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

stock brokertosecurities underwriter

A stock broker already meets 80% of what the securities underwriter role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

From stock broker
80%
Overlap1
To securities underwriter
27 Skills carried over
3 Required, not held
21 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 21

This move: 21 of 100 · adjacent

1 Share of the securities underwriter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the stock broker 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A securities underwriter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a stock broker background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held assess risks of clients' assets information skills
  • already held trade securities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held operate financial instruments management skills
  • already held perform stock valuation information skills
  • already held forecast economic trends information skills
  • already held provide support in financial calculation information skills

All 27 carried skills, including the 11 the securities underwriter role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 6 missing skills fall into 3 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 2 required
  • required, not held analyse economic trends required
  • required, not held monitor stock market required
02 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held commercial law required
  • optional, not held financial forecasting optional
03 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held create a financial plan optional
  • optional, not held manage securities optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a securities underwriter 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 27 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held actuarial science knowledge
  • already held analyse market financial trends skill
  • already held economics knowledge
  • already held financial jurisdiction knowledge
  • already held financial markets knowledge
  • already held financial products knowledge
  • already held forecast economic trends skill
  • already held protect client interests skill
  • already held securities knowledge
  • already held stock market knowledge
  • already held trade securities skill
  • already held advise on financial matters skill
  • already held analyse financial risk skill
  • already held apply technical communication skills skill
  • already held assess risks of clients' assets skill
  • already held banking activities knowledge
  • already held build business relationships skill
  • already held communicate with banking professionals skill
  • already held handle financial transactions skill
  • already held maintain records of financial transactions skill
  • already held manage financial risk skill
  • already held operate financial instruments skill
  • already held perform stock valuation skill
  • already held provide support in financial calculation skill
  • already held statistics knowledge
  • already held tax legislation knowledge
  • already held trace financial transactions skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held create a financial plan optional
  • optional, not held financial forecasting optional
  • optional, not held manage securities optional
11 held skills the securities underwriter role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role accounting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role asset management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role create a financial report skill
  • not needed by the target role examine credit ratings skill
  • not needed by the target role fundamental analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role holding company activities knowledge
  • not needed by the target role modern portfolio theory knowledge
  • not needed by the target role obtain financial information skill
  • not needed by the target role provide financial product information skill
  • not needed by the target role review investment portfolios skill
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 commercial law required
  • optional, not held financial forecasting 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.