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Where a business consultant can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a business consultant already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Business consultants analyse the position, structure and processes of businesses and companies and offer services or advice to improve them. They research and identify business processes such as financial inefficiencies or employee management and devise strategical plans to overcome these difficulties. They work in external consulting firms where they provide an objective view on a business and or company's structure and methodological processes.

Professionals 54 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: business analyst, 75%

Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from business consultant. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a business consultant already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

business analyst 75% covered · difficulty 32.3

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

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business consultant is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a business consultant already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.