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

field survey managertomarket research interviewer

A field survey manager already meets 53% of what the market research interviewer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From field survey manager
53%
Overlap1
To market research interviewer
18 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
49.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

53%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

49.9/ 100

1 Share of the market research interviewer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the field survey manager 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 market research interviewer role treats 12 of its required skills as things a field survey manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • adhere to questionnaires
  • capture people's attention
  • communication
  • conduct research interview
  • document interviews
  • evaluate interview reports

What stands in the way is 6 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 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A market research interviewer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a field survey manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held capture people's attention communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held explain interview purposes communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held prepare survey report communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held adhere to questionnaires communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held evaluate interview reports information skills
  • already held tabulate survey results information skills

All 18 carried skills, including the 12 the market research interviewer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 25 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held prepare market research reports required
  • required, not held use communication techniques required
  • required, not held use different communication channels required
  • required, not held use questioning techniques required
  • optional, not held contact customers optional
  • optional, not held adapt communication style according to recipient optional
  • optional, not held apply grammar and spelling rules optional
  • optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
  • optional, not held speak different languages optional
  • optional, not held use shorthand optional
02 information skills 1 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held perform market research required
  • optional, not held study topics optional
  • optional, not held analyse call performance trends optional
  • optional, not held conduct qualitative research optional
  • optional, not held conduct quantitative research optional
  • optional, not held perform mystery shopping optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held respond to enquiries required
04 business, administration and law 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held customer insight optional
  • optional, not held data quality assessment optional
  • optional, not held market research optional
05 social sciences, journalism and information 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held politics optional
  • optional, not held psychology optional
06 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held analyse data about clients optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a market research interviewer 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 18 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adhere to questionnaires skill
  • already held capture people's attention skill
  • already held communication knowledge
  • already held conduct research interview skill
  • already held document interviews skill
  • already held evaluate interview reports skill
  • already held explain interview purposes skill
  • already held information confidentiality knowledge
  • already held interview techniques knowledge
  • already held prepare survey report skill
  • already held survey techniques knowledge
  • already held tabulate survey results skill
  • already held design questionnaires skill
  • already held interview focus groups skill
  • already held perform data analysis skill
  • already held present reports skill
  • already held revise questionnaires skill
  • already held visual presentation techniques knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held statistics optional
08 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use databases optional
19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held contact customers optional
  • optional, not held customer insight optional
  • optional, not held data quality assessment optional
  • optional, not held study topics optional
  • optional, not held adapt communication style according to recipient optional
  • optional, not held analyse call performance trends optional
  • optional, not held analyse data about clients optional
  • optional, not held apply grammar and spelling rules optional
  • optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
  • optional, not held conduct qualitative research optional
  • optional, not held conduct quantitative research optional
  • optional, not held market research optional
  • optional, not held perform mystery shopping optional
  • optional, not held politics optional
  • optional, not held psychology optional
  • optional, not held speak different languages optional
  • optional, not held statistics optional
  • optional, not held use databases optional
  • optional, not held use shorthand optional
14 held skills the market research interviewer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role collect data using GPS skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with stakeholders skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct public surveys skill
  • not needed by the target role forecast workload skill
  • not needed by the target role interview people skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor field surveys skill
  • not needed by the target role observe confidentiality skill
  • not needed by the target role perform resource planning skill
  • not needed by the target role record survey data skill
  • not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise staff skill
  • not needed by the target role train field investigators skill
  • not needed by the target role use microsoft office skill
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports 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
  • optional, not held customer insight optional
  • optional, not held data quality assessment optional
  • optional, not held market research optional
  • optional, not held politics optional
  • optional, not held psychology optional
  • optional, not held statistics optional
Index
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.