Legal policy officer to labour 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.
55.2/ 100
1 How much of what a labour market policy officer is expected to do is already part of a legal 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 labour market policy officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A labour market policy officer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a legal policy officer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- 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 · 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.
- 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 · What you may need to learn
The 14 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 promote employment policy required
- still to learn 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
- still to learn analyse the training market required
- still to learn analyse unemployment rates required
- optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
- optional, not held carry out strategic research optional
- still to learn labour legislation required
- optional, not held project management optional
- still to learn develop employment policies required
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- still to learn labour market required
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.
- 01 analyse the training market practise this
- 02 analyse unemployment rates practise this
- 03 develop employment policies practise 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 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
- 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
- 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.
- still to learn labour legislation required
- still to learn labour market required
- optional, not held project management optional
Common questions about this move
Can a legal policy officer become a labour market policy officer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A legal policy officer already covers 41% of what a labour market policy officer is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 4 of which the labour market policy officer role treats as required.
What skills does a legal policy officer need to become a labour market policy officer?
7 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is analyse the training market.
How hard is the move from legal policy officer to labour market policy officer?
Its learning distance is 55.2 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.