programmes skill
  • already held adult education knowledge
  • already held communicate about youth's well-being skill
  • already held communicate with youth skill
  • already held cooperate with education professionals skill
  • already held counsel students skill
  • already held education law knowledge
  • already held establish educational network skill
  • already held identify education needs skill
  • already held liaise with educational staff skill
  • already held oversee extra-curricular activities skill
  • already held perform educational testing skill
  • already held psychological counselling methods knowledge
  • already held psychology knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 health and welfare 1 required
  • required, not held labour market required
08 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held personal reflection techniques based on feedback optional
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held application process optional
  • optional, not held assess prior learning optional
  • optional, not held organise study information sessions optional
  • optional, not held assess students' preliminary learning experiences optional
  • optional, not held manage professional transition in an arts career optional
  • optional, not held project management optional
  • optional, not held university procedures optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
  • optional, not held encourage students to acknowledge their achievements optional
  • optional, not held identify training needs optional
  • optional, not held labour legislation optional
  • optional, not held organise job search workshops optional
  • optional, not held organise projects to fill education needs optional
  • optional, not held personal reflection techniques based on feedback optional
  • optional, not held provide information on school services optional
  • optional, not held use consulting techniques optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
29 held skills the career guidance advisor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adolescent psychological development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role advise on learning methods skill
  • not needed by the target role apply crisis intervention skill
  • not needed by the target role assist in the organisation of school events skill
  • not needed by the target role assist students in their learning skill
  • not needed by the target role behavioural disorders knowledge
  • not needed by the target role client-centred counselling knowledge
  • not needed by the target role community education knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct educational activities skill
  • not needed by the target role consult student's support system skill
  • not needed by the target role crisis intervention knowledge
  • not needed by the target role developmental psychology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role guarantee students' safety skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect education institutions skill
  • 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 liaise with educational institutions skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with educational support staff skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain relations with children's parents skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor student's behaviour skill
  • not needed by the target role post-secondary school procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role primary school procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role school psychology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role secondary school procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role show consideration for student's situation skill
  • not needed by the target role support children's wellbeing skill
  • not needed by the target role tackle issues that block academic progress skill
  • not needed by the target role use psychoeducation skill
  • not needed by the target role work in vocational school 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 curriculum objectives required
  • required, not held curriculum standards required
  • required, not held job market offers required
  • required, not held labour market required
  • optional, not held application process optional
  • optional, not held project management optional
  • optional, not held university procedures optional
  • optional, not held labour legislation optional
  • optional, not held personal reflection techniques based on feedback optional
Index

Other moves recorded from educational counsellor

Full index of moves from educational counsellor

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.