life coachtodating service consultant
A life coach already meets 48% of what the dating service consultant role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
48%
55.4/ 100
1 Share of the dating service consultant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the life coach 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 dating service consultant role treats 8 of its required skills as things a life coach already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- assess character
- develop professional network
- give advice on personal matters
- listen actively
- maintain customer service
- maintain relationship with customers
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 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A dating service consultant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a life coach background worth leading with.
- already held teach communication to clients communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held give advice on personal matters assisting and caring
- already held assess character management skills
- already held perform lectures communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use consulting techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage a small-to-medium business management skills
All 14 carried skills, including the 8 the dating service consultant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 18 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.
- required, not held advise on dating required
- required, not held identify customer's needs required
- required, not held promote human rights required
- optional, not held advise on online dating optional
- optional, not held perform dating coaching optional
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held teach fashion to clients optional
- optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
- optional, not held assist clients with special needs optional
- required, not held set up dates required
- required, not held profile people required
- required, not held match people required
- optional, not held apply company policies optional
- required, not held sexology required
- optional, not held psychology optional
- optional, not held use personality tests optional
- optional, not held document interviews optional
- optional, not held manage tests optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a dating service consultant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise on dating skill · occupation specific
- 02 match people skill · occupation specific
- 03 set up dates skill · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 14 skills that carry over
- already held assess character skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held give advice on personal matters skill
- already held listen actively skill
- already held maintain customer service skill
- already held maintain relationship with customers skill
- already held teach communication to clients skill
- already held use consulting techniques skill
- already held administer appointments skill
- already held keep personal administration skill
- already held maintain professional administration skill
- already held manage a small-to-medium business skill
- already held perform lectures skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on online dating optional
- optional, not held perform dating coaching optional
- optional, not held use personality tests optional
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held teach fashion to clients optional
- optional, not held apply company policies optional
- optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
- optional, not held assist clients with special needs optional
- optional, not held document interviews optional
- optional, not held manage tests optional
- optional, not held psychology optional
13 held skills the dating service consultant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assist clients with personal development skill
- not needed by the target role coach clients skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role counsel clients skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate clients' progress skill
- not needed by the target role facilitate job market access skill
- not needed by the target role give constructive feedback skill
- not needed by the target role help clients make decisions during counselling sessions skill
- not needed by the target role identify training needs skill
- not needed by the target role manage personal professional development skill
- not needed by the target role provide career counselling skill
- not needed by the target role rhetoric knowledge
2 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 sexology required
- optional, not held psychology optional
Other moves recorded from life coach
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.