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

notarytolegal consultant

A notary already meets 34% of what the legal consultant role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From notary
34%
Overlap1
To legal consultant
12 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
61.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

34%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

61.9/ 100

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

  • interpret law
  • legal terminology
  • private law
  • provide legal advice

What stands in the way is 7 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A legal consultant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a notary background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held law of non-marital cohabitation business, administration and law
  • already held private law business, administration and law
  • already held interpret law communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held provide legal advice communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held legal terminology business, administration and law
  • already held civil law business, administration and law

All 12 carried skills, including the 4 the legal consultant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 25 missing skills fall into 4 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 5 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on legal decisions required
  • required, not held analyse legal enforceability required
  • required, not held identify clients' needs required
  • required, not held protect client interests required
  • required, not held use consulting techniques required
  • optional, not held consult with business clients optional
  • optional, not held manage contract disputes optional
  • optional, not held moderate in negotiations optional
  • optional, not held negotiate in legal cases optional
  • optional, not held present legal arguments optional
02 assisting and caring 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure law application required
  • optional, not held observe confidentiality optional
  • optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional
  • optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
03 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held compile legal documents required
  • optional, not held analyse internal factors of companies optional
  • optional, not held analyse legal evidence optional
04 business, administration and law 8 supplementary
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
  • optional, not held maritime law optional
  • optional, not held state aid regulations optional
  • optional, not held business law optional
  • optional, not held corporate law optional
  • optional, not held legal case management optional
  • optional, not held mergers and acquisitions optional
  • optional, not held procurement legislation optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a legal consultant 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 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held interpret law skill
  • already held legal terminology knowledge
  • already held private law knowledge
  • already held provide legal advice skill
  • already held apply technical communication skills skill
  • already held civil law knowledge
  • already held contract law knowledge
  • already held court procedures knowledge
  • already held law of non-marital cohabitation knowledge
  • already held legal research knowledge
  • already held manage contracts skill
  • already held real estate market knowledge
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
  • optional, not held consult with business clients optional
  • optional, not held maritime law optional
  • optional, not held state aid regulations optional
  • optional, not held analyse internal factors of companies optional
  • optional, not held analyse legal evidence optional
  • optional, not held business law optional
  • optional, not held corporate law optional
  • optional, not held legal case management optional
  • optional, not held manage contract disputes optional
  • optional, not held mergers and acquisitions optional
  • optional, not held moderate in negotiations optional
  • optional, not held negotiate in legal cases optional
  • optional, not held observe confidentiality optional
  • optional, not held present legal arguments optional
  • optional, not held procurement legislation optional
  • optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional
  • optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
31 held skills the legal consultant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role administer oaths skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on legal services skill
  • not needed by the target role archive documentation related to work skill
  • not needed by the target role authenticate documents skill
  • not needed by the target role check official documents skill
  • not needed by the target role conclude business agreements skill
  • not needed by the target role constitutional law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conveyancing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create import-export commercial documentation skill
  • not needed by the target role examine mortgage loan documents skill
  • not needed by the target role facilitate official agreement skill
  • not needed by the target role fix meetings skill
  • not needed by the target role hand gestures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role intellectual property law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role international import export regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role issue official documents skill
  • not needed by the target role manage digital documents skill
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role mortgage loans knowledge
  • not needed by the target role officiate weddings skill
  • not needed by the target role perform clerical duties skill
  • not needed by the target role perform powers of attorney skill
  • not needed by the target role property law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role provide legal legitimacy to the transfer of assets skill
  • not needed by the target role public law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role register deeds skill
  • not needed by the target role revise legal documents skill
  • not needed by the target role take affidavits skill
  • not needed by the target role types of oaths knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use word processing software skill
  • not needed by the target role witness the signing of documents skill
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
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
  • optional, not held maritime law optional
  • optional, not held state aid regulations optional
  • optional, not held business law optional
  • optional, not held corporate law optional
  • optional, not held legal case management optional
  • optional, not held mergers and acquisitions optional
  • optional, not held procurement legislation optional
Index

Other moves recorded from notary

Full index of moves from notary

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.