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

educational psychologisttoacademic advisor

A educational psychologist already meets 31% of what the academic advisor role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From educational psychologist
31%
Overlap1
To academic advisor
10 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
64.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

31%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

64.6/ 100

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

  • assessment processes
  • counsel students
  • education law
  • listen actively

What stands in the way is 10 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A academic advisor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a educational psychologist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held counsel students communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held action research education
  • already held learning needs analysis education
  • already held education law business, administration and law
  • already held consult student's support system communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held psychology social sciences, journalism and information

All 10 carried skills, including the 4 the academic advisor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on learning methods required
  • required, not held give constructive feedback required
  • optional, not held provide information on education financing optional
  • optional, not held cooperate with education professionals optional
  • optional, not held promote education programmes optional
  • optional, not held provide career counselling optional
02 management skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held construct individual learning plans required
  • required, not held encourage students to acknowledge their achievements required
  • optional, not held identify education needs optional
  • optional, not held organise job search workshops optional
03 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held provide information on school services required
  • required, not held provide information on study programmes required
  • optional, not held tackle issues that block academic progress optional
04 education 2 required
  • required, not held curriculum objectives required
  • required, not held curriculum standards required
05 health and welfare 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held counselling methods required
  • optional, not held labour market optional
06 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor educational developments required
  • optional, not held analyse education system optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a academic advisor 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assessment processes knowledge
  • already held counsel students skill
  • already held education law knowledge
  • already held listen actively skill
  • already held action research knowledge
  • already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
  • already held consult student's support system skill
  • already held learning difficulties knowledge
  • already held learning needs analysis knowledge
  • already held psychology knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 business, administration and law 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held university procedures optional
  • optional, not held education administration optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held provide information on education financing optional
  • optional, not held university procedures optional
  • optional, not held analyse education system optional
  • optional, not held cooperate with education professionals optional
  • optional, not held education administration optional
  • optional, not held identify education needs optional
  • optional, not held labour market optional
  • optional, not held organise job search workshops optional
  • optional, not held promote education programmes optional
  • optional, not held provide career counselling optional
  • optional, not held tackle issues that block academic progress optional
35 held skills the academic advisor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adolescent psychological development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply crisis intervention skill
  • not needed by the target role behavioural disorders knowledge
  • not needed by the target role carry out psychiatric assessment of child skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate about youth's well-being skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with youth skill
  • not needed by the target role communication disorders knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct psychological research skill
  • not needed by the target role consultation 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 diagnose education problems skill
  • not needed by the target role diagnose psychiatric symptoms skill
  • not needed by the target role guarantee students' safety skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret psychological tests skill
  • not needed by the target role keep up-to-date with training subjects 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 monitor student's behaviour skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor therapeutic progress skill
  • not needed by the target role oversee extra-curricular activities skill
  • not needed by the target role perform educational testing skill
  • not needed by the target role psychiatric disorders knowledge
  • not needed by the target role psychological counselling methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role publish academic research skill
  • not needed by the target role school psychology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role scientific research methodology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role secondary school procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role show consideration for student's situation skill
  • not needed by the target role social development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role support children's wellbeing skill
  • not needed by the target role test for behavioural patterns skill
  • not needed by the target role test for emotional patterns skill
  • not needed by the target role use psychoeducation skill
  • not needed by the target role write research proposals skill
6 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 counselling methods required
  • required, not held curriculum objectives required
  • required, not held curriculum standards required
  • optional, not held university procedures optional
  • optional, not held education administration optional
  • optional, not held labour market optional
Index

Other moves recorded from educational psychologist

Full index of moves from educational psychologist

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.