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

fact checkertolexicographer

A fact checker already meets 24% of what the lexicographer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From fact checker
24%
Overlap1
To lexicographer
6 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
69 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

24%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

69/ 100

1 Share of the lexicographer 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

Why this move works

A lexicographer 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
  • scientific research methodology
  • search databases

What stands in the way is 8 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A lexicographer 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held search engines social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held search databases working with computers
  • already held consult with editor communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held use word processing software working with computers
  • already held consult information sources information skills
  • already held scientific research methodology education

All 6 carried skills, including the 3 the lexicographer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 missing skills fall into 5 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 arts and humanities 4 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held grammar required
  • required, not held linguistics required
  • required, not held practical lexicography required
  • required, not held spelling required
  • optional, not held typology optional
  • optional, not held theoretical lexicography optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held create definitions required
  • required, not held apply grammar and spelling rules required
  • optional, not held edit dictionary entries optional
  • optional, not held translate foreign language optional
  • optional, not held translate language concepts optional
03 management skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held follow work schedule required
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
  • optional, not held supervise staff optional
  • optional, not held supervise work optional
04 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held copyright legislation required
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
05 information skills 5 supplementary
  • optional, not held create semantic trees optional
  • optional, not held do historical research optional
  • optional, not held identify new words optional
  • optional, not held develop technical glossaries optional
  • optional, not held use dictionaries optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a lexicographer 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 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held consult information sources skill
  • already held scientific research methodology knowledge
  • already held search databases skill
  • already held consult with editor skill
  • already held search engines knowledge
  • already held use word processing software skill
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held edit dictionary entries optional
  • optional, not held typology optional
  • optional, not held create semantic trees optional
  • optional, not held do historical research optional
  • optional, not held identify new words optional
  • optional, not held develop technical glossaries optional
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
  • optional, not held supervise staff optional
  • optional, not held supervise work optional
  • optional, not held theoretical lexicography optional
  • optional, not held translate foreign language optional
  • optional, not held translate language concepts optional
  • optional, not held use dictionaries optional
12 held skills the lexicographer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
  • not needed by the target role develop professional network 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 proofread text skill
  • not needed by the target role read manuscripts skill
  • not needed by the target role review unpublished articles skill
  • not needed by the target role rewrite manuscripts skill
  • not needed by the target role writing techniques knowledge
8 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 copyright legislation required
  • required, not held grammar required
  • required, not held linguistics required
  • required, not held practical lexicography required
  • required, not held spelling required
  • optional, not held typology optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
  • optional, not held theoretical lexicography optional
Index

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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.