fact checkertobook editor
A fact checker already meets 21% of what the book editor role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
21%
75.4/ 100
1 Share of the book editor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the fact checker 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 book editor role treats 3 of its required skills as things a fact checker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- consult information sources
- develop professional network
- read manuscripts
What stands in the way is 12 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A book editor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a fact checker background worth leading with.
- already held rewrite manuscripts communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held read manuscripts information skills
- already held writing techniques arts and humanities
- already held use word processing software working with computers
- already held proofread text communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held consult information sources information skills
All 7 carried skills, including the 3 the book editor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 25 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.
- required, not held network within the writing industry required
- required, not held provide support to authors required
- required, not held select manuscripts required
- required, not held suggest revision of manuscripts required
- required, not held attend book fairs required
- required, not held establish collaborative relations required
- required, not held implement marketing strategies required
- optional, not held interpret illustration needs optional
- optional, not held select illustration styles optional
- optional, not held apply grammar and spelling rules optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- optional, not held show diplomacy optional
- required, not held publishing market required
- required, not held copyright legislation required
- required, not held assess financial viability required
- optional, not held analyse texts to be illustrated optional
- optional, not held check correctness of information optional
- optional, not held conserve new media optional
- optional, not held perform market research optional
- required, not held literature required
- optional, not held grammar optional
- optional, not held spelling optional
- required, not held manage budgets required
- optional, not held desktop publishing optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a book editor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 network within the writing industry skill · occupation specific
- 02 provide support to authors skill · occupation specific
- 03 publishing market knowledge · 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 consult information sources skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held read manuscripts skill
- already held proofread text skill
- already held rewrite manuscripts skill
- already held use word processing software skill
- already held writing techniques knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held apply desktop publishing techniques optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held analyse texts to be illustrated optional
- optional, not held check correctness of information optional
- optional, not held conserve new media optional
- optional, not held interpret illustration needs optional
- optional, not held select illustration styles optional
- optional, not held apply desktop publishing techniques optional
- optional, not held apply grammar and spelling rules optional
- optional, not held desktop publishing optional
- optional, not held grammar optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- optional, not held perform market research optional
- optional, not held show diplomacy optional
- optional, not held spelling optional
11 held skills the book editor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
- not needed by the target role consult with editor skill
- not needed by the target role interview people skill
- not needed by the target role interview techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role media and information literacy knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform background research on writing subject skill
- not needed by the target role press law knowledge
- not needed by the target role review unpublished articles skill
- not needed by the target role scientific research methodology knowledge
- not needed by the target role search databases skill
- not needed by the target role search engines knowledge
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held publishing market required
- required, not held copyright legislation required
- required, not held literature required
- optional, not held desktop publishing optional
- optional, not held grammar optional
- optional, not held spelling optional
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.