Table 1Transition record

street food vendortopost office counter clerk

A street food vendor already meets 22% of what the post office counter clerk role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From street food vendor

22%

Overlap1

To post office counter clerk

5 Skills carried over

9 Required, not held

71.9 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

22%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

71.9/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 Share of the post office counter clerk role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the street food vendor 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

Why this move works

A post office counter clerk role treats 3 of its required skills as things a street food vendor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

assist customers
operate cash register
process payments

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A post office counter clerk role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a street food vendor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held assist customers assisting and caring
already held carry out active selling communication, collaboration and creativity
already held operate cash register management skills
already held sales argumentation business, administration and law
already held process payments management skills

All 5 carried skills, including the 3 the post office counter clerk role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 6 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.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held sell post office products required
required, not held communicate with customers required
required, not held satisfy customers required

optional, not held offer financial services optional
optional, not held promote financial products optional
optional, not held advise on financial matters optional

02 management skills 3 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held issue sales invoices required
required, not held deliver correspondence required
required, not held handle financial transactions required

optional, not held distribute pensions optional
optional, not held register mail optional
optional, not held convert currency optional

03 business, administration and law 2 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held characteristics of services required
required, not held customer service required

optional, not held financial markets optional
optional, not held financial products optional
optional, not held types of pensions optional

04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required

required, not held characteristics of products required

05 handling and moving 1 supplementary

optional, not held maintain store cleanliness optional

06 information skills 1 supplementary

optional, not held handle registered mail optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a post office counter clerk role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 5 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held assist customers skill
already held operate cash register skill
already held process payments skill
already held carry out active selling skill
already held sales argumentation knowledge

11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held distribute pensions optional
optional, not held handle registered mail optional
optional, not held register mail optional
optional, not held convert currency optional
optional, not held maintain store cleanliness optional
optional, not held offer financial services optional
optional, not held promote financial products optional
optional, not held advise on financial matters optional
optional, not held financial markets optional
optional, not held financial products optional
optional, not held types of pensions optional

30 held skills the post office counter clerk role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role adapt to different weather conditions skill
not needed by the target role arrange permit for market stall skill
not needed by the target role beverage products knowledge
not needed by the target role carry out products preparation skill
not needed by the target role clean kitchen equipment skill
not needed by the target role consumer protection knowledge
not needed by the target role cook dairy products skill
not needed by the target role cook fish skill
not needed by the target role cook meat dishes skill
not needed by the target role cook pastry products skill
not needed by the target role cook sauce products skill
not needed by the target role cook seafood skill
not needed by the target role cook vegetable products skill
not needed by the target role deliver a sales pitch skill
not needed by the target role execute chilling processes to food products skill
not needed by the target role food authentication techniques knowledge
not needed by the target role food legislation knowledge
not needed by the target role food storage knowledge
not needed by the target role guarantee customer satisfaction skill
not needed by the target role ice cream manufacturing regulations knowledge
not needed by the target role ingredients for ice cream manufacturing knowledge
not needed by the target role maintain work area cleanliness skill
not needed by the target role manufacturing process of ice cream knowledge
not needed by the target role negotiate price skill
not needed by the target role organise product display skill
not needed by the target role prepare bakery products skill
not needed by the target role prepare meat for sale skill
not needed by the target role unload supplies skill
not needed by the target role use cooking techniques skill
not needed by the target role value-added tax law 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.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held characteristics of products required
required, not held characteristics of services required
required, not held customer service required
optional, not held financial markets optional
optional, not held financial products optional
optional, not held types of pensions optional

Index

Other moves recorded from street food vendor

Full index of moves from street food vendor

Note

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.