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A foreign correspondent already meets 75% of what the critic role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
75%
33.5/ 100
1 Share of the critic role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the foreign correspondent 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 this move works
A critic role treats 20 of its required skills as things a foreign correspondent already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply grammar and spelling rules
- build contacts to maintain news flow
- consult information sources
- copyright legislation
- develop professional network
- editorial standards
What stands in the way is 2 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 33 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A critic role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a foreign correspondent background worth leading with.
- already held promote one's writings communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held write captions communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held stay up to date with social media information skills
- already held manage personal finances management skills
- already held write headlines communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held evaluate writings in response to feedback communication, collaboration and creativity
All 33 carried skills, including the 20 the critic role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 20 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.
- required, not held critically reflect on artistic production processes required
- optional, not held rewrite manuscripts optional
- optional, not held address problems critically optional
- optional, not held attend performances optional
- optional, not held read books optional
- optional, not held watch video and motion picture production products optional
- required, not held analyse the comments of selected audiences required
- optional, not held analyse trends in the food and beverage industries optional
- optional, not held art history optional
- optional, not held history of dance style optional
- optional, not held musical instruments optional
- optional, not held musical theory optional
- optional, not held film studies optional
- optional, not held literature optional
- optional, not held musical genres optional
- optional, not held photography optional
- optional, not held types of literature genres optional
- optional, not held food materials optional
- optional, not held food science optional
- optional, not held food hygiene rules optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 entries a critic role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 analyse the comments of selected audiences skill · sector specific
- 02 critically reflect on artistic production processes skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 33 skills that carry over
- already held apply grammar and spelling rules skill
- already held build contacts to maintain news flow skill
- already held consult information sources skill
- already held copyright legislation knowledge
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held editorial standards knowledge
- already held evaluate writings in response to feedback skill
- already held follow ethical code of conduct of journalists skill
- already held follow the news skill
- already held grammar knowledge
- already held interview people skill
- already held interview techniques knowledge
- already held participate in editorial meetings skill
- already held rhetoric knowledge
- already held spelling knowledge
- already held stay up to date with social media skill
- already held study topics skill
- already held use specific writing techniques skill
- already held write to a deadline skill
- already held writing techniques knowledge
- already held apply desktop publishing techniques skill
- already held check correctness of information skill
- already held create online news content skill
- already held desktop publishing knowledge
- already held manage personal finances skill
- already held manage writing administration skill
- already held multimedia systems knowledge
- already held press law knowledge
- already held promote one's writings skill
- already held proofread text skill
- already held provide written content skill
- already held write captions skill
- already held write headlines skill
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held analyse trends in the food and beverage industries optional
- optional, not held art history optional
- optional, not held food hygiene rules optional
- optional, not held food materials optional
- optional, not held food science optional
- optional, not held history of dance style optional
- optional, not held musical instruments optional
- optional, not held musical theory optional
- optional, not held rewrite manuscripts optional
- optional, not held address problems critically optional
- optional, not held attend performances optional
- optional, not held film studies optional
- optional, not held literature optional
- optional, not held musical genres optional
- optional, not held photography optional
- optional, not held read books optional
- optional, not held types of literature genres optional
- optional, not held watch video and motion picture production products optional
15 held skills the critic role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT software specifications knowledge
- not needed by the target role adapt to changing situations skill
- not needed by the target role adapt to type of media skill
- not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
- not needed by the target role do historical research skill
- not needed by the target role document interviews skill
- not needed by the target role follow directions of on-site director skill
- not needed by the target role observe new developments in foreign countries skill
- not needed by the target role present during live broadcasts skill
- not needed by the target role pronunciation techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide context to news stories skill
- not needed by the target role rewrite articles skill
- not needed by the target role show intercultural awareness skill
- not needed by the target role speak different languages skill
- not needed by the target role study cultures skill
12 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 art history optional
- optional, not held food hygiene rules optional
- optional, not held food materials optional
- optional, not held food science optional
- optional, not held history of dance style optional
- optional, not held musical instruments optional
- optional, not held musical theory optional
- optional, not held film studies optional
- optional, not held literature optional
- optional, not held musical genres optional
- optional, not held photography optional
- optional, not held types of literature genres optional
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.