Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

product and services managertonetwork marketer

A product and services manager already meets 20% of what the network marketer role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From product and services manager
20%
Overlap1
To network marketer
7 Skills carried over
14 Required, not held
77.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

20%

Learning distance A rebuild

77.5/ 100

1 Share of the network marketer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the product and services manager 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

Why this move works

A network marketer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a product and services manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advertising techniques
  • characteristics of products
  • characteristics of services
  • product comprehension

What stands in the way is 14 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A network marketer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a product and services manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held services marketing business, administration and law
  • already held channel marketing business, administration and law
  • already held content marketing strategy business, administration and law
  • already held advertising techniques business, administration and law
  • already held characteristics of services business, administration and law
  • already held characteristics of products engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 7 carried skills, including the 4 the network marketer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 30 missing skills fall into 6 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 7 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held carry out active selling required
  • required, not held implement sales strategies required
  • required, not held work independently in sales required
  • required, not held apply social media marketing required
  • required, not held implement marketing strategies required
  • required, not held sell products required
  • required, not held use different communication channels required
  • optional, not held deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances optional
  • optional, not held deliver a sales pitch optional
  • optional, not held demonstrate products' features optional
  • optional, not held prospect new customers optional
  • optional, not held achieve sales targets optional
  • optional, not held build business relationships optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
02 business, administration and law 4 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held network marketing required
  • required, not held sales argumentation required
  • required, not held marketing mix required
  • required, not held marketing principles required
  • optional, not held customer service optional
  • optional, not held project management optional
  • optional, not held sales strategies optional
  • optional, not held customer relationship management optional
  • optional, not held public relations optional
  • optional, not held relationship marketing optional
03 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held apply customer engagement strategy required
  • required, not held apply strategic thinking required
  • optional, not held identify new business opportunities optional
04 generic programmes and qualifications 1 required
  • required, not held communication required
05 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
06 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform market research optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a network marketer 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

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advertising techniques knowledge
  • already held characteristics of products knowledge
  • already held characteristics of services knowledge
  • already held product comprehension knowledge
  • already held channel marketing knowledge
  • already held content marketing strategy knowledge
  • already held services marketing knowledge
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held customer service optional
  • optional, not held deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances optional
  • optional, not held deliver a sales pitch optional
  • optional, not held demonstrate products' features optional
  • optional, not held project management optional
  • optional, not held prospect new customers optional
  • optional, not held sales strategies optional
  • optional, not held achieve sales targets optional
  • optional, not held build business relationships optional
  • optional, not held customer relationship management optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
  • optional, not held identify new business opportunities optional
  • optional, not held perform market research optional
  • optional, not held public relations optional
  • optional, not held relationship marketing optional
  • optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
20 held skills the network marketer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply business acumen skill
  • not needed by the target role assign codes to product items skill
  • not needed by the target role build rapport with people from different cultural backgrounds skill
  • not needed by the target role commercial photography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate price changes skill
  • not needed by the target role company policies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role consumer protection knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop the product catalogue skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure finished product meet requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure products meet regulatory requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role handle requests for new product items skill
  • not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
  • not needed by the target role perform data analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role plan digital marketing skill
  • not needed by the target role plan marketing strategy skill
  • not needed by the target role post-processing of photographs knowledge
  • not needed by the target role printed goods processes knowledge
11 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held network marketing required
  • required, not held sales argumentation required
  • required, not held communication required
  • required, not held marketing mix required
  • required, not held marketing principles required
  • optional, not held customer service optional
  • optional, not held project management optional
  • optional, not held sales strategies optional
  • optional, not held customer relationship management optional
  • optional, not held public relations optional
  • optional, not held relationship marketing optional
Index
Note

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.