Wholesale merchant in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery to wholesale merchant in electrical household appliances
A wholesale merchant in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery already meets 86% of what the wholesale merchant in electrical household appliances role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
16.6/ 100
1 How much of what a wholesale merchant in electrical household appliances is expected to do is already part of a wholesale merchant in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery’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 wholesale merchant in electrical household appliances role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A wholesale merchant in electrical household appliances role treats 18 of its required skills as things a wholesale merchant in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assess supplier risks
- build business relationships
- comprehend financial business terminology
- have computer literacy
- identify customer's needs
- identify new business opportunities
What stands in the way is 3 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 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A wholesale merchant in electrical household appliances role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a wholesale merchant in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery background worth leading with.
- already held initiate contact with sellers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held initiate contact with buyers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held negotiate sale of commodities communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held identify new business opportunities management skills
- already held assess supplier risks information skills
- already held identify suppliers management skills
All 18 carried skills, including the 18 the wholesale merchant in electrical household appliances role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 3 missing skills fall into 2 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 vertical markets required
- still to learn consumer goods industry required
- still to learn electrical household appliances products required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a wholesale merchant in electrical household appliances role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 electrical household appliances products study this
- 02 vertical markets study this
- 03 consumer goods industry study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 18 skills that carry over
- already held assess supplier risks skill
- already held build business relationships skill
- already held comprehend financial business terminology skill
- already held have computer literacy skill
- already held identify customer's needs skill
- already held identify new business opportunities skill
- already held identify suppliers skill
- already held initiate contact with buyers skill
- already held initiate contact with sellers skill
- already held maintain financial records skill
- already held monitor international market performance skill
- already held negotiate buying conditions skill
- already held negotiate sale of commodities skill
- already held negotiate sales contracts skill
- already held perform market research skill
- already held plan transport operations skill
- already held product comprehension knowledge
- already held sales strategies knowledge
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
1 held skills the wholesale merchant in electrical household appliances role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery products knowledge
3 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 electrical household appliances products required
- still to learn vertical markets required
- still to learn consumer goods industry required
Other moves recorded from wholesale merchant in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery
- wholesale merchant in household goods 86% covered · adjacent
- wholesale merchant in mining, construction and civil engineering machinery 86% covered · adjacent
- wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft 77% covered · adjacent
- wholesale merchant 48% covered · substantial
Full index of moves from wholesale merchant in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery
Common questions about this move
Can a wholesale merchant in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery become a wholesale merchant in electrical household appliances?
Yes, and it is an adjacent move. A wholesale merchant in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery already covers 86% of what a wholesale merchant in electrical household appliances is expected to do: 18 skills carry over, 18 of which the wholesale merchant in electrical household appliances role treats as required.
What skills does a wholesale merchant in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery need to become a wholesale merchant in electrical household appliances?
3 required skills are missing, plus 0 optional ones. They fall into 2 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by business, administration and law. The single most important is electrical household appliances products.
How hard is the move from wholesale merchant in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery to wholesale merchant in electrical household appliances?
Its learning distance is 16.6 out of 100, which is the adjacent 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.