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A senator already meets 65% of what the secretary of state role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
65%
34.3/ 100
1 Share of the secretary of state 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 this move works
A secretary of state role treats 10 of its required skills as things a senator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on legislative acts
- analyse legislation
- budgetary principles
- good governance
- legislation procedure
- liaise with local authorities
What stands in the way is 4 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A secretary of state 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.
- already held prepare legislation proposition management skills
- already held present legislation proposition communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held analyse legislation information skills
- already held legislation procedure business, administration and law
- already held constitutional law business, administration and law
- already held perform political negotiation communication, collaboration and creativity
All 17 carried skills, including the 10 the secretary of state role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 12 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.
- required, not held advise legislators required
- required, not held implement strategic management required
- optional, not held advise on public finance optional
- optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
- optional, not held present reports optional
- optional, not held represent the organisation optional
- optional, not held write meeting reports optional
- required, not held audit techniques required
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- required, not held conduct financial audits required
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a secretary of state role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise legislators skill · cross sector
- 02 audit techniques knowledge · cross sector
- 03 conduct financial audits skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 17 skills that carry over
- already held advise on legislative acts skill
- already held analyse legislation skill
- already held budgetary principles knowledge
- already held good governance knowledge
- already held legislation procedure knowledge
- already held liaise with local authorities skill
- already held perform political negotiation skill
- already held prepare legislation proposition skill
- already held present legislation proposition skill
- already held public administration knowledge
- already held apply conflict management skill
- already held constitutional law knowledge
- already held government policy implementation knowledge
- already held government representation knowledge
- already held manage administrative systems skill
- already held manage government policy implementation skill
- already held public finance knowledge
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on public finance optional
- optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held present reports optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held represent the organisation optional
- optional, not held write meeting reports optional
12 held skills the secretary of state role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role build international relations skill
- not needed by the target role conduct public presentations skill
- not needed by the target role engage in debates skill
- not needed by the target role establish collaborative relations skill
- not needed by the target role make legislative decisions skill
- not needed by the target role monitor political conflicts skill
- not needed by the target role perform government ceremonies skill
- not needed by the target role perform public relations skill
- not needed by the target role political parties knowledge
- not needed by the target role political science knowledge
- not needed by the target role public law knowledge
- not needed by the target role rhetoric 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.
- required, not held audit techniques required
- optional, not held project management principles optional
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.