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Professional Scout to Recruitment Analyst
How to move from Professional Scout to Recruitment Analyst: what to learn, what to prove and what formal steps, if any, are needed.
Qualification check for Recruitment Analyst
Helpful
A qualification can help, but experience and results decide this move. Not required, but strong quantitative and football analysis skills are essential. A public portfolio is the best evidence.
1 to 3 yearstypical timeline
3new skills to build
3qualifications to consider
-17%mid-point UK pay change, illustrative
The move at a glance
Professional Scout
Scouts players for the senior squad in set leagues or regions.
Recruitment Analyst
Uses data and video to build shortlists and support scouts.
Skills and knowledge to build
Experience and routes that help
Qualifications to consider
Tools to learn
What the new role asks of you
- Build shortlists from data and video
- Evaluate players against role profiles
- Prepare data for recruitment meetings
Practical steps
- Ask for a small piece of the new role's work before you apply, for example one of the tasks above.
- Close the top gap first: Event Data Analysis.
- Keep a record of two results that show you working at the next level.
- Talk to three people who do the job. Ask how they got in, and who they would recommend you speak to.