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

foreign language correspondence clerktotypist

A foreign language correspondence clerk already meets 29% of what the typist role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From foreign language correspondence clerk
29%
Overlap1
To typist
9 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
65.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

29%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

65.6/ 100

1 Share of the typist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the foreign language correspondence clerk 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 typist role treats 4 of its required skills as things a foreign language correspondence clerk already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply grammar and spelling rules
  • company policies
  • draft corporate emails
  • liaise with typists

What stands in the way is 9 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A typist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a foreign language correspondence clerk background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held liaise with typists communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held draft corporate emails communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held perform office routine activities management skills
  • already held manage digital documents working with computers
  • already held ensure proper document management information skills
  • already held use word processing software working with computers

All 9 carried skills, including the 4 the typist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 missing skills fall into 6 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 information skills 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held decode handwritten texts required
  • required, not held type error-free documents required
  • required, not held use dictionaries required
  • optional, not held compile content optional
  • optional, not held maintain customer records optional
  • optional, not held translate keywords into full texts optional
  • optional, not held use stenotype machines optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held align content with form required
  • required, not held pose questions referring to documents required
  • required, not held provide written content required
  • optional, not held type texts from audio sources optional
  • optional, not held use shorthand optional
  • optional, not held write meeting reports optional
03 working with computers 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held use microsoft office required
  • optional, not held integrate content into output media optional
  • optional, not held digitise documents optional
  • optional, not held use databases optional
  • optional, not held use shorthand computer program optional
04 arts and humanities 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held transcription methods required
  • optional, not held audio technology optional
  • optional, not held content development processes optional
  • optional, not held stenography optional
05 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held use free typing techniques required
06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held operate audio equipment optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a typist 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 9 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply grammar and spelling rules skill
  • already held company policies knowledge
  • already held draft corporate emails skill
  • already held liaise with typists skill
  • already held ensure proper document management skill
  • already held manage digital documents skill
  • already held perform office routine activities skill
  • already held use spreadsheets software skill
  • already held use word processing software skill
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held integrate content into output media optional
  • optional, not held operate audio equipment optional
  • optional, not held audio technology optional
  • optional, not held compile content optional
  • optional, not held content development processes optional
  • optional, not held digitise documents optional
  • optional, not held maintain customer records optional
  • optional, not held stenography optional
  • optional, not held translate keywords into full texts optional
  • optional, not held type texts from audio sources optional
  • optional, not held use databases optional
  • optional, not held use shorthand optional
  • optional, not held use shorthand computer program optional
  • optional, not held use stenotype machines optional
  • optional, not held write meeting reports optional
17 held skills the typist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages skill
  • not needed by the target role deliver correspondence skill
  • not needed by the target role disseminate internal communications skill
  • not needed by the target role file documents skill
  • not needed by the target role grammar knowledge
  • not needed by the target role handle mail skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
  • not needed by the target role master language rules skill
  • not needed by the target role organise business documents skill
  • not needed by the target role speak different languages skill
  • not needed by the target role spelling knowledge
  • not needed by the target role translate foreign language skill
  • not needed by the target role translate language concepts skill
  • not needed by the target role translate spoken language skill
  • not needed by the target role use an application-specific interface skill
  • not needed by the target role use office systems skill
4 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 transcription methods required
  • optional, not held audio technology optional
  • optional, not held content development processes optional
  • optional, not held stenography optional
Index

Other moves recorded from foreign language correspondence clerk

Full index of moves from foreign language correspondence clerk

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.