research managertoexhibition curator
A research manager already meets 24% of what the exhibition curator role asks for. The move turns on 23 required skills not yet in the profile.
24%
79.5/ 100
1 Share of the exhibition curator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the research 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 this move works
A exhibition curator role treats 8 of its required skills as things a research manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- cope with challenging demands
- interact with an audience
- manage budgets
- perform project management
- present exhibition
- provide project information on exhibitions
What stands in the way is 23 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 exhibition curator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a research manager background worth leading with.
- already held work independently on exhibitions management skills
- already held provide project information on exhibitions communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held cope with challenging demands communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use ICT resources to solve work related tasks working with computers
- already held interact with an audience communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held present exhibition communication, collaboration and creativity
All 8 carried skills, including the 8 the exhibition curator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 30 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 advertise an art collection required
- required, not held consult exhibition organisers required
- required, not held organise an exhibition required
- required, not held coach employees required
- required, not held create new concepts required
- required, not held create solutions to problems required
- required, not held listen actively required
- required, not held present reports required
- required, not held train employees required
- optional, not held advise on cultural exhibitions optional
- optional, not held support public access to exhibitions optional
- optional, not held liaise with financiers optional
- required, not held apply strategic thinking required
- required, not held coordinate operational activities required
- required, not held meet deadlines required
- required, not held plan resource allocation required
- required, not held work in an organised manner required
- optional, not held evaluate cultural venue visitor needs optional
- required, not held inheritance council practices required
- required, not held art collections required
- required, not held art history required
- required, not held art-historical values required
- optional, not held natural history optional
- optional, not held archaeology optional
- required, not held cultural projects required
- required, not held museum databases required
- optional, not held anthropology optional
- required, not held ensure safety of exhibition required
- required, not held evaluate art quality required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a exhibition curator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 inheritance council practices knowledge · occupation specific
- 02 advertise an art collection skill · sector specific
- 03 art collections 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 8 skills that carry over
- already held cope with challenging demands skill
- already held interact with an audience skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held present exhibition skill
- already held provide project information on exhibitions skill
- already held use ICT resources to solve work related tasks skill
- already held work independently on exhibitions skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- required, not held have computer literacy required
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on cultural exhibitions optional
- optional, not held natural history optional
- optional, not held support public access to exhibitions optional
- optional, not held anthropology optional
- optional, not held archaeology optional
- optional, not held evaluate cultural venue visitor needs optional
- optional, not held liaise with financiers optional
26 held skills the exhibition curator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role biology knowledge
- not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role computational chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct qualitative research skill
- not needed by the target role conduct quantitative research skill
- not needed by the target role direct an artistic team skill
- not needed by the target role discuss research proposals skill
- not needed by the target role estimate duration of work skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate employees skill
- not needed by the target role image recognition knowledge
- not needed by the target role laboratory techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with cultural partners skill
- not needed by the target role manage research and development projects skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role multidisciplinary research knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform scientific research skill
- not needed by the target role physics knowledge
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role project management principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role report analysis results skill
- not needed by the target role research design knowledge
- not needed by the target role respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition skill
- not needed by the target role scientific research methodology knowledge
- not needed by the target role study a collection skill
- not needed by the target role study topics skill
- not needed by the target role urban sustainability knowledge
9 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 inheritance council practices required
- required, not held art collections required
- required, not held art history required
- required, not held art-historical values required
- required, not held cultural projects required
- required, not held museum databases required
- optional, not held natural history optional
- optional, not held anthropology optional
- optional, not held archaeology 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.