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

city councillortosenator

A city councillor already meets 39% of what the senator role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From city councillor
39%
Overlap1
To senator
12 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
57 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

39%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

57/ 100

1 Share of the senator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the city councillor 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 senator role treats 4 of its required skills as things a city councillor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • analyse legislation
  • good governance
  • government policy implementation
  • perform political negotiation

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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A senator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a city councillor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held analyse legislation information skills
  • already held political parties social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held perform political negotiation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held good governance social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held public administration social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held public law business, administration and law

All 12 carried skills, including the 4 the senator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held engage in debates required
  • required, not held present legislation proposition required
  • optional, not held apply conflict management optional
  • optional, not held build international relations optional
  • optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
  • optional, not held establish collaborative relations optional
  • optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
  • optional, not held perform public relations optional
02 business, administration and law 2 required
  • required, not held constitutional law required
  • required, not held legislation procedure required
03 management skills 2 required
  • required, not held make legislative decisions required
  • required, not held prepare legislation proposition required
04 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held government representation required
  • optional, not held political science optional
  • optional, not held rhetoric optional
05 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform government ceremonies optional
06 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held monitor political conflicts optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a senator 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 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse legislation skill
  • already held good governance knowledge
  • already held government policy implementation knowledge
  • already held perform political negotiation skill
  • already held advise on legislative acts skill
  • already held budgetary principles knowledge
  • already held manage administrative systems skill
  • already held manage government policy implementation skill
  • already held political parties knowledge
  • already held public administration knowledge
  • already held public finance knowledge
  • already held public law knowledge
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held perform government ceremonies optional
  • optional, not held apply conflict management optional
  • optional, not held build international relations optional
  • optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
  • optional, not held establish collaborative relations optional
  • optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
  • optional, not held monitor political conflicts optional
  • optional, not held perform public relations optional
  • optional, not held political science optional
  • optional, not held rhetoric optional
15 held skills the senator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse community needs skill
  • not needed by the target role bookkeeping regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role build community relations skill
  • not needed by the target role election law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inspect government expenditures skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect government incomes skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain relations with local representatives skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain relationships with government agencies skill
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role observe confidentiality skill
  • not needed by the target role perform project management skill
  • not needed by the target role project management principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role promote political campaign skill
  • not needed by the target role write meeting reports 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held constitutional law required
  • required, not held government representation required
  • required, not held legislation procedure required
  • optional, not held political science optional
  • optional, not held rhetoric optional
Index

Other moves recorded from city councillor

Full index of moves from city councillor

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.