Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

barbertopersonal stylist

A barber already meets 31% of what the personal stylist role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From barber
31%
Overlap1
To personal stylist
11 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
69.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

31%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

69.2/ 100

1 Share of the personal stylist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the barber 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 personal stylist role treats 5 of its required skills as things a barber already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on hair style
  • listen actively
  • maintain customer service
  • recommend cosmetics to customers
  • stay up-to-date with hair style trends

What stands in the way is 13 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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A personal stylist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a barber background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held advise on hair style communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held stay up-to-date with hair style trends information skills
  • already held style hair assisting and caring
  • already held recommend cosmetics to customers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage a small-to-medium business management skills
  • already held maintain professional administration management skills

All 11 carried skills, including the 5 the personal stylist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 9 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held advise customers on clothing accessories required
  • required, not held advise on clothing style required
  • required, not held identify customer's needs required
  • required, not held offer cosmetic beauty advice required
  • required, not held teach fashion to clients required
  • required, not held advise customers on jewellery and watches required
  • required, not held advise customers on usage of cosmetics required
  • required, not held develop professional network required
  • required, not held satisfy customers required
  • optional, not held network with store owners optional
  • optional, not held assist clients with special needs optional
  • optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
  • optional, not held teach communication to clients optional
02 assisting and caring 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held assist customers required
  • required, not held assist with dressing required
  • optional, not held accompany people optional
  • optional, not held give advice on personal matters optional
03 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods required
  • optional, not held control of expenses optional
  • optional, not held keep personal administration optional
04 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held trends in fashion required
05 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held assess character optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a personal stylist 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 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on hair style skill
  • already held listen actively skill
  • already held maintain customer service skill
  • already held recommend cosmetics to customers skill
  • already held stay up-to-date with hair style trends skill
  • already held administer appointments skill
  • already held communicate with customers skill
  • already held maintain professional administration skill
  • already held manage a small-to-medium business skill
  • already held manage schedule of tasks skill
  • already held style hair skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held accompany people optional
  • optional, not held give advice on personal matters optional
  • optional, not held network with store owners optional
  • optional, not held assess character optional
  • optional, not held assist clients with special needs optional
  • optional, not held control of expenses optional
  • optional, not held keep personal administration optional
  • optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
  • optional, not held teach communication to clients optional
23 held skills the personal stylist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply hair cutting techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role barbering techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role dye hair skill
  • not needed by the target role give massages skill
  • not needed by the target role hair knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hair products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role help customers with hair problems skill
  • not needed by the target role issue sales invoices skill
  • not needed by the target role keep stock records skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain work area cleanliness skill
  • not needed by the target role manage personal professional development skill
  • not needed by the target role order supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role process payments skill
  • not needed by the target role sell hair products skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise staff skill
  • not needed by the target role train employees skill
  • not needed by the target role treat facial hair skill
  • not needed by the target role use equipment for hair care skill
  • not needed by the target role wash hair skill
  • not needed by the target role work ergonomically skill
  • not needed by the target role work safely with chemicals skill
1 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 trends in fashion required
Index

Other moves recorded from barber

Full index of moves from barber

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.