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

consumer rights advisortolegal consultant

A consumer rights advisor already meets 27% of what the legal consultant role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From consumer rights advisor
27%
Overlap1
To legal consultant
8 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
67.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

27%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

67.9/ 100

1 Share of the legal consultant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the consumer rights advisor 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 legal consultant role treats 4 of its required skills as things a consumer rights advisor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • compile legal documents
  • ensure law application
  • protect client interests
  • provide legal advice

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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A legal consultant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a consumer rights advisor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held provide legal advice communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held compile legal documents information skills
  • already held ensure law application assisting and caring
  • already held corporate law business, administration and law
  • already held legal research business, administration and law
  • already held protect client interests communication, collaboration and creativity

All 8 carried skills, including the 4 the legal consultant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 29 missing skills fall into 4 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 5 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on legal decisions required
  • required, not held analyse legal enforceability required
  • required, not held identify clients' needs required
  • required, not held interpret law required
  • required, not held use consulting techniques required
  • optional, not held consult with business clients optional
  • optional, not held manage contract disputes optional
  • optional, not held manage contracts optional
  • optional, not held moderate in negotiations optional
  • optional, not held negotiate in legal cases optional
  • optional, not held present legal arguments optional
02 business, administration and law 2 required, 12 supplementary
  • required, not held private law required
  • required, not held legal terminology required
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
  • optional, not held maritime law optional
  • optional, not held state aid regulations optional
  • optional, not held business law optional
  • optional, not held civil law optional
  • optional, not held contract law optional
  • optional, not held court procedures optional
  • optional, not held law of non-marital cohabitation optional
  • optional, not held legal case management optional
  • optional, not held mergers and acquisitions optional
  • optional, not held procurement legislation optional
  • optional, not held real estate market optional
03 assisting and caring 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held observe confidentiality optional
  • optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional
04 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held analyse internal factors of companies optional
  • optional, not held analyse legal evidence optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a legal consultant 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 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held compile legal documents skill
  • already held ensure law application skill
  • already held protect client interests skill
  • already held provide legal advice skill
  • already held apply technical communication skills skill
  • already held corporate law knowledge
  • already held legal research knowledge
  • already held respond to enquiries skill
22 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
  • optional, not held consult with business clients optional
  • optional, not held maritime law optional
  • optional, not held state aid regulations optional
  • optional, not held analyse internal factors of companies optional
  • optional, not held analyse legal evidence optional
  • optional, not held business law optional
  • optional, not held civil law optional
  • optional, not held contract law optional
  • optional, not held court procedures optional
  • optional, not held law of non-marital cohabitation optional
  • optional, not held legal case management optional
  • optional, not held manage contract disputes optional
  • optional, not held manage contracts optional
  • optional, not held mergers and acquisitions optional
  • optional, not held moderate in negotiations optional
  • optional, not held negotiate in legal cases optional
  • optional, not held observe confidentiality optional
  • optional, not held present legal arguments optional
  • optional, not held procurement legislation optional
  • optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional
  • optional, not held real estate market optional
19 held skills the legal consultant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on consumer rights skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on government policy compliance skill
  • not needed by the target role apply conflict management skill
  • not needed by the target role assess quality of services skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role consumer law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role consumer protection knowledge
  • not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
  • not needed by the target role fraud detection knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inspect government policy compliance skill
  • not needed by the target role investigate complaints related to consumer protection skill
  • not needed by the target role keep records of customer interaction skill
  • not needed by the target role keep task records skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with local authorities skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain relations with local representatives skill
  • not needed by the target role prevent fraudulent activities skill
  • not needed by the target role promote responsible consumer behaviour skill
  • not needed by the target role report test findings skill
  • not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
14 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 private law required
  • required, not held legal terminology required
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
  • optional, not held maritime law optional
  • optional, not held state aid regulations optional
  • optional, not held business law optional
  • optional, not held civil law optional
  • optional, not held contract law optional
  • optional, not held court procedures optional
  • optional, not held law of non-marital cohabitation optional
  • optional, not held legal case management optional
  • optional, not held mergers and acquisitions optional
  • optional, not held procurement legislation optional
  • optional, not held real estate market optional
Index

Other moves recorded from consumer rights advisor

Full index of moves from consumer rights advisor

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.