Special-interest groups' official to labour market policy officer
A special-interest groups' official already meets 47% of what the labour market policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
50.1/ 100
1 How much of what a labour market policy officer is expected to do is already part of a special-interest groups' official’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 6 of its required skills as things a special-interest groups' official already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise on legislative acts
- create solutions to problems
- develop employment policies
- labour law
- maintain relationships with government agencies
- manage government policy implementation
What stands in the way is 5 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 10 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 special-interest groups' official background worth leading with.
- already held represent union members communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held develop employment policies management skills
- already held labour law business, administration and law
- already held advise legislators communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage government policy implementation management skills
All 10 carried skills, including the 6 the labour market policy officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 15 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 analyse the training market required
- still to learn analyse unemployment rates required
- optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
- optional, not held carry out strategic research optional
- still to learn promote employment policy required
- optional, not held analyse community needs optional
- optional, not held liaise with politicians optional
- optional, not held liaise with union officials optional
- still to learn labour legislation required
- optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
- optional, not held project management 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 analyse unemployment rates practise this
- 03 promote employment policy 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 10 skills that carry over
- already held advise on legislative acts skill
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held develop employment policies skill
- already held labour law knowledge
- already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
- already held manage government policy implementation skill
- already held advise legislators skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held employment law knowledge
- already held represent union members skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
10 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 analyse community needs optional
- optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
- optional, not held carry out strategic research 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
67 held skills the labour market policy officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on consumer rights skill
- not needed by the target role advise on drafting policies skill
- not needed by the target role analyse issues skill
- not needed by the target role analyse membership skill
- not needed by the target role apply diplomatic principles skill
- not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role build international relations skill
- not needed by the target role business law knowledge
- not needed by the target role check payrolls skill
- not needed by the target role circulate information skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with media skill
- not needed by the target role communication principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct public presentations skill
- not needed by the target role deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances skill
- not needed by the target role defend human rights skill
- not needed by the target role develop communications strategies skill
- not needed by the target role develop economic policies skill
- not needed by the target role develop manufacturing policies skill
- not needed by the target role develop membership strategies skill
- not needed by the target role develop trade policies skill
- not needed by the target role election law knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with policies skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate humanitarian programme proposals skill
- not needed by the target role good governance knowledge
- not needed by the target role government policy implementation knowledge
- not needed by the target role graphic design knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle complaints skill
- not needed by the target role humanitarian aid actors knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify hazards in the workplace skill
- not needed by the target role identify policy breach skill
- not needed by the target role identify research topics skill
- not needed by the target role influence legislators skill
- not needed by the target role interact with the board of directors skill
- not needed by the target role international human rights law knowledge
- not needed by the target role interview people skill
- not needed by the target role keep updated on the political landscape skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with local authorities skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with sports organisations skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage fundraising activities skill
27 further entries not listed here
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 legislation 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 special-interest groups' official
Common questions about this move
Can a special-interest groups' official become a labour market policy officer?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A special-interest groups' official already covers 47% of what a labour market policy officer is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 6 of which the labour market policy officer role treats as required.
What skills does a special-interest groups' official need to become a labour market policy officer?
5 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is analyse the training market.
How hard is the move from special-interest groups' official to labour market policy officer?
Its learning distance is 50.1 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.