Occupation Atlasacademic advisor
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/abab3d6a-82b9-49bd-8a4b-7bc678130558
academic advisor
Academic advisors assist students, at post-secondary level, in recognising and achieving their educational goals. They advise students on their schedule selection of school programmes, communicate to them degree requirements, and assist them in career planning. Academic advisors also discuss the student's academic performance and its implications and make suggestions for improvement including study advice. They also work closely with other university administrators and professors and ensure they are up to date on university or college regulation, program, or requirement changes.
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Job Zone
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Zone 5: Extensive Preparation Needed
Extensive preparation. Usually a graduate degree, with extensive skill, knowledge and experience — many of these occupations expect more than five years of experience.
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Occupational interest profile
SCESocial · Conventional · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order
- S Social7.00
- C Conventional4.09
- E Enterprising3.92
- I Investigative3.30
- A Artistic3.13
- R Realistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors (21-1012.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (14)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- advise on learning methods
- assessment processes
- construct individual learning plans
- counsel students
- counselling methods
- curriculum objectives
- curriculum standards
- education law
- encourage students to acknowledge their achievements
- give constructive feedback
- listen actively
- monitor educational developments
- provide information on school services
- provide information on study programmes
Optional (17)
- action research
- analyse education system
- assist in the organisation of school events
- consult student's support system
- cooperate with education professionals
- education administration
- identify education needs
- labour market
- learning difficulties
- learning needs analysis
- organise job search workshops
- promote education programmes
- provide career counselling
- provide information on education financing
- psychology
- tackle issues that block academic progress
- university procedures
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 14 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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4 shared · 15 more of its owncurriculum standards, education law, monitor educational developments, curriculum objectives
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academic support officer
4 shared · 16 more of its owncounsel students, assessment processes, curriculum objectives, listen actively
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