proofreadertofact checker
A proofreader already meets 29% of what the fact checker role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
29%
61.2/ 100
1 Share of the fact checker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the proofreader 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 fact checker role treats 3 of its required skills as things a proofreader already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- consult information sources
- proofread text
- review unpublished articles
What stands in the way is 7 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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A fact checker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a proofreader background worth leading with.
- already held review unpublished articles information skills
- already held rewrite manuscripts communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held consult with editor communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held proofread text communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held consult information sources information skills
All 5 carried skills, including the 3 the fact checker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 13 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 communicate by telephone required
- required, not held develop professional network required
- optional, not held interview people optional
- required, not held perform background research on writing subject required
- required, not held read manuscripts required
- required, not held search engines required
- optional, not held media and information literacy optional
- optional, not held interview techniques optional
- required, not held search databases required
- optional, not held use word processing software optional
- required, not held scientific research methodology required
- optional, not held writing techniques optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a fact checker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 perform background research on writing subject skill · sector specific
- 02 read manuscripts skill · sector specific
- 03 search engines knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 5 skills that carry over
- already held consult information sources skill
- already held proofread text skill
- already held review unpublished articles skill
- already held consult with editor skill
- already held rewrite manuscripts skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held press law optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held media and information literacy optional
- optional, not held interview techniques optional
- optional, not held press law optional
- optional, not held use word processing software optional
- optional, not held writing techniques optional
17 held skills the fact checker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply desktop publishing techniques skill
- not needed by the target role apply grammar and spelling rules skill
- not needed by the target role copyright legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow newspaper house style skill
- not needed by the target role follow work schedule skill
- not needed by the target role grammar knowledge
- not needed by the target role lay out digital written content skill
- not needed by the target role master language rules skill
- not needed by the target role proofing methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role read books skill
- not needed by the target role reproduce documents skill
- not needed by the target role rewrite articles skill
- not needed by the target role spelling knowledge
- not needed by the target role suggest revision of manuscripts skill
- not needed by the target role track changes in text editing skill
- not needed by the target role typography knowledge
- not needed by the target role use dictionaries skill
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held search engines required
- required, not held scientific research methodology required
- optional, not held media and information literacy optional
- optional, not held interview techniques optional
- optional, not held press law optional
- optional, not held writing techniques 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.