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

senatortopublic affairs consultant

A senator already meets 40% of what the public affairs consultant role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From senator
40%
Overlap1
To public affairs consultant
12 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
56.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

40%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

56.1/ 100

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

  • advise on legislative acts
  • government policy implementation
  • legislation procedure
  • manage government policy implementation
  • perform political negotiation

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 public affairs consultant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a senator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held monitor political conflicts information skills
  • already held legislation procedure business, administration and law
  • already held perform political negotiation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held political science social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held government representation social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held build international relations communication, collaboration and creativity

All 12 carried skills, including the 5 the public affairs consultant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 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 6 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held influence legislators required
  • required, not held advise on conflict management required
  • required, not held apply diplomatic principles required
  • required, not held maintain relationships with government agencies required
  • required, not held manage relationships with stakeholders required
  • required, not held protect client interests required
  • optional, not held advise on public image optional
  • optional, not held advise on public relations optional
  • optional, not held facilitate official agreement optional
  • optional, not held liaise with politicians optional
  • optional, not held moderate in negotiations optional
  • optional, not held present arguments persuasively optional
02 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held diplomatic principles required
  • optional, not held European political studies optional
  • optional, not held media and information literacy optional
03 business, administration and law 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held legal research optional
  • optional, not held legal terminology optional
04 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held assess risk factors optional
  • optional, not held conduct public surveys optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a public affairs 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 advise on legislative acts skill
  • already held government policy implementation knowledge
  • already held legislation procedure knowledge
  • already held manage government policy implementation skill
  • already held perform political negotiation skill
  • already held build international relations skill
  • already held establish collaborative relations skill
  • already held government representation knowledge
  • already held monitor political conflicts skill
  • already held perform public relations skill
  • already held political science knowledge
  • already held rhetoric knowledge
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held European political studies optional
  • optional, not held media and information literacy optional
  • optional, not held advise on public image optional
  • optional, not held advise on public relations optional
  • optional, not held assess risk factors optional
  • optional, not held conduct public surveys optional
  • optional, not held facilitate official agreement optional
  • optional, not held legal research optional
  • optional, not held legal terminology optional
  • optional, not held liaise with politicians optional
  • optional, not held moderate in negotiations optional
  • optional, not held present arguments persuasively optional
17 held skills the public affairs consultant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role apply conflict management skill
  • not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct public presentations skill
  • not needed by the target role constitutional law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role engage in debates skill
  • not needed by the target role good governance knowledge
  • not needed by the target role liaise with local authorities skill
  • not needed by the target role make legislative decisions skill
  • not needed by the target role manage administrative systems skill
  • not needed by the target role perform government ceremonies skill
  • not needed by the target role political parties knowledge
  • not needed by the target role prepare legislation proposition skill
  • not needed by the target role present legislation proposition skill
  • not needed by the target role public administration knowledge
  • not needed by the target role public finance knowledge
  • not needed by the target role public law knowledge
5 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 diplomatic principles required
  • optional, not held European political studies optional
  • optional, not held media and information literacy optional
  • optional, not held legal research optional
  • optional, not held legal terminology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from senator

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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.