Table 1Transition record

intellectual property consultanttoprosecutor

A intellectual property consultant already meets 35% of what the prosecutor role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From intellectual property consultant

35%

Overlap1

To prosecutor

11 Skills carried over

10 Required, not held

61.3 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

35%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

61.3/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the prosecutor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the intellectual property consultant 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 prosecutor role treats 6 of its required skills as things a intellectual property consultant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

court procedures
interpret law
legal research
legal terminology
present arguments persuasively
present legal arguments

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A prosecutor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a intellectual property consultant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held negotiate in legal cases communication, collaboration and creativity
already held present legal arguments communication, collaboration and creativity
already held interpret law communication, collaboration and creativity
already held present arguments persuasively communication, collaboration and creativity
already held provide legal advice communication, collaboration and creativity
already held legal terminology business, administration and law

All 11 carried skills, including the 6 the prosecutor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 missing skills fall into 6 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 5 supplementary

required, not held negotiate lawyer's fee required
required, not held present evidence required
required, not held represent clients in courts required

optional, not held advise on legal decisions optional
optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
optional, not held conduct research interview optional
optional, not held handle case evidence optional
optional, not held hear witness accounts optional

02 business, administration and law 2 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held criminal law required
required, not held legal case management required

optional, not held civil law optional
optional, not held civil process order optional
optional, not held procurement legislation optional

03 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held comply with legal regulations required
required, not held observe confidentiality required

optional, not held respond to enquiries optional

04 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held analyse legal evidence required
required, not held compile legal documents required

optional, not held document evidence optional

05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held government representation required

optional, not held rhetoric optional

06 services 1 supplementary

optional, not held law enforcement optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a prosecutor 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 11 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held court procedures knowledge
already held interpret law skill
already held legal research knowledge
already held legal terminology knowledge
already held present arguments persuasively skill
already held present legal arguments skill
already held contract law knowledge
already held ensure law application skill
already held negotiate in legal cases skill
already held protect client interests skill
already held provide legal advice skill

12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held advise on legal decisions optional
optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
optional, not held civil law optional
optional, not held civil process order optional
optional, not held conduct research interview optional
optional, not held document evidence optional
optional, not held handle case evidence optional
optional, not held hear witness accounts optional
optional, not held law enforcement optional
optional, not held procurement legislation optional
optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
optional, not held rhetoric optional

19 held skills the prosecutor role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role advise on licencing procedures skill
not needed by the target role advise on patents skill
not needed by the target role apply for patents skill
not needed by the target role commercial law knowledge
not needed by the target role copyright legislation knowledge
not needed by the target role corporate law knowledge
not needed by the target role create patent draft skill
not needed by the target role develop licensing agreements skill
not needed by the target role intellectual property law knowledge
not needed by the target role manage intellectual property rights skill
not needed by the target role market research knowledge
not needed by the target role monitor legislation developments skill
not needed by the target role patents knowledge
not needed by the target role provide advice on trademarks skill
not needed by the target role scientific research methodology knowledge
not needed by the target role security engineering knowledge
not needed by the target role technical terminology knowledge
not needed by the target role trademarks knowledge
not needed by the target role use consulting techniques skill

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 criminal law required
required, not held government representation required
required, not held legal case management required
optional, not held civil law optional
optional, not held civil process order optional
optional, not held law enforcement optional
optional, not held procurement legislation optional
optional, not held rhetoric optional

Index

Other moves recorded from intellectual property consultant

Full index of moves from intellectual property consultant

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.