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

fact checkertoeditorial assistant

A fact checker already meets 23% of what the editorial assistant role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From fact checker
23%
Overlap1
To editorial assistant
7 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
72.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

23%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

72.5/ 100

1 Share of the editorial assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the fact checker 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 editorial assistant role treats 3 of its required skills as things a fact checker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • consult information sources
  • press law
  • use word processing software

What stands in the way is 12 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A editorial assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a fact checker background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held search engines social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held search databases working with computers
  • already held press law business, administration and law
  • already held writing techniques arts and humanities
  • already held use word processing software working with computers
  • already held consult information sources information skills

All 7 carried skills, including the 3 the editorial assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 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 information skills 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held check correctness of information required
  • required, not held manage information sources required
  • required, not held structure information required
  • optional, not held evaluate interview reports optional
02 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held database management systems required
  • required, not held desktop publishing required
  • optional, not held audio editing software optional
  • optional, not held authoring software optional
03 social sciences, journalism and information 2 required
  • required, not held digital journalism required
  • required, not held editorial standards required
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held adapt to type of media required
  • optional, not held edit scripts optional
  • optional, not held participate in editorial meetings optional
  • optional, not held select scripts optional
  • optional, not held use specific writing techniques optional
05 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held follow newspaper house style required
  • optional, not held answer incoming calls optional
06 working with computers 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held use spreadsheets software required
  • optional, not held digital content creation optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a editorial assistant 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held consult information sources skill
  • already held press law knowledge
  • already held use word processing software skill
  • already held interview people skill
  • already held search databases skill
  • already held search engines knowledge
  • already held writing techniques knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held linguistics required
08 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held media law required
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held digital content creation optional
  • optional, not held edit scripts optional
  • optional, not held participate in editorial meetings optional
  • optional, not held select scripts optional
  • optional, not held use specific writing techniques optional
  • optional, not held answer incoming calls optional
  • optional, not held audio editing software optional
  • optional, not held authoring software optional
  • optional, not held evaluate interview reports optional
11 held skills the editorial assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
  • not needed by the target role consult with editor skill
  • not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
  • not needed by the target role interview techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role media and information literacy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform background research on writing subject skill
  • not needed by the target role proofread text skill
  • not needed by the target role read manuscripts skill
  • not needed by the target role review unpublished articles skill
  • not needed by the target role rewrite manuscripts skill
  • not needed by the target role scientific research methodology knowledge
8 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 database management systems required
  • required, not held digital journalism required
  • required, not held desktop publishing required
  • required, not held editorial standards required
  • required, not held linguistics required
  • required, not held media law required
  • optional, not held audio editing software optional
  • optional, not held authoring software optional
Index

Other moves recorded from fact checker

Full index of moves from fact checker

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.