stand-up comediantostreet performer
A stand-up comedian already meets 56% of what the street performer role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 52.7 of 100 · moderate
1 Share of the street performer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the stand-up comedian 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.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 22 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A street performer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a stand-up comedian background worth leading with.
- already held tell a story communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held engage the audience emotionally communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held practice humour communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held act for an audience communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held show professional responsibility management skills
- already held perform for young audiences communication, collaboration and creativity
All 22 carried skills, including the 13 the street performer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 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 enable audience participation required
- required, not held self-promote required
- required, not held use public space as a creative resource required
- required, not held maintain an artistic portfolio required
- required, not held perform in a public space required
- optional, not held manipulate object to create illusions optional
- optional, not held participate in artistic mediation activities optional
- optional, not held select music for performance optional
- optional, not held develop educational resources optional
- required, not held street art history required
- required, not held art history required
- required, not held ensure health and safety of visitors required
- required, not held work with respect for own safety required
- required, not held gather reference materials for artwork required
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
- optional, not held develop artistic educational activities optional
- optional, not held handle petty cash optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a street performer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 enable audience participation skill · occupation specific
- 02 self-promote skill · occupation specific
- 03 street art history knowledge · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 22 skills that carry over
- already held act for an audience skill
- already held analyse own performance skill
- already held attend rehearsals skill
- already held follow time cues skill
- already held interact with an audience skill
- already held interact with fellow actors skill
- already held keep up with trends skill
- already held manage feedback skill
- already held perform live skill
- already held show professional responsibility skill
- already held study roles from scripts skill
- already held work independently as an artist skill
- already held work with an artistic team skill
- already held engage the audience emotionally skill
- already held follow directions of the artistic director skill
- already held perform dances skill
- already held perform for young audiences skill
- already held play musical instruments skill
- already held practice humour skill
- already held sing skill
- already held tell a story skill
- already held use declaiming techniques skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held develop artistic educational activities optional
- optional, not held manipulate object to create illusions optional
- optional, not held participate in artistic mediation activities optional
- optional, not held select music for performance optional
- optional, not held develop educational resources optional
- optional, not held handle petty cash optional
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
3 held skills the street performer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role acting techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role create an artistic performance skill
- not needed by the target role develop magic show concepts skill
2 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 street art history required
- required, not held art history required
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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.