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Skills & competences

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K - knowledge
L - language skills and knowledge
S - skills
S1 - communication, collaboration and creativity
S2 - information skills
S3 - assisting and caring
S4 - management skills
S4.0 - management skills
S4.1 - developing objectives and strategies
S4.1.0 - developing objectives and strategies
S4.1.1 - identifying opportunities
- apply business acumen
- expand the network of providers
- identify blockchain innovation opportunities
- identify music with commercial potential
- identify new business opportunities
- identify new recycling opportunities
- identify potential markets for companies
- identify pricing opportunities
- identify process improvements
- identify processes for re-engineering
- identify sources on potential target communities for art
- identify suppliers
- identify support mechanisms to develop your professional practice
- identify talent
- identify target markets for designs
- innovate in footwear and leather goods industry
- manage diversification of maritime operations
- mitigate waste of resources
- propose projects to artist
- use intuition in booking projects
S4.1.2 - developing financial, business or marketing plans
S4.1.3 - developing operational policies and procedures
S4.1.4 - developing policies and legislation
S4.1.5 - developing health programmes
S4.1.6 - developing educational programmes
S4.1.7 - developing contingency and emergency response plans
S4.2 - organising, planning and scheduling work and activities
S4.3 - allocating and controlling resources
S4.4 - performing administrative activities
S4.5 - leading and motivating
S4.6 - building and developing teams
S4.7 - recruiting and hiring
S4.8 - supervising people
S4.9 - making decisions
S5 - working with computers
S6 - handling and moving
S7 - constructing
S8 - working with machinery and specialised equipment
T - transversal skills and competences

This concept is obsolete

identify market niches

transversal skills and competences

thinking skills and competences

processing information, ideas and concepts

think critically

identify market niches

skills

information skills

conducting studies, investigations and examinations

conducting academic or market research

perform market research

identify market niches

Concept overview

Description

Analyse the composition of the markets, segment these into groups, and highlight the opportunities that each one of these niches represent in terms of new products.

Alternative Labels

identify a market niche

analyse market niches

establish market niches

classify market niches

diagnose market niches

Skill type

skill

Skill reusability level

cross-sector skills and competences

Relationships

Broader concepts

Narrower skills

Essential for

Optional for

Optional Knowledge

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DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission developed ESCO in collaboration with stakeholders.

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Current version: ESCO v1.2.1 (Last update 10/12/2025)