PrefaceEdition 1
Which job can you actually switch into?
Every occupation is a set of skills. Two occupations that share most of theirs are a short move apart, whatever their titles suggest. This volume computes that overlap across 3,039 occupations and records, for each move, what carries over and what does not.
- Transitions recorded
- 1,441
- Occupations covered
- 3,008of 3,039 in ESCO
- Distinct skills
- 13,939required or supplementary
- Authored lines1
- 0per transition record
1 Every line of a transition record is computed from the classification, not written by a person or a language model, which is why none of it can flatter you. This preface and the method are written by hand.
Table 1
Table 1 · A sample of starting points
- accountant14 moves
- administrative assistant14 moves
- adult literacy teacher14 moves
- advertising copywriter14 moves
- advertising specialist14 moves
- architect14 moves
- archivist6 moves
- bartender12 moves
- biologist14 moves
- book editor14 moves
- bookkeeper14 moves
- bus driver14 moves
- business analyst14 moves
- business coach3 moves
- call centre agent14 moves
- career guidance advisor14 moves
- carpenter14 moves
- chef14 moves
- chemical engineer14 moves
- chemist14 moves
- civil engineer14 moves
Full index of all 3,039 occupations, searchable and grouped.
Table 2
Table 2 · The shortest moves recorded
Where the largest share of the target role is already met by the starting one.
- video and motion picture directortodirector of photography85% covered
- recruitment consultanttoemployment and vocational integration consultant83% covered
- software developertoICT application configurator82% covered
- pharmacisttohospital pharmacist82% covered
- physiotherapisttospecialist chiropractor82% covered
- software developertoindustrial mobile devices software developer81% covered
- special educational needs teachertosign language teacher81% covered
- recruitment consultanttoemployment agent81% covered
- secondary school teachertoart teacher secondary school81% covered
- industrial designertoergonomist81% covered
Table 3
Table 3 · Moves worth reading first
- marketing managertosales manager80% covered · moderate
- social workertocommunity development social worker80% covered · moderate
- social workertosocial work assistant80% covered · adjacent
- chemical engineertonanoengineer80% covered · adjacent
- data scientisttodata analyst80% covered · moderate
- social workertosocial work practice educator80% covered · moderate
- weldertoboilermaker80% covered · adjacent
- special educational needs teachertospecial educational needs teacher secondary school80% covered · adjacent
- secondary school teachertomusic teacher secondary school80% covered · moderate
- social workertoemployment support worker79% covered · moderate