market research interviewertosurvey enumerator
A market research interviewer already meets 72% of what the survey enumerator role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
72%
30/ 100
1 Share of the survey enumerator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the market research interviewer 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 survey enumerator role treats 11 of its required skills as things a market research interviewer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adhere to questionnaires
- capture people's attention
- communication
- document interviews
- information confidentiality
- interview techniques
What stands in the way is 3 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 25 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A survey enumerator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a market research interviewer background worth leading with.
- already held use questioning techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held capture people's attention communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held prepare survey report communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held explain interview purposes communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held adhere to questionnaires communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held tabulate survey results information skills
All 25 carried skills, including the 11 the survey enumerator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 12 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 interview people required
- optional, not held manage needs for stationery items optional
- required, not held fill out forms required
- optional, not held conduct public surveys optional
- required, not held observe confidentiality required
- optional, not held national population census optional
- optional, not held demography optional
- optional, not held opinion poll optional
- optional, not held operate GPS systems optional
- optional, not held use microsoft office optional
- optional, not held use office systems optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a survey enumerator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 interview people skill · sector specific
- 02 fill out forms skill · cross sector
- 03 observe confidentiality skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 25 skills that carry over
- already held adhere to questionnaires skill
- already held capture people's attention skill
- already held communication knowledge
- already held document interviews skill
- already held information confidentiality knowledge
- already held interview techniques knowledge
- already held prepare survey report skill
- already held respond to enquiries skill
- already held survey techniques knowledge
- already held tabulate survey results skill
- already held use questioning techniques skill
- already held communicate by telephone skill
- already held data quality assessment knowledge
- already held design questionnaires skill
- already held evaluate interview reports skill
- already held explain interview purposes skill
- already held market research knowledge
- already held perform data analysis skill
- already held politics knowledge
- already held present reports skill
- already held psychology knowledge
- already held revise questionnaires skill
- already held statistics knowledge
- already held use shorthand skill
- already held visual presentation techniques knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held polling techniques optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held national population census optional
- optional, not held conduct public surveys optional
- optional, not held demography optional
- optional, not held manage needs for stationery items optional
- optional, not held operate GPS systems optional
- optional, not held opinion poll optional
- optional, not held polling techniques optional
- optional, not held use microsoft office optional
- optional, not held use office systems optional
18 held skills the survey enumerator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt communication style according to recipient skill
- not needed by the target role analyse call performance trends skill
- not needed by the target role analyse data about clients skill
- not needed by the target role apply grammar and spelling rules 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 research interview skill
- not needed by the target role contact customers skill
- not needed by the target role customer insight knowledge
- not needed by the target role interview focus groups skill
- not needed by the target role perform market research skill
- not needed by the target role perform mystery shopping skill
- not needed by the target role prepare market research reports skill
- not needed by the target role speak different languages skill
- not needed by the target role study topics skill
- not needed by the target role use communication techniques skill
- not needed by the target role use databases skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
4 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 national population census optional
- optional, not held demography optional
- optional, not held opinion poll optional
- optional, not held polling techniques optional
Other moves recorded from market research interviewer
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.