Career path
The skills this job asks for, and the level for each.
101 skills listed by ESCO, 27 of them essential. 101 are in our skills list and linked; we measure a match on those. ESCO gives no levels, so we ask for level 3 on an essential skill and 2 on the rest.
Occupation: ISCO-08 occupations (International Labour Organization). Skills: This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission (v1.2.1, CC BY 4.0), modified by CareersMatch.
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Showing 10 of 101, essentials first. The table below lists them all.
| Skill | Type | Necessity | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communication | competency | essential | 4 |
| Influence | competency | essential | 4 |
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The skills and tools people in this kind of job use, at the level each is usually asked for.
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What this path asks for comes from O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0), through the official ISCO-08 to US occupation crosswalk. A competency is essential where O*NET rates it at least 3.5 of 5 in importance.
| Problem Solving and Critical Thinking |
| competency |
| essential |
| 4 |
| Adaptability | competency | essential | 3 |
| analyse legal enforceability | skill | essential | 3 |
| analyse legal evidence | skill | essential | 3 |
| Collaboration | competency | essential | 3 |
| compile legal documents | skill | essential | 3 |
| comply with legal regulations | skill | essential | 3 |
| consult with business clients | skill | essential | 3 |
| corporate law | skill | essential | 3 |
| court procedures | skill | essential | 3 |
| criminal law | skill | essential | 3 |
| develop professional network | skill | essential | 3 |
| government representation | skill | essential | 3 |
| identify clients' needs | skill | essential | 3 |
| interpret law | skill | essential | 3 |
| legal case management | skill | essential | 3 |
| legal research | skill | essential | 3 |
| legal terminology | skill | essential | 3 |
| negotiate in legal cases | skill | essential | 3 |
| negotiate lawyer's fee | skill | essential | 3 |
| observe confidentiality | skill | essential | 3 |
| present arguments persuasively | skill | essential | 3 |
| present evidence | skill | essential | 3 |
| present legal arguments | skill | essential | 3 |
| private law | skill | essential | 3 |
| protect client interests | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide legal advice | skill | essential | 3 |
| represent clients in courts | skill | essential | 3 |
| respond to enquiries | skill | essential | 3 |
| Self Management | competency | essential | 3 |
| use consulting techniques | skill | essential | 3 |
| Digital Fluency | competency | essential | 2 |
| advise on legal decisions | skill | desirable | 2 |
| advise on legal services | skill | desirable | 2 |
| advise on participation in financial markets | skill | desirable | 2 |
| air transport law | skill | desirable | 2 |
| analyse internal factors of companies | skill | desirable | 2 |
| anti-dumping law | skill | desirable | 2 |
| apply conflict management | skill | desirable | 2 |
| apply knowledge of human behaviour | skill | desirable | 2 |
| apply organisational techniques | skill | desirable | 2 |
| apply technical communication skills | skill | desirable | 2 |
| architecture regulations | skill | desirable | 2 |
| assess financial viability | skill | desirable | 2 |
| business law | skill | desirable | 2 |
| civil law | skill | desirable | 2 |
| civil process order | skill | desirable | 2 |
| commercial law | skill | desirable | 2 |
| competition law | skill | desirable | 2 |
| conduct research interview | skill | desirable | 2 |
| constitutional law | skill | desirable | 2 |
| consumer law | skill | desirable | 2 |
| contract law | skill | desirable | 2 |
| copyright legislation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| criminology | skill | desirable | 2 |
| customs law | skill | desirable | 2 |
| detect financial crime | skill | desirable | 2 |
| document evidence | skill | desirable | 2 |
| education law | skill | desirable | 2 |
| employment law | skill | desirable | 2 |
| ensure law application | skill | desirable | 2 |
| environmental legislation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| European vehicle type-approval legislation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| family law | skill | desirable | 2 |
| financial statements | skill | desirable | 2 |
| food legislation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| handle case evidence | skill | desirable | 2 |
| health care legislation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| hear witness accounts | skill | desirable | 2 |
| ICT security legislation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| insolvency law | skill | desirable | 2 |
| intellectual property law | skill | desirable | 2 |
| international law | skill | desirable | 2 |
| international trade | skill | desirable | 2 |
| interpret financial statements | skill | desirable | 2 |
| investigation research methods | skill | desirable | 2 |
| joint ventures | skill | desirable | 2 |
| law enforcement | skill | desirable | 2 |
| law of non-marital cohabitation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| legal department processes | skill | desirable | 2 |
| legislation in agriculture | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maintain operational communications | skill | desirable | 2 |
| make legal decisions | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage contract disputes | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage contracts | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage legal personal issues | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maritime law | skill | desirable | 2 |
| media law | skill | desirable | 2 |
| mergers and acquisitions | skill | desirable | 2 |
| moderate in negotiations | skill | desirable | 2 |
| pharmaceutical legislation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| procurement legislation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| property law | skill | desirable | 2 |
| provide legal advice on investments | skill | desirable | 2 |
| public auction procedures | skill | desirable | 2 |
| railway law | skill | desirable | 2 |
| rhetoric | skill | desirable | 2 |
| road traffic laws | skill | desirable | 2 |
| road transport legislation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| securities | skill | desirable | 2 |
| social security law | skill | desirable | 2 |
| state aid regulations | skill | desirable | 2 |
| subsidiary operations | skill | desirable | 2 |
| tax legislation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| trace financial transactions | skill | desirable | 2 |
| urban planning law | skill | desirable | 2 |