Public employment service manager to labour market policy officer
A public employment service manager already meets 34% of what the labour market policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
60/ 100
1 How much of what a labour market policy officer is expected to do is already part of a public employment service manager’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the labour market policy officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A labour market policy officer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a public employment service manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- analyse unemployment rates
- develop employment policies
- labour legislation
- manage government policy implementation
- promote employment policy
What stands in the way is 6 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A labour market policy officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a public employment service manager background worth leading with.
- already held analyse unemployment rates information skills
- already held develop employment policies management skills
- already held promote employment policy communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage government policy implementation management skills
- already held labour legislation business, administration and law
- already held employment law business, administration and law
All 6 carried skills, including the 5 the labour market policy officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn advise on legislative acts required
- still to learn create solutions to problems required
- still to learn maintain relationships with government agencies required
- optional, not held represent union members optional
- optional, not held advise legislators optional
- optional, not held analyse community needs optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held liaise with politicians optional
- optional, not held liaise with union officials optional
- still to learn labour law required
- optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
- optional, not held project management optional
- still to learn analyse the training market required
- optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
- optional, not held carry out strategic research optional
- still to learn labour market required
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a labour market policy officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 analyse the training market practise this
- 02 labour law study this
- 03 advise on legislative acts practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 6 skills that carry over
- already held analyse unemployment rates skill
- already held develop employment policies skill
- already held labour legislation knowledge
- already held manage government policy implementation skill
- already held promote employment policy skill
- already held employment law knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
- optional, not held project management optional
- optional, not held represent union members optional
- optional, not held advise legislators optional
- optional, not held analyse community needs optional
- optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
- optional, not held carry out strategic research optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held liaise with politicians optional
- optional, not held liaise with union officials optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
26 held skills the labour market policy officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on career skill
- not needed by the target role advise on government policy compliance skill
- not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
- not needed by the target role coach employees skill
- not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate educational programmes skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate operational activities skill
- not needed by the target role develop employee retention programs skill
- not needed by the target role develop training programmes skill
- not needed by the target role discharge employees skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate employees skill
- not needed by the target role government policy implementation knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with local authorities skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relations with local representatives skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate employment agreements skill
- not needed by the target role organise staff assessment skill
- not needed by the target role promote equal pay skill
- not needed by the target role promote gender equality in business contexts skill
- not needed by the target role promote inclusion skill
- not needed by the target role provide information on study programmes skill
- not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
- not needed by the target role set inclusion policies skill
- not needed by the target role supervise staff skill
- not needed by the target role supervise work skill
- not needed by the target role supervision of persons knowledge
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn labour law required
- still to learn labour market required
- optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
- optional, not held project management optional
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
Other moves recorded from public employment service manager
Common questions about this move
Can a public employment service manager become a labour market policy officer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A public employment service manager already covers 34% of what a labour market policy officer is expected to do: 6 skills carry over, 5 of which the labour market policy officer role treats as required.
What skills does a public employment service manager need to become a labour market policy officer?
6 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is analyse the training market.
How hard is the move from public employment service manager to labour market policy officer?
Its learning distance is 60 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.