Educational psychologist to academic advisor
An educational psychologist already meets 31% of what the academic advisor role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
64.6/ 100
1 How much of what an academic advisor is expected to do is already part of an educational psychologist’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 4 of its required skills as things an educational psychologist already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assessment processes
- counsel students
- education law
- listen actively
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 · What you already bring
Of the 10 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 an educational psychologist background worth leading with.
- already held counsel students communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held action research education
- already held learning needs analysis education
- already held education law business, administration and law
- already held consult student's support system communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held psychology social sciences, journalism and information
All 10 carried skills, including the 4 the academic advisor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 7 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 provide information on education financing optional
- optional, not held cooperate with education professionals optional
- optional, not held promote education programmes optional
- optional, not held provide career counselling optional
- still to learn construct individual learning plans required
- still to learn encourage students to acknowledge their achievements required
- optional, not held identify education needs optional
- optional, not held organise job search workshops optional
- still to learn provide information on school services required
- still to learn provide information on study programmes required
- optional, not held tackle issues that block academic progress optional
- still to learn curriculum objectives required
- still to learn curriculum standards required
- still to learn counselling methods required
- optional, not held labour market optional
- still to learn monitor educational developments required
- optional, not held analyse education system optional
1 further area in the appendix
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 counselling methods study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 10 skills that carry over
- already held assessment processes knowledge
- already held counsel students skill
- already held education law knowledge
- already held listen actively skill
- already held action research knowledge
- already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
- already held consult student's support system skill
- already held learning difficulties knowledge
- already held learning needs analysis knowledge
- already held psychology knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held university procedures optional
- optional, not held education administration optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held provide information on education financing optional
- optional, not held university procedures optional
- optional, not held analyse education system optional
- optional, not held cooperate with education professionals optional
- optional, not held education administration optional
- optional, not held identify education needs optional
- optional, not held labour market optional
- optional, not held organise job search workshops optional
- optional, not held promote education programmes optional
- optional, not held provide career counselling optional
- optional, not held tackle issues that block academic progress optional
35 held skills the academic advisor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adolescent psychological development knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply crisis intervention skill
- not needed by the target role behavioural disorders knowledge
- not needed by the target role carry out psychiatric assessment of child 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 communication disorders knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct psychological research skill
- not needed by the target role consultation knowledge
- not needed by the target role crisis intervention knowledge
- not needed by the target role developmental psychology knowledge
- not needed by the target role diagnose education problems skill
- not needed by the target role diagnose psychiatric symptoms skill
- not needed by the target role guarantee students' safety skill
- not needed by the target role interpret psychological tests skill
- not needed by the target role keep up-to-date with training subjects skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with educational staff skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with educational support staff skill
- not needed by the target role monitor student's behaviour skill
- not needed by the target role monitor therapeutic progress 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 psychiatric disorders knowledge
- not needed by the target role psychological counselling methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role publish academic research skill
- not needed by the target role school psychology knowledge
- not needed by the target role scientific research methodology 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 social development knowledge
- not needed by the target role support children's wellbeing skill
- not needed by the target role test for behavioural patterns skill
- not needed by the target role test for emotional patterns skill
- not needed by the target role use psychoeducation skill
- not needed by the target role write research proposals skill
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn counselling methods required
- still to learn curriculum objectives required
- still to learn curriculum standards required
- optional, not held university procedures optional
- optional, not held education administration optional
- optional, not held labour market optional
Other moves recorded from educational psychologist
Common questions about this move
Can an educational psychologist become an academic advisor?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An educational psychologist already covers 31% of what an academic advisor is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 4 of which the academic advisor role treats as required.
What skills does an educational psychologist need to become an academic advisor?
10 required skills are missing, plus 11 optional ones. They fall into 7 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 educational psychologist to academic advisor?
Its learning distance is 64.6 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.