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A mayor already meets 76% of what the governor role asks for. The move turns on 1 required skill not yet in the profile.
This move: 23.3 of 100 · adjacent
1 Share of the governor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the mayor 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.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A governor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mayor background worth leading with.
- already held engage in debates communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held perform government ceremonies assisting and caring
- already held constitutional law business, administration and law
- already held legislation procedure business, administration and law
- already held political parties social sciences, journalism and information
- already held perform political negotiation communication, collaboration and creativity
All 20 carried skills, including the 10 the governor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 10 missing skills fall into 4 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 manage budgets required
- optional, not held inspect government incomes optional
- optional, not held assess risk factors optional
- optional, not held inspect government expenditures optional
- optional, not held monitor political conflicts optional
- optional, not held diplomatic principles optional
- optional, not held political campaigning optional
- optional, not held rhetoric optional
- optional, not held represent national interests optional
- optional, not held apply diplomatic principles optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 1 entries a governor 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 20 skills that carry over
- already held budgetary principles knowledge
- already held constitutional law knowledge
- already held engage in debates skill
- already held good governance knowledge
- already held government policy implementation knowledge
- already held legislation procedure knowledge
- already held liaise with local authorities skill
- already held manage government policy implementation skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held perform government ceremonies skill
- already held advise on legislative acts skill
- already held apply conflict management skill
- already held build community relations skill
- already held government representation knowledge
- already held maintain relations with local representatives skill
- already held perform political negotiation skill
- already held political parties knowledge
- already held political science knowledge
- already held public finance knowledge
- already held public law knowledge
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held inspect government incomes optional
- optional, not held represent national interests optional
- optional, not held apply diplomatic principles optional
- optional, not held assess risk factors optional
- optional, not held diplomatic principles optional
- optional, not held inspect government expenditures optional
- optional, not held monitor political conflicts optional
- optional, not held political campaigning optional
- optional, not held rhetoric optional
11 held skills the governor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on public finance skill
- not needed by the target role analyse community needs skill
- not needed by the target role conduct public presentations skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationships with government agencies skill
- not needed by the target role manage administrative systems skill
- not needed by the target role motivate supporters skill
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role prepare legislation proposition skill
- not needed by the target role present legislation proposition skill
- not needed by the target role project management principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role public administration 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.
- optional, not held diplomatic principles optional
- optional, not held political campaigning optional
- optional, not held rhetoric 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.