genealogisttofact checker
A genealogist already meets 29% of what the fact checker role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
29%
61.7/ 100
1 Share of the fact checker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the genealogist 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 fact checker role treats 3 of its required skills as things a genealogist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- consult information sources
- proofread text
- search databases
What stands in the way is 7 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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A fact checker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a genealogist background worth leading with.
- already held search databases working with computers
- already held interview techniques social sciences, journalism and information
- already held proofread text communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held consult information sources information skills
- already held interview people communication, collaboration and creativity
All 5 carried skills, including the 3 the fact checker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 7 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 perform background research on writing subject required
- required, not held read manuscripts required
- required, not held review unpublished articles required
- required, not held communicate by telephone required
- required, not held develop professional network required
- optional, not held rewrite manuscripts optional
- optional, not held consult with editor optional
- required, not held search engines required
- optional, not held media and information literacy optional
- required, not held scientific research methodology required
- optional, not held writing techniques optional
- optional, not held press law optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a fact checker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 perform background research on writing subject skill · sector specific
- 02 read manuscripts skill · sector specific
- 03 review unpublished articles 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 5 skills that carry over
- already held consult information sources skill
- already held proofread text skill
- already held search databases skill
- already held interview people skill
- already held interview techniques knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held use word processing software optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held media and information literacy optional
- optional, not held rewrite manuscripts optional
- optional, not held consult with editor optional
- optional, not held press law optional
- optional, not held use word processing software optional
- optional, not held writing techniques optional
19 held skills the fact checker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse legislation skill
- not needed by the target role analyse recorded sources skill
- not needed by the target role conduct qualitative research skill
- not needed by the target role conduct research interview skill
- not needed by the target role copyright legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role document interviews skill
- not needed by the target role family law knowledge
- not needed by the target role genealogy knowledge
- not needed by the target role genomics knowledge
- not needed by the target role history knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect data skill
- not needed by the target role interpret pedigree charts skill
- not needed by the target role investigation research methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role research design knowledge
- not needed by the target role research family histories skill
- not needed by the target role social sciences knowledge
- not needed by the target role suggest revision of manuscripts skill
- not needed by the target role transcription methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held search engines required
- required, not held scientific research methodology required
- optional, not held media and information literacy optional
- optional, not held press law optional
- optional, not held writing techniques 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.