Table 1Transition record

legal policy officertolabour market policy officer

A legal policy officer already meets 41% of what the labour market policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From legal policy officer

41%

Overlap1

To labour market policy officer

11 Skills carried over

7 Required, not held

55.2 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

41%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

55.2/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the labour market policy officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the legal policy officer 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 labour market policy officer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a legal policy officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

advise on legislative acts
create solutions to problems
labour law
manage government policy implementation

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

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

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held labour law business, administration and law
already held advise legislators communication, collaboration and creativity
already held policy analysis social sciences, journalism and information
already held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations business, administration and law
already held liaise with politicians communication, collaboration and creativity
already held advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity

All 11 carried skills, including the 4 the labour market policy officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 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.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held promote employment policy required
required, not held maintain relationships with government agencies required

optional, not held represent union members optional
optional, not held analyse community needs optional
optional, not held liaise with union officials optional

02 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held analyse the training market required
required, not held analyse unemployment rates required

optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
optional, not held carry out strategic research optional

03 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held labour legislation required

optional, not held project management optional

04 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held develop employment policies required

optional, not held perform project management optional

05 health and welfare 1 required

required, not held labour market required

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a labour market policy officer 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 advise on legislative acts skill
already held create solutions to problems skill
already held labour law knowledge
already held manage government policy implementation skill
already held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations knowledge
already held advise legislators skill
already held develop professional network skill
already held employment law knowledge
already held liaise with politicians skill
already held policy analysis knowledge
already held scientific research methodology knowledge

7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held project management optional
optional, not held represent union members optional
optional, not held analyse community needs optional
optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
optional, not held carry out strategic research optional
optional, not held liaise with union officials optional
optional, not held perform project management optional

35 held skills the labour market policy officer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role advise on legal decisions skill
not needed by the target role air transport law knowledge
not needed by the target role analyse legal evidence skill
not needed by the target role analyse legislation skill
not needed by the target role anti-dumping law knowledge
not needed by the target role apply immigration law skill
not needed by the target role business law knowledge
not needed by the target role civil law knowledge
not needed by the target role commercial law knowledge
not needed by the target role competition law knowledge
not needed by the target role compile legal documents skill
not needed by the target role constitutional law knowledge
not needed by the target role consumer law knowledge
not needed by the target role contract law knowledge
not needed by the target role corporate law knowledge
not needed by the target role criminal law knowledge
not needed by the target role customs law knowledge
not needed by the target role education law knowledge
not needed by the target role election law knowledge
not needed by the target role family law knowledge
not needed by the target role government policy knowledge
not needed by the target role government policy implementation knowledge
not needed by the target role immigration law knowledge
not needed by the target role insolvency law knowledge
not needed by the target role insurance law knowledge
not needed by the target role intellectual property law knowledge
not needed by the target role international human rights law knowledge
not needed by the target role international law knowledge
not needed by the target role legal case management knowledge
not needed by the target role legal research knowledge
not needed by the target role legal studies knowledge
not needed by the target role perform scientific research skill
not needed by the target role provide legal advice skill
not needed by the target role public law knowledge
not needed by the target role social security law knowledge

3 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 labour legislation required
required, not held labour market required
optional, not held project management optional

Index

Other moves recorded from legal policy officer

Full index of moves from legal policy officer

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.