linguistics lecturertolinguist
A linguistics lecturer already meets 80% of what the linguist role asks for. The move turns on 1 required skill not yet in the profile.
80%
30.7/ 100
1 Share of the linguist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the linguistics lecturer 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 linguist role treats 36 of its required skills as things a linguistics lecturer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct research across disciplines
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
What stands in the way is 1 required skill 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 44 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A linguist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a linguistics lecturer background worth leading with.
- already held study acquisition of language information skills
- already held forensic linguistics arts and humanities
- already held philology arts and humanities
- already held psycholinguistics social sciences, journalism and information
- already held theoretical lexicography arts and humanities
- already held phonetics arts and humanities
All 44 carried skills, including the 36 the linguist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 26 missing skills fall into 7 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 apply scientific methods required
- optional, not held develop scientific theories optional
- optional, not held develop terminology databases optional
- optional, not held conduct field work optional
- optional, not held conduct public surveys optional
- optional, not held develop technical glossaries optional
- optional, not held cooperate in linguistic process steps optional
- optional, not held improve translated texts optional
- optional, not held interview focus groups optional
- optional, not held teach languages optional
- optional, not held translate language concepts optional
- optional, not held use consulting techniques optional
- optional, not held write research proposals optional
- optional, not held history optional
- optional, not held history of literature optional
- optional, not held literature optional
- optional, not held practical lexicography optional
- optional, not held pronunciation techniques optional
- optional, not held terminology optional
- optional, not held anthropology optional
- optional, not held postediting optional
- optional, not held journalism optional
- optional, not held manage ICT semantic integration optional
- optional, not held use word processing software optional
- optional, not held computer engineering optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 1 entries a linguist 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 44 skills that carry over
- already held apply for research funding skill
- already held apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities skill
- already held communicate with a non-scientific audience skill
- already held conduct research across disciplines skill
- already held demonstrate disciplinary expertise skill
- already held develop professional network with researchers and scientists skill
- already held disseminate results to the scientific community skill
- already held draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation skill
- already held evaluate research activities skill
- already held grammar knowledge
- already held increase the impact of science on policy and society skill
- already held integrate gender dimension in research skill
- already held interact professionally in research and professional environments skill
- already held linguistics knowledge
- already held manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data skill
- already held manage intellectual property rights skill
- already held manage open publications skill
- already held manage personal professional development skill
- already held manage research data skill
- already held mentor individuals skill
- already held operate open source software skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held perform scientific research skill
- already held phonetics knowledge
- already held promote open innovation in research skill
- already held promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities skill
- already held promote the transfer of knowledge skill
- already held publish academic research skill
- already held scientific research methodology knowledge
- already held semantics knowledge
- already held speak different languages skill
- already held spelling knowledge
- already held study acquisition of language skill
- already held synthesise information skill
- already held think abstractly skill
- already held write scientific publications skill
- already held apply blended learning skill
- already held apply teaching strategies skill
- already held cultural history knowledge
- already held forensic linguistics knowledge
- already held philology knowledge
- already held psycholinguistics knowledge
- already held teach in academic or vocational contexts skill
- already held theoretical lexicography knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held computer science optional
25 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held anthropology optional
- optional, not held cooperate in linguistic process steps optional
- optional, not held develop scientific theories optional
- optional, not held develop terminology databases optional
- optional, not held improve translated texts optional
- optional, not held manage ICT semantic integration optional
- optional, not held postediting optional
- optional, not held computer engineering optional
- optional, not held computer science optional
- optional, not held conduct field work optional
- optional, not held conduct public surveys optional
- optional, not held develop technical glossaries optional
- optional, not held history optional
- optional, not held history of literature optional
- optional, not held interview focus groups optional
- optional, not held journalism optional
- optional, not held literature optional
- optional, not held practical lexicography optional
- optional, not held pronunciation techniques optional
- optional, not held teach languages optional
- optional, not held terminology optional
- optional, not held translate language concepts optional
- optional, not held use consulting techniques optional
- optional, not held use word processing software optional
- optional, not held write research proposals optional
47 held skills the linguist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role Computer Assisted Language Learning knowledge
- not needed by the target role academic English knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply intercultural teaching strategies skill
- not needed by the target role assess students skill
- not needed by the target role assessment processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role assist in the organisation of school events skill
- not needed by the target role assist students in their learning skill
- not needed by the target role assist students with equipment skill
- not needed by the target role assist students with their dissertation skill
- not needed by the target role classical languages knowledge
- not needed by the target role compile course material skill
- not needed by the target role conduct qualitative research skill
- not needed by the target role conduct quantitative research skill
- not needed by the target role conduct scholarly research skill
- not needed by the target role curriculum objectives knowledge
- not needed by the target role demonstrate when teaching skill
- not needed by the target role develop course outline skill
- not needed by the target role develop learning curriculum skill
- not needed by the target role discuss research proposals skill
- not needed by the target role establish collaborative relations skill
- not needed by the target role facilitate teamwork between students skill
- not needed by the target role funding methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role give constructive feedback skill
- not needed by the target role guarantee students' safety skill
- not needed by the target role keep records of attendance skill
- not needed by the target role language teaching methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role learning difficulties knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with educational staff skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with educational support staff skill
- not needed by the target role manage resources for educational purposes skill
- not needed by the target role modern languages knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor developments in field of expertise skill
- not needed by the target role monitor educational developments skill
- not needed by the target role participate in scientific colloquia skill
- not needed by the target role perform classroom management skill
- not needed by the target role prepare lesson content skill
- not needed by the target role present reports skill
- not needed by the target role provide career counselling skill
- not needed by the target role provide lesson materials skill
- not needed by the target role provide technical expertise skill
7 further entries not listed here
11 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held anthropology optional
- optional, not held postediting optional
- optional, not held computer engineering optional
- optional, not held computer science optional
- optional, not held history optional
- optional, not held history of literature optional
- optional, not held journalism optional
- optional, not held literature optional
- optional, not held practical lexicography optional
- optional, not held pronunciation techniques optional
- optional, not held terminology optional
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.