From commodity broker to commodity trader
10 of the 13 essential skills of a commodity trader are already essential for a commodity broker — about 77% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from commodity broker in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 10
- skills carry over
- 3
- would be new
- 77%
- of the target job covered
- 13
- essential skills of a commodity trader
What a commodity trader does
Commodity traders use negotiation techniques to sell and buy physical goods and raw materials such as gold, cattle, oil, cotton and wheat on the trading floor. They receive and implement purchasing and selling instructions and negotiate the terms of sale and delivery of commodities. Commodity traders do research about market conditions of specific commodities, their price trends and demand in order to inform their employers, they make bid offers and calculate the cost of transactions.
What carries over
10 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
3 skillsEssential for a commodity trader and not for a commodity broker. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
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How far are you from being a commodity trader?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.