communication scientisttomedia scientist
A communication scientist already meets 76% of what the media scientist role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
76%
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1 Share of the media scientist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the communication scientist 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 media scientist role treats 35 of its required skills as things a communication scientist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply scientific methods
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- communication studies
- conduct research across disciplines
What stands in the way is 8 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 53 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A media scientist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a communication scientist background worth leading with.
- already held media studies arts and humanities
- already held media law business, administration and law
- already held communication studies social sciences, journalism and information
- already held journalism social sciences, journalism and information
- already held interview focus groups communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held types of media arts and humanities
All 53 carried skills, including the 35 the media scientist role treats as required.
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.
- required, not held digital media required
- required, not held literature required
- optional, not held music literature optional
- optional, not held film studies optional
- optional, not held history optional
- optional, not held history of literature optional
- optional, not held literary techniques optional
- optional, not held musical genres optional
- optional, not held types of literature genres optional
- required, not held perform background research on writing subject required
- required, not held consult information sources required
- optional, not held do historical research optional
- required, not held copyright legislation required
- optional, not held project management optional
- optional, not held press law optional
- required, not held read books required
- optional, not held assist scientific research optional
- optional, not held watch video and motion picture production products optional
- required, not held ethical code of conduct of journalists required
- optional, not held editorial standards optional
- optional, not held interview techniques optional
- required, not held research design required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a media scientist 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 consult information sources skill · cross sector
- 03 copyright legislation knowledge · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 53 skills that carry over
- already held apply for research funding skill
- already held apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities skill
- already held apply scientific methods skill
- already held communicate with a non-scientific audience skill
- already held communication studies knowledge
- already held conduct research across disciplines skill
- already held demonstrate disciplinary expertise skill
- already held develop professional network with researchers and scientists skill
- already held disseminate results to the scientific community skill
- already held draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation skill
- already held evaluate research activities skill
- already held increase the impact of science on policy and society skill
- already held integrate gender dimension in research skill
- already held interact professionally in research and professional environments skill
- already held manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data skill
- already held manage intellectual property rights skill
- already held manage open publications skill
- already held manage personal professional development skill
- already held manage research data skill
- already held media studies knowledge
- already held mentor individuals skill
- already held operate open source software skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held perform scientific research skill
- already held promote open innovation in research skill
- already held promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities skill
- already held promote the transfer of knowledge skill
- already held publish academic research skill
- already held scientific literature knowledge
- already held scientific research methodology knowledge
- already held speak different languages skill
- already held synthesise information skill
- already held think abstractly skill
- already held types of media knowledge
- already held write scientific publications skill
- already held advise on public relations skill
- already held anthropology knowledge
- already held apply blended learning skill
- already held apply teaching strategies skill
- already held conduct public surveys skill
- already held conduct qualitative research skill
- already held conduct quantitative research skill
- already held content marketing strategy knowledge
- already held develop scientific theories skill
- already held interview focus groups skill
- already held journalism knowledge
- already held media law knowledge
- already held monitor sociological trends skill
- already held perform public relations skill
- already held sociology knowledge
- already held teach in academic or vocational contexts skill
- already held use presentation software skill
- already held write research proposals skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held apply desktop publishing techniques optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held do historical research optional
- optional, not held music literature optional
- optional, not held project management optional
- optional, not held apply desktop publishing techniques optional
- optional, not held assist scientific research optional
- optional, not held editorial standards optional
- optional, not held film studies optional
- optional, not held history optional
- optional, not held history of literature optional
- optional, not held interview techniques optional
- optional, not held literary techniques optional
- optional, not held musical genres optional
- optional, not held press law optional
- optional, not held types of literature genres optional
- optional, not held watch video and motion picture production products optional
12 held skills the media scientist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advertising techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role advise on communication strategies skill
- not needed by the target role analyse the comments of selected audiences skill
- not needed by the target role communication knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop communications strategies skill
- not needed by the target role develop media strategy skill
- not needed by the target role digital communication and collaboration skill
- not needed by the target role perform customer management skill
- not needed by the target role perform market research skill
- not needed by the target role social network analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role study communications channels for different employers/contractors skill
- not needed by the target role use data processing techniques skill
16 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 copyright legislation required
- required, not held digital media required
- required, not held ethical code of conduct of journalists required
- required, not held literature required
- required, not held research design required
- optional, not held music literature optional
- optional, not held project management optional
- optional, not held editorial standards optional
- optional, not held film studies optional
- optional, not held history optional
- optional, not held history of literature optional
- optional, not held interview techniques optional
- optional, not held literary techniques optional
- optional, not held musical genres optional
- optional, not held press law optional
- optional, not held types of literature genres optional
Other moves recorded from communication scientist
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.