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

information managertolibrary assistant

A information manager already meets 23% of what the library assistant role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From information manager
23%
Overlap1
To library assistant
9 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
76.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

23%

Learning distance A rebuild

76.5/ 100

1 Share of the library assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the information 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 library assistant role treats 2 of its required skills as things a information manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • assess informational needs
  • copyright legislation

What stands in the way is 11 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 library assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a information manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held develop solutions to information issues communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage digital libraries working with computers
  • already held assess informational needs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held create semantic trees information skills
  • already held use software for data preservation working with computers
  • already held digitise documents working with computers

All 9 carried skills, including the 2 the library assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 23 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 information skills 6 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain library inventory required
  • required, not held manage library users queries required
  • required, not held organise library material required
  • required, not held analyse library users' queries required
  • required, not held classify library materials required
  • required, not held organise information required
  • optional, not held apply for library funding optional
  • optional, not held compile library lists optional
  • optional, not held develop classification systems optional
  • optional, not held evaluate library materials optional
  • optional, not held manage overdue library materials optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held display library material required
  • required, not held instruct library users in digital literacy required
  • optional, not held buy new library items optional
  • optional, not held confer with library colleagues optional
  • optional, not held select new library items to acquire optional
03 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held arrange interlibrary loans required
  • optional, not held assist in library facility planning optional
04 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held provide library information required
05 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held maintain library equipment required
06 social sciences, journalism and information 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held collection management optional
  • optional, not held digitization optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a library assistant 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 assess informational needs skill
  • already held copyright legislation knowledge
  • already held create semantic trees skill
  • already held develop solutions to information issues skill
  • already held digitise documents skill
  • already held manage digital documents skill
  • already held manage digital libraries skill
  • already held use databases skill
  • already held use software for data preservation skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held literature optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply for library funding optional
  • optional, not held assist in library facility planning optional
  • optional, not held buy new library items optional
  • optional, not held collection management optional
  • optional, not held compile library lists optional
  • optional, not held confer with library colleagues optional
  • optional, not held develop classification systems optional
  • optional, not held evaluate library materials optional
  • optional, not held manage overdue library materials optional
  • optional, not held select new library items to acquire optional
  • optional, not held digitization optional
  • optional, not held literature optional
21 held skills the library assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse big data skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse information systems skill
  • not needed by the target role cooperate to resolve information issues skill
  • not needed by the target role corporate sustainability knowledge
  • not needed by the target role data quality assessment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role design information system skill
  • not needed by the target role develop information standards skill
  • not needed by the target role develop organisational information goals skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate project plans skill
  • not needed by the target role knowledge base knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain information network hardware skill
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role manage data skill
  • not needed by the target role manage digital identity skill
  • not needed by the target role manage information access aids skill
  • not needed by the target role manage schedule of tasks skill
  • not needed by the target role organisational learning knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform customer management skill
  • not needed by the target role perform data mining skill
  • not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise daily information operations skill
3 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 collection management optional
  • optional, not held digitization optional
  • optional, not held literature optional
Index

Other moves recorded from information manager

Full index of moves from information manager

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.