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

personal shoppertodating service consultant

A personal shopper already meets 32% of what the dating service consultant role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From personal shopper
32%
Overlap1
To dating service consultant
10 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
68.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

32%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

68.2/ 100

1 Share of the dating service consultant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the personal shopper 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 dating service consultant role treats 5 of its required skills as things a personal shopper already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • assess character
  • develop professional network
  • identify customer's needs
  • listen actively
  • maintain customer service

What stands in the way is 10 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 dating service consultant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a personal shopper background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held teach fashion to clients communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held assess character management skills
  • already held assist clients with special needs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held maintain professional administration management skills
  • already held administer appointments management skills
  • already held maintain customer service communication, collaboration and creativity

All 10 carried skills, including the 5 the dating service consultant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 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 5 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on dating required
  • required, not held maintain relationship with customers required
  • required, not held promote human rights required
  • required, not held teach communication to clients required
  • required, not held use consulting techniques required
  • optional, not held advise on online dating optional
  • optional, not held perform dating coaching optional
  • optional, not held interview people optional
  • optional, not held perform lectures optional
  • optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
02 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held match people required
  • required, not held give advice on personal matters required
  • optional, not held apply company policies optional
03 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held set up dates required
  • required, not held profile people required
  • optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
04 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held sexology required
  • optional, not held psychology optional
05 information skills 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held use personality tests optional
  • optional, not held document interviews optional
  • optional, not held keep personal administration optional
  • optional, not held manage tests optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a dating service 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assess character skill
  • already held develop professional network skill
  • already held identify customer's needs skill
  • already held listen actively skill
  • already held maintain customer service skill
  • already held administer appointments skill
  • already held assist clients with special needs skill
  • already held maintain professional administration skill
  • already held teach fashion to clients skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advise on online dating optional
  • optional, not held perform dating coaching optional
  • optional, not held use personality tests optional
  • optional, not held interview people optional
  • optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
  • optional, not held perform lectures optional
  • optional, not held apply company policies optional
  • optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
  • optional, not held document interviews optional
  • optional, not held keep personal administration optional
  • optional, not held manage tests optional
  • optional, not held psychology optional
20 held skills the dating service consultant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role accompany people skill
  • not needed by the target role achieve sales targets skill
  • not needed by the target role advise customers on clothing accessories skill
  • not needed by the target role advise customers on jewellery and watches skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on clothing style skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on furniture style skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on hair style skill
  • not needed by the target role apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods skill
  • not needed by the target role assist customers skill
  • not needed by the target role assist with dressing skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role control of expenses skill
  • not needed by the target role implement customer follow-up skill
  • not needed by the target role network with store owners skill
  • not needed by the target role offer cosmetic beauty advice skill
  • not needed by the target role perform services in a flexible manner skill
  • not needed by the target role sales argumentation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role satisfy customers skill
  • not needed by the target role stay up-to-date with hair style trends skill
  • not needed by the target role trends in fashion knowledge
2 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 sexology required
  • optional, not held psychology optional
Index

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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.