book editortofact checker
A book editor already meets 39% of what the fact checker role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 53.1 of 100 · moderate
1 Share of the fact checker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the book editor 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.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A fact checker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a book editor background worth leading with.
- already held rewrite manuscripts communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held read manuscripts information skills
- already held writing techniques arts and humanities
- already held use word processing software working with computers
- already held proofread text communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held consult information sources information skills
All 7 carried skills, including the 4 the fact checker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 11 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.
- required, not held perform background research on writing subject required
- required, not held review unpublished articles required
- required, not held communicate by telephone required
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held consult with editor optional
- required, not held search engines required
- optional, not held media and information literacy optional
- optional, not held interview techniques optional
- required, not held scientific research methodology required
- required, not held search databases required
- optional, not held press law optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a fact checker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 perform background research on writing subject skill · sector specific
- 02 review unpublished articles skill · sector specific
- 03 search engines knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 7 skills that carry over
- already held consult information sources skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held proofread text skill
- already held read manuscripts skill
- already held rewrite manuscripts skill
- already held use word processing software skill
- already held writing techniques knowledge
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held media and information literacy optional
- optional, not held consult with editor optional
- optional, not held interview techniques optional
- optional, not held press law optional
25 held skills the fact checker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse texts to be illustrated skill
- not needed by the target role apply desktop publishing techniques skill
- not needed by the target role apply grammar and spelling rules skill
- not needed by the target role assess financial viability skill
- not needed by the target role attend book fairs skill
- not needed by the target role check correctness of information skill
- not needed by the target role conserve new media skill
- not needed by the target role copyright legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role desktop publishing knowledge
- not needed by the target role establish collaborative relations skill
- not needed by the target role grammar knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement marketing strategies skill
- not needed by the target role interpret illustration needs skill
- not needed by the target role literature knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
- not needed by the target role network within the writing industry skill
- not needed by the target role perform market research skill
- not needed by the target role provide support to authors skill
- not needed by the target role publishing market knowledge
- not needed by the target role select illustration styles skill
- not needed by the target role select manuscripts skill
- not needed by the target role show diplomacy skill
- not needed by the target role spelling knowledge
- not needed by the target role suggest revision of manuscripts skill
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held search engines required
- required, not held scientific research methodology required
- optional, not held media and information literacy optional
- optional, not held interview techniques optional
- optional, not held press law optional
Other moves recorded from book editor
- book publisher 55% covered · moderate
- proofreader 48% covered · moderate
- copy editor 46% covered · moderate
- speechwriter 40% covered · substantial
- writer 38% covered · substantial
- lexicographer 34% covered · substantial
- magazine editor 32% covered · substantial
- publishing rights manager 31% covered · substantial
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.