Occupation Atlasconsul
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a8d05b64-f60b-4dd9-91c2-e2e63d82f2f5
consul
Consuls represent governments in foreign institutions such as embassies in order to facilitate economic and political cooperation between the two nations. They protect the interests of their home nation and provide bureaucratic assistance to citizens living as expatriates or travelling in the host country.
Job Zone
No Job Zone on file. ESCO doesn’t publish one, and none of its O*NET matches below carries one either.
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Occupational interest profile
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Typically associated skills
Essential (15)
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 public finance
- assess risk factors
- build international relations
- consider economic criteria in decision making
- create solutions to problems
- develop international cooperation strategies
- develop professional network
- foreign affairs
- foreign languages for international careers
- government policy implementation
- government representation
- issue official documents
- maintain relationships with government agencies
- offer assistance to national citizens
- public finance
Optional (24)
- European integration
- advise on foreign affairs policies
- analyse foreign affairs policies
- apply diplomatic principles
- apply immigration law
- business management principles
- commercial law
- coordinate government activities in foreign institutions
- diplomatic principles
- economics
- ensure cross-department cooperation
- facilitate official agreement
- family law
- foreign affairs policy development
- host trade delegations
- immigration law
- international commercial transactions rules
- international law
- manage government policy implementation
- organise cultural events
- perform political negotiation
- respond to enquiries
- show intercultural awareness
- speak different languages
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 15 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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