Employment and vocational integration consultant to employment agent
An employment and vocational integration consultant already meets 66% of what the employment agent role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
36.8/ 100
1 How much of what an employment agent is expected to do is already part of an employment and vocational integration consultant’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 employment agent role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An employment agent role treats 13 of its required skills as things an employment and vocational integration consultant already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply knowledge of human behaviour
- communicate by telephone
- develop professional network
- document interviews
- employment law
- interview people
What stands in the way is 4 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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An employment agent role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an employment and vocational integration consultant background worth leading with.
- already held prepare for job interview communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held facilitate job market access communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held profile people management skills
- already held job market offers business, administration and law
- already held assess character management skills
- already held maintain privacy of service users assisting and caring
All 17 carried skills, including the 13 the employment agent role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 6 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 promote gender equality in business contexts required
- still to learn ensure gender equality in the workplace required
- optional, not held promote inclusion optional
- optional, not held provide information on study programmes optional
- still to learn hire human resources required
- still to learn support employability of people with disabilities required
- optional, not held advise on career optional
- optional, not held assist clients with personal development optional
- optional, not held promote employment policy optional
- optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
- optional, not held mentor individuals optional
- optional, not held human resource management optional
- optional, not held analyse unemployment rates optional
- optional, not held search databases optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an employment agent role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 hire human resources practise this
- 02 promote gender equality in business contexts practise this
- 03 ensure gender equality in the workplace practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 17 skills that carry over
- already held apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
- already held communicate by telephone skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held document interviews skill
- already held employment law knowledge
- already held interview people skill
- already held job market offers knowledge
- already held labour legislation knowledge
- already held listen actively skill
- already held maintain privacy of service users skill
- already held observe confidentiality skill
- already held profile people skill
- already held recruit employees skill
- already held assess character skill
- already held facilitate job market access skill
- already held fix meetings skill
- already held prepare for job interview skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on career optional
- optional, not held analyse unemployment rates optional
- optional, not held assist clients with personal development optional
- optional, not held promote employment policy optional
- optional, not held human resource management optional
- optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
- optional, not held mentor individuals optional
- optional, not held promote inclusion optional
- optional, not held provide information on study programmes optional
- optional, not held search databases optional
20 held skills the employment agent role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role administer appointments skill
- not needed by the target role advertising techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply social media marketing skill
- not needed by the target role assess candidates skill
- not needed by the target role deliver online training skill
- not needed by the target role develop course outline skill
- not needed by the target role develop employee retention programs skill
- not needed by the target role give advice on personal matters skill
- not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
- not needed by the target role implement customer follow-up skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with colleagues skill
- not needed by the target role maintain professional administration skill
- not needed by the target role market analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role negotiate employment agreements skill
- not needed by the target role online job platforms knowledge
- not needed by the target role relate empathetically skill
- not needed by the target role teach writing skill
- not needed by the target role use communication techniques skill
- not needed by the target role work in vocational school skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held human resource management optional
Other moves recorded from employment and vocational integration consultant
- recruitment consultant 70% covered · moderate
- human resources assistant 59% covered · moderate
- human resources officer 58% covered · moderate
- dating service consultant 37% covered · substantial
Full index of moves from employment and vocational integration consultant
Common questions about this move
Can an employment and vocational integration consultant become an employment agent?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An employment and vocational integration consultant already covers 66% of what an employment agent is expected to do: 17 skills carry over, 13 of which the employment agent role treats as required.
What skills does an employment and vocational integration consultant need to become an employment agent?
4 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is hire human resources.
How hard is the move from employment and vocational integration consultant to employment agent?
Its learning distance is 36.8 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.