Life coach to medium
A life coach already meets 55% of what the medium role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
44.9/ 100
1 How much of what a medium is expected to do is already part of a life coach’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 medium role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A medium role treats 7 of its required skills as things a life coach already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- counsel clients
- develop professional network
- listen actively
- maintain customer service
- manage personal professional development
- rhetoric
What stands in the way is 5 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A medium 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 coach clients communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held counsel clients communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held perform lectures communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held rhetoric social sciences, journalism and information
- already held use consulting techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage a small-to-medium business management skills
All 13 carried skills, including the 7 the medium role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 12 missing skills fall into 4 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 use séance tools required
- still to learn prospect new customers required
- optional, not held apply crisis intervention optional
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held perform live optional
- optional, not held entertain people optional
- optional, not held perform improvisation optional
- still to learn occultism required
- still to learn spiritualism required
- still to learn maintain privacy of service users required
- optional, not held provide spiritual counselling optional
- optional, not held psychology optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a medium 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 · The rest of the record
All 13 skills that carry over
- already held counsel clients skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held listen actively skill
- already held maintain customer service skill
- already held manage personal professional development skill
- already held rhetoric knowledge
- already held use consulting techniques skill
- already held administer appointments skill
- already held coach clients skill
- already held keep personal administration skill
- already held manage a small-to-medium business skill
- already held perform lectures skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply crisis intervention optional
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held perform live optional
- optional, not held entertain people optional
- optional, not held perform improvisation optional
- optional, not held provide spiritual counselling optional
- optional, not held psychology optional
14 held skills the medium role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess character skill
- not needed by the target role assist clients with personal development skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers 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 advice on personal matters 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 maintain professional administration skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
- not needed by the target role provide career counselling skill
- not needed by the target role teach communication to clients skill
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 occultism required
- still to learn spiritualism required
- optional, not held psychology optional
Common questions about this move
Can a life coach become a medium?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A life coach already covers 55% of what a medium is expected to do: 13 skills carry over, 7 of which the medium role treats as required.
What skills does a life coach need to become a medium?
5 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is use séance tools.
How hard is the move from life coach to medium?
Its learning distance is 44.9 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.