recruitment consultanttolife coach
A recruitment consultant already meets 28% of what the life coach role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
28%
65/ 100
1 Share of the life coach role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the recruitment consultant 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 life coach role treats 3 of its required skills as things a recruitment consultant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- give advice on personal matters
- listen actively
- maintain relationship with customers
What stands in the way is 9 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A life coach role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a recruitment consultant background worth leading with.
- already held facilitate job market access communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held give advice on personal matters assisting and caring
- already held assess character management skills
- already held maintain professional administration management skills
- already held administer appointments management skills
- already held maintain relationship with customers communication, collaboration and creativity
All 8 carried skills, including the 3 the life coach role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 5 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 assist clients with personal development required
- required, not held coach clients required
- required, not held communicate with customers required
- required, not held counsel clients required
- required, not held create solutions to problems required
- required, not held maintain customer service required
- required, not held use consulting techniques required
- optional, not held perform lectures optional
- optional, not held give constructive feedback optional
- optional, not held provide career counselling optional
- optional, not held teach communication to clients optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- required, not held evaluate clients' progress required
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
- required, not held help clients make decisions during counselling sessions required
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held identify training needs optional
- optional, not held manage personal professional development optional
- optional, not held rhetoric optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a life coach role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assist clients with personal development skill · sector specific
- 02 coach clients skill · cross sector
- 03 communicate with customers 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 8 skills that carry over
- already held give advice on personal matters skill
- already held listen actively skill
- already held maintain relationship with customers skill
- already held administer appointments skill
- already held assess character skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held facilitate job market access skill
- already held maintain professional administration skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held perform lectures optional
- optional, not held give constructive feedback optional
- optional, not held identify training needs optional
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
- optional, not held manage personal professional development optional
- optional, not held provide career counselling optional
- optional, not held rhetoric optional
- optional, not held teach communication to clients optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
35 held skills the life coach role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advertising techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
- not needed by the target role apply social media marketing skill
- not needed by the target role business communication knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
- not needed by the target role company policies knowledge
- not needed by the target role determine salaries skill
- not needed by the target role develop employee retention programs skill
- not needed by the target role document interviews skill
- not needed by the target role employment law knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure gender equality in the workplace skill
- not needed by the target role fix meetings skill
- not needed by the target role hire human resources skill
- not needed by the target role human resource management knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
- not needed by the target role implement customer follow-up skill
- not needed by the target role interview people skill
- not needed by the target role job market offers knowledge
- not needed by the target role labour legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with colleagues skill
- not needed by the target role maintain privacy of service users skill
- not needed by the target role manage tests skill
- not needed by the target role market analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role measure customer feedback skill
- not needed by the target role mentor individual employees skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate employment agreements skill
- not needed by the target role observe confidentiality skill
- not needed by the target role personal reflection techniques based on feedback knowledge
- not needed by the target role prepare for job interview skill
- not needed by the target role profile people skill
- not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
- not needed by the target role support employability of people with disabilities skill
- not needed by the target role use communication techniques skill
- not needed by the target role video conferencing tool knowledge
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
1 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 rhetoric optional
Other moves recorded from recruitment consultant
- employment and vocational integration consultant 83% covered · adjacent
- employment agent 81% covered · adjacent
- human resources officer 69% covered · moderate
- human resources assistant 69% covered · moderate
- dating service consultant 43% covered · substantial
- occupational analyst 41% covered · substantial
- polygraph examiner 34% covered · substantial
- talent acquisition manager 33% covered · substantial
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.