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From magazine editor to editor-in-chief

12 of the 20 essential skills of a editor-in-chief are already essential for a magazine editor — about 60% of the job, before you learn anything new.

These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.

12
skills carry over
8
would be new
60%
of the target job covered
20
essential skills of a editor-in-chief

What a editor-in-chief does

Editors-in-chief oversee the production of news stories for newspapers, magazines, journals and other media. They manage the day-to-day operations of a publication and make sure it is ready on time.

What would be new

8 skills

Essential for a editor-in-chief and not for a magazine editor. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.

Other moves from magazine editor

2 roles

magazine editoreditor-in-chiefThe other way round

Counted from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Occupations are compared on their essential skills only.

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How far are you from being a editor-in-chief?

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.