business journalisttoblogger
A business journalist already meets 66% of what the blogger role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
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1 Share of the blogger role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the business journalist 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 this move works
A blogger role treats 11 of its required skills as things a business journalist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- ICT software specifications
- consult information sources
- copyright legislation
- create online news content
- develop professional network
- evaluate writings in response to feedback
What stands in the way is 7 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 30 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A blogger role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a business journalist background worth leading with.
- already held stay up to date with social media information skills
- already held manage personal finances management skills
- already held evaluate writings in response to feedback communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage writing administration information skills
- already held create online news content communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held build contacts to maintain news flow communication, collaboration and creativity
All 30 carried skills, including the 11 the blogger role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 13 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 manage online content required
- required, not held develop digital content required
- required, not held manage website required
- optional, not held perform online data analysis optional
- required, not held online moderation techniques required
- required, not held social media management required
- optional, not held social media marketing techniques optional
- required, not held ethics of sharing work through social media required
- required, not held follow up online user requests required
- optional, not held develop online community plan optional
- optional, not held report live online optional
- optional, not held apply social media marketing optional
- optional, not held research website users optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a blogger role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ethics of sharing work through social media knowledge · sector specific
- 02 manage online content skill · sector specific
- 03 online moderation techniques 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 30 skills that carry over
- already held ICT software specifications knowledge
- already held consult information sources skill
- already held copyright legislation knowledge
- already held create online news content skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held evaluate writings in response to feedback skill
- already held follow the news skill
- already held stay up to date with social media skill
- already held study topics skill
- already held use specific writing techniques skill
- already held writing techniques knowledge
- already held apply desktop publishing techniques skill
- already held apply grammar and spelling rules skill
- already held audio editing software knowledge
- already held build contacts to maintain news flow skill
- already held check correctness of information skill
- already held desktop publishing knowledge
- already held document interviews skill
- already held edit digital moving images skill
- already held edit photographs skill
- already held edit recorded sound skill
- already held grammar knowledge
- already held interview people skill
- already held interview techniques knowledge
- already held manage personal finances skill
- already held manage writing administration skill
- already held perform image editing skill
- already held perform video editing skill
- already held spelling knowledge
- already held write to a deadline skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held develop online community plan optional
- optional, not held report live online optional
- optional, not held apply social media marketing optional
- optional, not held perform online data analysis optional
- optional, not held research website users optional
- optional, not held social media marketing techniques optional
28 held skills the blogger role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt to changing situations skill
- not needed by the target role adapt to type of media skill
- not needed by the target role analyse market financial trends skill
- not needed by the target role ask questions at events skill
- not needed by the target role attend trade fairs skill
- not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
- not needed by the target role corporate law knowledge
- not needed by the target role digital journalism knowledge
- not needed by the target role economics knowledge
- not needed by the target role edit negatives skill
- not needed by the target role editorial standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role financial jurisdiction knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow directions of on-site director skill
- not needed by the target role follow ethical code of conduct of journalists skill
- not needed by the target role multimedia systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role participate in editorial meetings skill
- not needed by the target role present during live broadcasts skill
- not needed by the target role press law knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote one's writings skill
- not needed by the target role pronunciation techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role proofread text skill
- not needed by the target role provide written content skill
- not needed by the target role rewrite articles skill
- not needed by the target role rhetoric knowledge
- not needed by the target role stock market knowledge
- not needed by the target role tax legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role write captions skill
- not needed by the target role write headlines skill
4 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 ethics of sharing work through social media required
- required, not held online moderation techniques required
- required, not held social media management required
- optional, not held social media marketing techniques optional
Other moves recorded from business journalist
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.