educational counsellortoadmissions coordinator
A educational counsellor already meets 39% of what the admissions coordinator role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
39%
54.3/ 100
1 Share of the admissions coordinator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the educational counsellor 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 admissions coordinator role treats 3 of its required skills as things a educational counsellor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- assessment processes
- identify education needs
- provide information on education financing
What stands in the way is 5 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A admissions coordinator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a educational counsellor background worth leading with.
- already held provide information on education financing communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held counsel students communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held primary school procedures education
- already held identify education needs management skills
- already held education law business, administration and law
- already held communicate with youth communication, collaboration and creativity
All 10 carried skills, including the 3 the admissions coordinator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 15 missing skills fall into 8 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 assist students with their enrolment required
- required, not held manage student admissions required
- required, not held provide education management support required
- required, not held assess students required
- optional, not held manage educational institution's administration optional
- optional, not held use office systems optional
- required, not held provide information on school services required
- optional, not held customer service optional
- optional, not held student financial aid programmes optional
- optional, not held education administration optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
- optional, not held electronic communication optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a admissions coordinator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assist students with their enrolment skill · sector specific
- 02 manage student admissions skill · sector specific
- 03 provide education management support 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 10 skills that carry over
- already held assessment processes knowledge
- already held identify education needs skill
- already held provide information on education financing skill
- already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
- already held communicate with youth skill
- already held counsel students skill
- already held education law knowledge
- already held oversee extra-curricular activities skill
- already held primary school procedures knowledge
- already held secondary school procedures knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held communication optional
- optional, not held office software optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held customer service optional
- optional, not held student financial aid programmes optional
- optional, not held communication optional
- optional, not held education administration optional
- optional, not held electronic communication optional
- optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
- optional, not held manage educational institution's administration optional
- optional, not held office software optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- optional, not held use office systems optional
39 held skills the admissions coordinator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adolescent psychological development knowledge
- not needed by the target role adult education knowledge
- not needed by the target role advise on learning methods skill
- not needed by the target role apply crisis intervention skill
- not needed by the target role assist students in their learning skill
- not needed by the target role behavioural disorders knowledge
- not needed by the target role client-centred counselling knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate about youth's well-being skill
- not needed by the target role community education knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct educational activities skill
- not needed by the target role consult student's support system skill
- not needed by the target role cooperate with education professionals skill
- not needed by the target role counselling methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role crisis intervention knowledge
- not needed by the target role developmental psychology knowledge
- not needed by the target role establish educational network skill
- not needed by the target role guarantee students' safety skill
- not needed by the target role inspect education institutions skill
- not needed by the target role learning difficulties knowledge
- not needed by the target role learning needs analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with educational institutions skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with educational staff skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with educational support staff skill
- not needed by the target role listen actively skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relations with children's parents skill
- not needed by the target role monitor educational developments skill
- not needed by the target role monitor student's behaviour skill
- not needed by the target role perform educational testing skill
- not needed by the target role post-secondary school procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide career counselling skill
- not needed by the target role provide information on study programmes skill
- not needed by the target role psychological counselling methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role psychology knowledge
- not needed by the target role school psychology knowledge
- not needed by the target role show consideration for student's situation skill
- not needed by the target role support children's wellbeing skill
- not needed by the target role tackle issues that block academic progress skill
- not needed by the target role use psychoeducation skill
- not needed by the target role work in vocational school skill
7 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 student financial aid programmes optional
- optional, not held communication optional
- optional, not held education administration optional
- optional, not held electronic communication optional
- optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
- optional, not held office software optional
Other moves recorded from educational counsellor
- learning mentor 72% covered · moderate
- educational psychologist 64% covered · moderate
- academic advisor 58% covered · moderate
- academic support officer 56% covered · moderate
- special educational needs itinerant teacher 44% covered · substantial
- learning support teacher 35% covered · substantial
- tutor 35% covered · substantial
- career guidance advisor 32% covered · substantial
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.