debt collectortopawnbroker
A debt collector already meets 30% of what the pawnbroker role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 66.9 of 100 · substantial
1 Share of the pawnbroker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the debt collector 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.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A pawnbroker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a debt collector background worth leading with.
- already held enforce customer's debt repayment information skills
- already held debt collection techniques business, administration and law
- already held maintain client debt records information skills
- already held perform debt investigation information skills
- already held credit control processes business, administration and law
- already held debt systems business, administration and law
All 7 carried skills, including the 5 the pawnbroker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 3 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 collect customer data required
- required, not held determine resale value of items required
- required, not held estimate value of used goods required
- required, not held analyse financial risk required
- required, not held maintain records of financial transactions required
- optional, not held calculate value of gems optional
- optional, not held estimate value of used jewellery and watches optional
- optional, not held assess financial viability optional
- optional, not held estimate value of musical instruments optional
- optional, not held obtain financial information optional
- optional, not held perform market research optional
- required, not held assess customer credibility required
- required, not held identify customer's needs required
- required, not held negotiate on asset value required
- required, not held manage pawnshop inventory required
- required, not held decide on loan applications required
- required, not held handle financial transactions required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a pawnbroker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage pawnshop inventory skill · occupation specific
- 02 assess customer credibility skill · sector specific
- 03 collect customer data skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 7 skills that carry over
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held debt collection techniques knowledge
- already held debt systems knowledge
- already held maintain client debt records skill
- already held perform debt investigation skill
- already held credit control processes knowledge
- already held enforce customer's debt repayment skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held calculate value of gems optional
- optional, not held estimate value of used jewellery and watches optional
- optional, not held assess financial viability optional
- optional, not held estimate value of musical instruments optional
- optional, not held obtain financial information optional
- optional, not held perform market research optional
21 held skills the pawnbroker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess customers skill
- not needed by the target role calculate debt costs skill
- not needed by the target role civil process order knowledge
- not needed by the target role consumer protection knowledge
- not needed by the target role counsel clients skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role debt classification knowledge
- not needed by the target role facilitate official agreement skill
- not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
- not needed by the target role keep task records skill
- not needed by the target role law of obligation knowledge
- not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
- not needed by the target role office software knowledge
- not needed by the target role organisational structure knowledge
- not needed by the target role pose questions referring to documents skill
- not needed by the target role present reports skill
- not needed by the target role process payments skill
- not needed by the target role product comprehension knowledge
- not needed by the target role secure sensitive customer's information skill
- not needed by the target role show diplomacy skill
- not needed by the target role use communication techniques skill
Other moves recorded from debt collector
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.