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A corporate training manager already meets 62% of what the corporate trainer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
62%
39.2/ 100
1 Share of the corporate trainer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the corporate training manager 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 corporate trainer role treats 10 of its required skills as things a corporate training manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adapt training to labour market
- adult education
- assessment processes
- coach employees
- curriculum objectives
- give constructive feedback
What stands in the way is 6 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 22 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A corporate trainer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a corporate training manager background worth leading with.
- already held teach corporate skills communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held conflict management business, administration and law
- already held provide feedback to performers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held training subject expertise education
- already held promote education course communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held deliver online training communication, collaboration and creativity
All 22 carried skills, including the 10 the corporate trainer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 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.
- required, not held adapt teaching to target group required
- required, not held apply intercultural teaching strategies required
- required, not held apply teaching strategies required
- required, not held demonstrate when teaching required
- required, not held prepare lesson content required
- required, not held provide lesson materials required
- optional, not held advise on efficiency improvements optional
- optional, not held develop a coaching style optional
- optional, not held teach digital literacy optional
- optional, not held teach public speaking principles optional
- optional, not held customer service optional
- optional, not held marketing management optional
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
- optional, not held assess students optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a corporate trainer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 adapt teaching to target group skill · cross sector
- 02 apply intercultural teaching strategies skill · cross sector
- 03 apply teaching strategies skill · 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 22 skills that carry over
- already held adapt training to labour market skill
- already held adult education knowledge
- already held assessment processes knowledge
- already held coach employees skill
- already held curriculum objectives knowledge
- already held give constructive feedback skill
- already held monitor developments in field of expertise skill
- already held provide feedback to performers skill
- already held teach corporate skills skill
- already held training subject expertise knowledge
- already held business communication knowledge
- already held communication knowledge
- already held conflict management knowledge
- already held deliver online training skill
- already held financial management knowledge
- already held human resource management knowledge
- already held leadership principles knowledge
- already held organisational policies knowledge
- already held project management knowledge
- already held promote education course skill
- already held teamwork principles knowledge
- already held work with virtual learning environments skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held customer service optional
- optional, not held advise on efficiency improvements optional
- optional, not held assess students optional
- optional, not held develop a coaching style optional
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
- optional, not held marketing management optional
- optional, not held teach digital literacy optional
- optional, not held teach public speaking principles optional
54 held skills the corporate trainer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role Internet of Things knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply company policies skill
- not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
- not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
- not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
- not needed by the target role business ICT systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role business intelligence knowledge
- not needed by the target role business management principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role company policies knowledge
- not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
- not needed by the target role consultation knowledge
- not needed by the target role coordinate operational activities skill
- not needed by the target role cyber security knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop corporate training programmes skill
- not needed by the target role develop employee retention programs skill
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role develop training programmes skill
- not needed by the target role e-commerce systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role economics knowledge
- not needed by the target role employment law knowledge
- not needed by the target role energy efficiency knowledge
- not needed by the target role evaluate employees skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate performance of organisational collaborators skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate training skill
- not needed by the target role financial markets knowledge
- not needed by the target role health and safety in the workplace knowledge
- not needed by the target role human resources department processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify necessary human resources skill
- not needed by the target role identify with the company's goals skill
- not needed by the target role labour legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage corporate training programmes skill
- not needed by the target role manage payroll skill
- not needed by the target role manage schedule of tasks skill
- not needed by the target role mitigate waste of resources skill
- not needed by the target role monitor company policy skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate employment agreements skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate with employment agencies skill
- not needed by the target role organisational learning knowledge
14 further entries not listed here
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held customer service optional
- optional, not held marketing management optional
Other moves recorded from corporate training manager
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.