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

campaign canvassertopolitical party agent

A campaign canvasser already meets 21% of what the political party agent role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From campaign canvasser
21%
Overlap1
To political party agent
4 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
69.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

21%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

69.3/ 100

1 Share of the political party agent role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the campaign canvasser 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 political party agent role treats 3 of its required skills as things a campaign canvasser already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • liaise with politicians
  • maintain professional records
  • perform public relations

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A political party agent role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a campaign canvasser background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held political campaigning social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held liaise with politicians communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held maintain professional records information skills
  • already held perform public relations communication, collaboration and creativity

All 4 carried skills, including the 3 the political party agent role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 23 missing skills fall into 7 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 business, administration and law 2 required
  • required, not held budgetary principles required
  • required, not held election law required
02 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held analyse election procedures required
  • required, not held maintain financial records required
03 management skills 1 required, 8 supplementary
  • required, not held manage budgets required
  • optional, not held help coordinate promotional activities optional
  • optional, not held manage volunteers optional
  • optional, not held brief volunteers optional
  • optional, not held coordinate events optional
  • optional, not held create campaign schedule optional
  • optional, not held develop media strategy optional
  • optional, not held fix meetings optional
  • optional, not held manage fundraising activities optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on public relations required
  • optional, not held advise politicians on electoral procedures optional
  • optional, not held communicate with media optional
  • optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
  • optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationships with government agencies optional
  • optional, not held present reports optional
05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required
  • required, not held political science required
06 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held respond to enquiries optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a political party agent 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 4 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held liaise with politicians skill
  • already held maintain professional records skill
  • already held perform public relations skill
  • already held political campaigning knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 education 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advise politicians on electoral procedures optional
  • optional, not held communicate with media optional
  • optional, not held help coordinate promotional activities optional
  • optional, not held manage volunteers optional
  • optional, not held brief volunteers optional
  • optional, not held coordinate events optional
  • optional, not held create campaign schedule optional
  • optional, not held develop media strategy optional
  • optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
  • optional, not held fix meetings optional
  • optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationships with government agencies optional
  • optional, not held manage fundraising activities optional
  • optional, not held present reports optional
  • optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
  • optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
21 held skills the political party agent role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advertising techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role advocate a cause skill
  • not needed by the target role canvassing methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct public presentations skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct public surveys skill
  • not needed by the target role engage passers-by in conversation skill
  • not needed by the target role execute marketing plan skill
  • not needed by the target role execute working instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role influence voting behaviour skill
  • not needed by the target role interview people skill
  • not needed by the target role interview techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role listen actively skill
  • not needed by the target role memorise script skill
  • not needed by the target role perform fundraising activities skill
  • not needed by the target role present arguments persuasively skill
  • not needed by the target role promote political campaign skill
  • not needed by the target role social media marketing techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
  • not needed by the target role vocal techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held budgetary principles required
  • required, not held election law required
  • required, not held political science required
  • optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
Index

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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.