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

library assistanttoinformation manager

A library assistant already meets 27% of what the information manager role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From library assistant
27%
Overlap1
To information manager
9 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
73 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

27%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

73/ 100

1 Share of the information manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the library assistant 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 information manager role treats 4 of its required skills as things a library assistant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • assess informational needs
  • copyright legislation
  • develop solutions to information issues
  • manage digital libraries

What stands in the way is 13 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 information manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a library assistant 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 4 the information manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 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 information skills 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse information systems required
  • required, not held evaluate project plans required
  • required, not held manage data required
  • required, not held manage information access aids required
  • optional, not held analyse big data optional
02 management skills 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held develop organisational information goals required
  • required, not held develop information standards required
  • required, not held recruit employees required
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
  • optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
  • optional, not held supervise daily information operations optional
03 business, administration and law 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held corporate sustainability required
  • required, not held data quality assessment required
  • optional, not held organisational learning optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required
  • required, not held cooperate to resolve information issues required
  • required, not held design information system required
05 working with computers 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held perform data mining required
  • optional, not held maintain information network hardware optional
06 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held perform customer management required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a information manager 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 develop solutions to information issues skill
  • already held manage digital libraries skill
  • already held create semantic trees skill
  • already held digitise documents skill
  • already held manage digital documents skill
  • already held use databases skill
  • already held use software for data preservation skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 core skills and competences 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage digital identity optional
08 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held knowledge base optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held organisational learning optional
  • optional, not held analyse big data optional
  • optional, not held knowledge base optional
  • optional, not held maintain information network hardware optional
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
  • optional, not held manage digital identity optional
  • optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
  • optional, not held supervise daily information operations optional
23 held skills the information manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse library users' queries skill
  • not needed by the target role apply for library funding skill
  • not needed by the target role arrange interlibrary loans skill
  • not needed by the target role assist in library facility planning skill
  • not needed by the target role buy new library items skill
  • not needed by the target role classify library materials skill
  • not needed by the target role collection management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role compile library lists skill
  • not needed by the target role confer with library colleagues skill
  • not needed by the target role develop classification systems skill
  • not needed by the target role digitization knowledge
  • not needed by the target role display library material skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate library materials skill
  • not needed by the target role instruct library users in digital literacy skill
  • not needed by the target role literature knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain library equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain library inventory skill
  • not needed by the target role manage library users queries skill
  • not needed by the target role manage overdue library materials skill
  • not needed by the target role organise information skill
  • not needed by the target role organise library material skill
  • not needed by the target role provide library information skill
  • not needed by the target role select new library items to acquire 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 corporate sustainability required
  • required, not held data quality assessment required
  • optional, not held organisational learning optional
  • optional, not held knowledge base optional
Index

Other moves recorded from library assistant

Full index of moves from library assistant

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.