Labour market policy officer to economic policy officer
A labour market policy officer already meets 36% of what the economic policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
60.7/ 100
1 How much of what an economic policy officer is expected to do is already part of a labour market policy officer’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 economic policy officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An economic policy officer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a labour market policy officer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise legislators
- advise on legislative acts
- create solutions to problems
- maintain relationships with government agencies
- manage government policy implementation
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 · What you already bring
Of the 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An economic policy officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a labour market policy officer background worth leading with.
- already held advise legislators communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held policy analysis social sciences, journalism and information
- already held liaise with politicians communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held carry out strategic research information skills
- already held advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage government policy implementation management skills
All 11 carried skills, including the 5 the economic policy officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 5 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 monitor national economy required
- still to learn analyse economic trends required
- still to learn forecast economic trends required
- still to learn political economy required
- still to learn economics required
- still to learn government policy implementation required
- still to learn maintain relations with local representatives required
- still to learn advise on economic development required
- optional, not held advise on drafting policies optional
- optional, not held establish collaborative relations optional
- still to learn consider economic criteria in decision making required
- still to learn develop economic policies required
- optional, not held international commercial transactions rules optional
- optional, not held international tariffs optional
- optional, not held international business optional
- optional, not held international trade optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an economic policy officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 maintain relations with local representatives practise this
- 02 monitor national economy practise this
- 03 political economy study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 11 skills that carry over
- already held advise legislators skill
- already held advise on legislative acts skill
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
- already held manage government policy implementation skill
- already held carry out strategic research skill
- already held liaise with politicians skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held policy analysis knowledge
- already held project management knowledge
- already held scientific research methodology knowledge
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on drafting policies optional
- optional, not held international commercial transactions rules optional
- optional, not held international tariffs optional
- optional, not held establish collaborative relations optional
- optional, not held international business optional
- optional, not held international trade optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
14 held skills the economic policy officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role European Structural and Investment Funds regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse community needs skill
- not needed by the target role analyse goal progress skill
- not needed by the target role analyse the training market skill
- not needed by the target role analyse unemployment rates skill
- not needed by the target role develop employment policies skill
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role employment law knowledge
- not needed by the target role labour law knowledge
- not needed by the target role labour legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role labour market knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with union officials skill
- not needed by the target role promote employment policy skill
- not needed by the target role represent union members 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.
- still to learn political economy required
- still to learn economics required
- still to learn government policy implementation required
- optional, not held international commercial transactions rules optional
- optional, not held international tariffs optional
- optional, not held international business optional
- optional, not held international trade optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
Other moves recorded from labour market policy officer
Common questions about this move
Can a labour market policy officer become an economic policy officer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A labour market policy officer already covers 36% of what an economic policy officer is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 5 of which the economic policy officer role treats as required.
What skills does a labour market policy officer need to become an economic policy officer?
10 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is maintain relations with local representatives.
How hard is the move from labour market policy officer to economic policy officer?
Its learning distance is 60.7 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.