From travel agent to travel consultant
18 of the 26 essential skills of a travel consultant are already essential for a travel agent — about 69% 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.
- 18
- skills carry over
- 8
- would be new
- 69%
- of the target job covered
- 26
- essential skills of a travel consultant
What a travel consultant does
Travel consultants provide customised information and consultation on travel offers, make reservations and sell travel services together with other related services.
What carries over
18 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- advertise travel insurance
- apply foreign languages in tourism
- ecotourism
- educate on sustainable tourism
- geographical areas relevant to tourism
- handle customer complaints
- identify customer's needs
- maintain customer records
- maintain customer service
- maintain relationship with suppliers
- oversee all travel arrangements
- process booking
- process payments
- provide tourism related information
- self-service technologies in tourism
- sell tourist packages
- upsell products
- use customer relationship management software
What would be new
8 skillsEssential for a travel consultant and not for a travel agent. 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 travel agent
2 roles- tour operator representative18 skills in common
- travel agency manager14 skills in common
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a travel consultant?
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.