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

notarytomediator

A notary already meets 26% of what the mediator role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From notary
26%
Overlap1
To mediator
11 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
72.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

26%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

72.1/ 100

1 Share of the mediator 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 mediator role treats 3 of its required skills as things a notary already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on legal services
  • facilitate official agreement
  • interpret law

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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mediator 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 advise on legal services communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held revise legal documents communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held interpret law communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held facilitate official agreement communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held provide legal advice communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held civil law business, administration and law

All 11 carried skills, including the 3 the mediator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 31 missing skills fall into 5 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 8 required, 12 supplementary
  • required, not held draft the rules of the mediation service required
  • required, not held exercise neutrality in mediation cases required
  • required, not held promote communication between parties required
  • required, not held advise on conflict management required
  • required, not held apply conflict management required
  • required, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour required
  • required, not held listen to the stories of the disputants required
  • required, not held negotiate in legal cases required
  • optional, not held show impartiality optional
  • optional, not held advise on legal decisions optional
  • optional, not held conduct research interview optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held handle financial disputes optional
  • optional, not held manage contract disputes optional
  • optional, not held manage legal personal issues optional
  • optional, not held moderate in negotiations optional
  • optional, not held present arguments persuasively optional
  • optional, not held present evidence optional
  • optional, not held present legal arguments optional
  • optional, not held protect client interests optional
02 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held observe confidentiality required
  • optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
03 business, administration and law 6 supplementary
  • optional, not held commercial law optional
  • optional, not held business law optional
  • optional, not held civil process order optional
  • optional, not held consumer law optional
  • optional, not held corporate law optional
  • optional, not held legal case management optional
04 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held analyse legal evidence optional
  • optional, not held compile legal documents optional
05 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held make legal decisions optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a mediator 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 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on legal services skill
  • already held facilitate official agreement skill
  • already held interpret law skill
  • already held civil law knowledge
  • already held contract law knowledge
  • already held court procedures knowledge
  • already held legal research knowledge
  • already held legal terminology knowledge
  • already held manage contracts skill
  • already held provide legal advice skill
  • already held revise legal documents skill
22 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held commercial law optional
  • optional, not held show impartiality optional
  • optional, not held advise on legal decisions optional
  • optional, not held analyse legal evidence optional
  • optional, not held business law optional
  • optional, not held civil process order optional
  • optional, not held compile legal documents optional
  • optional, not held conduct research interview optional
  • optional, not held consumer law optional
  • optional, not held corporate law optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held handle financial disputes optional
  • optional, not held legal case management optional
  • optional, not held make legal decisions optional
  • optional, not held manage contract disputes optional
  • optional, not held manage legal personal issues optional
  • optional, not held moderate in negotiations optional
  • optional, not held present arguments persuasively optional
  • optional, not held present evidence optional
  • optional, not held present legal arguments optional
  • optional, not held protect client interests optional
  • optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
32 held skills the mediator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role administer oaths skill
  • not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills 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 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 law of non-marital cohabitation knowledge
  • 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 private law knowledge
  • 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 real estate market knowledge
  • not needed by the target role register deeds 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
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 commercial law optional
  • optional, not held business law optional
  • optional, not held civil process order optional
  • optional, not held consumer law optional
  • optional, not held corporate law optional
  • optional, not held legal case management 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.