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

parliamentary assistanttoeconomic adviser

A parliamentary assistant already meets 32% of what the economic adviser role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From parliamentary assistant
32%
Overlap1
To economic adviser
10 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
67.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

32%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

67.8/ 100

1 Share of the economic adviser role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the parliamentary 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 economic adviser role treats 8 of its required skills as things a parliamentary assistant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • business analysis
  • company policies
  • develop organisational policies
  • monitor company policy
  • organisational policies
  • politics

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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A economic adviser role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a parliamentary assistant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held supervise advocacy work management skills
  • already held politics social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held advise on government policy compliance communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held monitor company policy information skills
  • already held business analysis business, administration and law
  • already held civil law business, administration and law

All 10 carried skills, including the 8 the economic adviser role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 29 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 8 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse economic trends required
  • required, not held analyse market financial trends required
  • required, not held apply statistical analysis techniques required
  • required, not held assess risk factors required
  • required, not held carry out statistical forecasts required
  • required, not held comprehend financial business terminology required
  • required, not held develop financial statistics reports required
  • required, not held maintain financial records required
  • optional, not held inspect government incomes optional
  • optional, not held analyse big data optional
  • optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
  • optional, not held inspect government expenditures optional
  • optional, not held report analysis results optional
02 business, administration and law 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held financial forecasting required
  • required, not held market analysis required
  • optional, not held public finance optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on economic development required
  • optional, not held maintain relations with local representatives optional
  • optional, not held advise on legislative acts optional
  • optional, not held advise on public finance optional
  • optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationships with government agencies optional
  • optional, not held present reports optional
04 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held economics required
  • optional, not held environmental economics optional
  • optional, not held government policy implementation optional
05 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held statistics required
06 education 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held scientific research methodology optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a economic adviser 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held business analysis knowledge
  • already held company policies knowledge
  • already held develop organisational policies skill
  • already held monitor company policy skill
  • already held organisational policies knowledge
  • already held politics knowledge
  • already held strategic planning knowledge
  • already held supervise advocacy work skill
  • already held advise on government policy compliance skill
  • already held civil law knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use business simulation tools optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held environmental economics optional
  • optional, not held inspect government incomes optional
  • optional, not held maintain relations with local representatives optional
  • optional, not held use business simulation tools optional
  • optional, not held advise on legislative acts optional
  • optional, not held advise on public finance optional
  • optional, not held analyse big data optional
  • optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
  • optional, not held government policy implementation optional
  • optional, not held inspect government expenditures optional
  • optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationships with government agencies optional
  • optional, not held present reports optional
  • optional, not held public finance optional
  • optional, not held report analysis results optional
  • optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
39 held skills the economic adviser role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on communication strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on drafting policies skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on foreign affairs policies skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse text before translation skill
  • not needed by the target role apply information security policies skill
  • not needed by the target role attend meetings skill
  • not needed by the target role attend parliament plenaries skill
  • not needed by the target role check official documents skill
  • not needed by the target role commercial law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate with stakeholders skill
  • not needed by the target role communication knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communication principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role constitutional law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role disseminate messages to people skill
  • not needed by the target role draft legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role draft press releases skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with policies skill
  • not needed by the target role examine legislative drafts skill
  • not needed by the target role fill out forms skill
  • not needed by the target role fix meetings skill
  • not needed by the target role good governance knowledge
  • not needed by the target role government policy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify policy breach skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect government policy compliance skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with government officials skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain correspondence records skill
  • not needed by the target role manage relationships with stakeholders skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate with stakeholders skill
  • not needed by the target role office software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role organise business documents skill
  • not needed by the target role organise facilities for office personnel skill
  • not needed by the target role perform office routine activities skill
  • not needed by the target role pose questions referring to documents skill
  • not needed by the target role process commissioned instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role respect publication formats skill
  • not needed by the target role respond to inquiries in written form skill
  • not needed by the target role review drafts skill
  • not needed by the target role write meeting reports skill
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports 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
  • required, not held economics required
  • required, not held financial forecasting required
  • required, not held market analysis required
  • required, not held statistics required
  • optional, not held environmental economics optional
  • optional, not held government policy implementation optional
  • optional, not held public finance optional
  • optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from parliamentary assistant

Full index of moves from parliamentary 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.