| Important Core Job Duties (in order of importance) For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation. |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 100 (%) | Description: Discuss issues with editors to establish priorities or positions. |
| Importance: 100 (%) | Description: Check reference materials, such as books, news files, or public records, to obtain relevant facts. |
| Importance: 100 (%) | Description: Determine a published or broadcasted story's emphasis, length, and format, organizing material accordingly. |
| Importance: 100 (%) | Description: Report on specialized fields such as medicine, green technology, environmental issues, science, politics, sports, arts, consumer affairs, business, religion, crime, or education. |
| Importance: 100 (%) | Description: Review written, audio, or video copy, and correct errors in content, grammar, or punctuation, following prescribed editorial style and formatting guidelines. |
| Importance: 100 (%) | Description: Revise work to meet editorial approval or to fit time or space requirements. |
| Importance: 100 (%) | Description: Report news stories for publication or broadcast, describing the background and details of events. |
| Importance: 100 (%) | Description: Establish and maintain relationships with individuals who are credible sources of information. |
| Importance: 100 (%) | Description: Arrange interviews with people who can provide information about a story. |
| Importance: 100 (%) | Description: Research a story's background information to provide complete and accurate information. |
| Importance: 100 (%) | Description: Receive assignments or evaluate leads or tips to develop story ideas. |
| Importance: 99 (%) | Description: Analyze and interpret news and information received from various sources to broadcast the information. |
| Importance: 95 (%) | Description: Communicate with readers, viewers, advertisers, or the general public via mail, email, or telephone. |
| Importance: 95 (%) | Description: Review and evaluate notes taken about news events to isolate pertinent facts and details. |
| Importance: 95 (%) | Description: Investigate breaking news developments, such as disasters, crimes, or human-interest stories. |
| Importance: 95 (%) | Description: Select material most pertinent to presentation, and organize this material into appropriate formats. |
| Importance: 94 (%) | Description: Gather information and develop perspectives about news subjects through research, interviews, observation, and experience. |
| Importance: 94 (%) | Description: Examine news items of local, national, and international significance to determine topics to address, or obtain assignments from editorial staff members. |
| Importance: 91 (%) | Description: Write commentaries, columns, or scripts, using computers. |
| Importance: 91 (%) | Description: Develop ideas or material for columns or commentaries by analyzing and interpreting news, current issues, or personal experiences. |
| Importance: 86 (%) | Description: Conduct taped or filmed interviews or narratives. |
| Importance: 84 (%) | Description: Coordinate and serve as an anchor on news broadcast programs. |
| Importance: 84 (%) | Description: Present news stories, and introduce in-depth videotaped segments or live transmissions from on-the-scene reporters. |
| Importance: 82 (%) | Description: Photograph or videotape news events. |
| Importance: 82 (%) | Description: Transmit news stories or reporting information from remote locations, using equipment such as satellite phones, telephones, fax machines, or modems. |
| Importance: 82 (%) | Description: Write online blog entries that address news developments or offer additional information, opinions, or commentary on news events. |
| Importance: 77 (%) | Description: Write columns, editorials, commentaries, or reviews that interpret events or offer opinions. |
| Importance: 73 (%) | Description: Present live or recorded commentary via broadcast media. |
| Importance: 73 (%) | Description: Take pictures or video, and process them for inclusion in a story. |
| Importance: 68 (%) | Description: Assign stories to other reporters or duties to production staff. |
Fashion Design and Technologies Careers and Jobs
Select, Find and Prepare for Fashion Design and Technologies Careers and Jobs - all on one page
For creative people who want both design skill and technical production knowledge in fashion. Use the tools below to see which fashion design and technologies roles fit your background and goals.
This major covers both the creative design side and the technical production side (patternmaking, textiles) of the fashion industry. Use the tools below to explore Fashion Design and Technologies-related job titles sorted by growth rate, salary, or required education. You can start with entry points like Design Assistant, or look ahead to advanced roles such as Fashion Designer or Production Manager. Along the way, you will see specific certifications, such as None formally required; portfolio-driven field, that can help you move up the career ladder.
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This page will take you through 4 steps to (1) Select from Fashion Design and Technologies careers/jobs, (2) Find Fashion Design and Technologies job listings, (3) Prepare for Fashion Design and Technologies careers, and (4) Provide Fashion Design and Technologies career-specific resources.
Step 1: Select a Career/Job: This page starts with 4 ways for you to identify and select from listings of Fashion Design and Technologies careers/jobs:
A) Fastest Growing Fashion Design and Technologies Careers - 2023 to 2033 (est.)
These listings are based on job growth estimates and helps you to identify the fastest growing and evolving Fashion Design and Technologies careers. Some careers may not initially seem related to Fashion Design and Technologies, so relevant Fashion Design and Technologies jobs are listed alongside each listing. This can also help us to identify which careers (bottom of the listing) may have negative growth - perhaps due to automation or planned obsolescence.
B) Median Annual Salary U.S. Fashion Design and Technologies Careers
These listings are sorted (descending) by median annual salary in the U.S. This may help us to identify our ideal career. We may not qualify at this time for the desired career, but this listing and the results provided can help us to explore job details, as well as learn how to appropriately prepare for the career.
C) Fashion Design and Technologies Career Ladders (Educational Requirements)
These listings will help us to identify Fashion Design and Technologies careers sorted by educational requirements (with the most difficult to obtain listed first). This may help us to identify career ladders (as we scroll down the list), and help us to get jobs that we qualify for now.
D) Select From a Listing of 69 Fashion Design and Technologies Jobs.
The list may be quite long. There are two ways you might like to use this list:
1) Filter - As you enter a word, you will filter (limit) the list of job titles
2) Browse the list (Don't Filter) - You can simply explore the list of job titles. There may be many that you might never have considered to be of interest.
Once you have identified a job title of interest, simply click on it.
Step 2: Find a Job: After you have selected a career/job title above, you will see a form asking for your location. You will see several radio selection choices to utilize the job search site of your choice.
Step 3: Prepare For a Career: In this section you will gain access to detailed information to help you prepare for the chosen career. Information may include (not every career choice includes all of the elements below - updates occur quarterly):
Core Duties: Lists the primary worker-related tasks performed in this occupation
Supplemental Duties: Lists additional tasks that are performed but are secondary to the core duties
Work Activities: Summarizes the broad types of behaviors and actions related to this career
Specific Work Activities: Provides more granular day-to-day activities tied to the work performed
Essential Skills: Provides foundational skills that are core to performing this specific occupation
Transferable Skills: Provides career-portable skills that can be applied across multiple occupations and industries
Day-in-the-Life Summaries: Provides a snapshot of the key activities performed on a typical workday in this career
Knowledge Required: Provides the requirements regarding the acquisition of facts and principles
Software Skills: Lists software tools commonly used in this occupation, organized by category and priority
Preparation Required: Provides a summary of the required experience and education
Education Required: Detailed breakdown of the education required
Training and Experience Required: Detailed breakdown of the training and Training and Experience Required
Local Salary Information: Provides national and local salary ranges
Certifications: Provides appropriate government and private-sector certifications and/or credentials that may be required
Professional Associations: Provides professional associations that are related to the career selected
Job Listings: Provides links to active current job listings for the selected career, along with multiple similar job titles to explore. All information appears on this page without navigating away.
Related Careers to Consider: Lists up to 20 careers that might be of interest to you (related to your initial choice - what they do, what they know, and what they're called), ranked by best fit.
** If you clicked on a link from section D (as described in Step 1 above), you will see one or more links to an occupation that is usually a bit more general than your initial job selection - the link(s) is directly related to the specific job you identified through your prior selections.
*NOTE: It is possible that there may not be a career path identified for the specific job you selected in Step 1. If this is the case, scroll up the page and click on a different career/job.
Step 4: Career-Specific Resources (detailed and constantly updated): Continue to scroll down the page and you will find tabs that provide detailed (updated) links specific to the career you selected. This information includes:
Videos: Provides a listing of video links related to this career. A great way to get a quick overview of the occupation.
Resumes: Sources for resume materials and techniques. This can help to get you started.
Job Description: Sources that provide job descriptions, which are vital to resume and interview preparation.
Interviews: Provides links that can help you to prepare for and successfully complete the job interview. Can also assist with coffee chats.
Step by Step: Provides links to resources that can help to organize the career search process.
LinkedIn: One of the best professional social media sites that provides links, opportunities, and networking specifically for careers and career development.
Step 1 of 4: Select a Career/Job
29 Fashion Design and Technologies careers are listed below (sorted by Percentage Change in Total Job Openings - 2023 to 2033 est.). Fashion Design and Technologies-related jobs specific to each career are also provided. This shows which careers are emerging and growing the fastest. Please Scroll and Select below:
| Occupations | U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033 (% change) | Fashion Design and Technologies-Related Jobs |
29 Fashion Design and Technologies careers are listed below (sorted by U.S. National Median Salary). Fashion Design and Technologies-related jobs specific to each occupation are also provided. Please Scroll and Select below::
| Occupations | National Median Salary | Fashion Design and Technologies-Related Jobs |
30 Fashion Design and Technologies careers are listed (sorted by Education/Preparation Requirements - descending) to provide career ladders. Fashion Design and Technologies-related jobs specific to each career are also provided.
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Education/Preparation Categories: 5 = Usually requires graduate school (e.g., Master's degree, Ph.D., M.D., or J.D.) 4 = Usually requires a four-year Bachelor's degree 3 = Usually requires vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or Associate's degree 2 = Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, but not always Please Scroll and Select below: |
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| Occupations | Education/Preparation | Fashion Design and Technologies-Related Jobs |
Scroll through the picklist (below). There are 69 specific Fashion Design and Technologies job titles listed. Select those that may be of interest - you will get active job listing links, along with detailed resources to help you prepare for a career related to that job.
You can use this form two ways:
Filter - As you enter a keyword, you will filter (limit) the list of job titles below
Browse the list (Don't Filter) - You can simply explore the list of job titles. There may be many that you might never have considered to be of interest.
OR - leave blank and scroll through the choices:
Select a Job Title (Scroll and Select) :
Step 2 of 4: Find a Job
Find Job Listings:
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists.
Step 3 of 4: Prepare For a Career
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
Description: Narrate or write news stories, reviews, or commentary for print, broadcast, or other communications media such as newspapers, magazines, radio, or television. May collect and analyze information through interview, investigation, or observation.
Please click on a section below to expand and see detailed occupational information related to "News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists":
U.S. Total Employment (2023):
46,700U.S. Total Employment (2033 est.):
49,500
Employment Change (2023-2033 est.):
2,800 (6%) Average Annual Job Openings (2023-2033 est.):
5,400
Core Duties
Work Activities
| Important General Work Activities (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation. |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 96 (%) | Description: Getting Information: Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
| Importance: 89 (%) | Description: Communicating with People Outside the Organization: Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
| Importance: 87 (%) | Description: Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others: Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
| Importance: 83 (%) | Description: Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events: Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
| Importance: 82 (%) | Description: Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships: Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
| Importance: 82 (%) | Description: Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates: Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
| Importance: 79 (%) | Description: Performing for or Working Directly with the Public: Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
| Importance: 78 (%) | Description: Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge: Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
| Importance: 77 (%) | Description: Thinking Creatively: Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
| Importance: 77 (%) | Description: Documenting/Recording Information: Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
| Importance: 77 (%) | Description: Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work: Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
| Importance: 76 (%) | Description: Working with Computers: Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
| Importance: 75 (%) | Description: Analyzing Data or Information: Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
| Importance: 71 (%) | Description: Processing Information: Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
| Importance: 71 (%) | Description: Making Decisions and Solving Problems: Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
| Importance: 67 (%) | Description: Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings: Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
| Importance: 63 (%) | Description: Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards: Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
| Importance: 62 (%) | Description: Scheduling Work and Activities: Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
| Importance: 60 (%) | Description: Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People: Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
Specific Work Activities
| Important Specific Work Activities
How can you begin to build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation. Specific Work Activities appear below: |
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| Analyze information obtained from news sources. | |
| Coordinate logistics for productions or events. | |
| Coordinate reporting or editing activities. | |
| Correspond with customers to answer questions or resolve complaints. | |
| Determine presentation subjects or content. | |
| Develop professional relationships or networks. | |
| Edit written materials. | |
| Gather information for news stories. | |
| Inform viewers, listeners, or audiences. | |
| Interview others for news or entertainment purposes. | |
| Monitor current trends. | |
| Operate communications, transmissions, or broadcasting equipment. | |
| Operate still or video cameras or related equipment. | |
| Report news to the public. | |
| Write informational material. | |
Knowledge Required
| Knowledge Required (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation. |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 95 (%) | Description: English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar. |
| Importance: 92 (%) | Description: Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media. |
| Importance: 73 (%) | Description: Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. |
| Importance: 67 (%) | Description: Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
| Importance: 66 (%) | Description: Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems. |
| Importance: 62 (%) | Description: Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
| Importance: 60 (%) | Description: Geography: Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life. |
Essential Skills
| Essential Skills (in order of importance)
These are the foundational skills most central to success in this occupation. For the Top 5 most important, how can you begin building experience and confidence using these skills now? |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 68 (%) | Description: Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
| Importance: 66 (%) | Description: Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
| Importance: 66 (%) | Description: Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
| Importance: 64 (%) | Description: Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
| Importance: 56 (%) | Description: Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
| Importance: 54 (%) | Description: Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
Transferable Skills
| Transferable Skills (in order of importance)
These are skills that can transfer across occupations and industries. For the Top 5 most important, how can you strengthen these skills now so they support both this career and future career flexibility? |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 58 (%) | Description: Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
| Importance: 58 (%) | Description: Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
| Importance: 56 (%) | Description: Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
| Importance: 54 (%) | Description: Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
| Importance: 54 (%) | Description: Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
| Importance: 52 (%) | Description: Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
Day-in-the-Life Summaries
| Day-in-the-Life Summaries These summaries show the main types of activities you are likely to perform on a regular basis in this occupation. How can you imagine your typical workday — using these examples to see if this type of work fits you? |
| Activity: Develop news, entertainment, or artistic content. |
| Activity: Develop professional relationships or networks. |
| Activity: Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures. |
| Activity: Edit written materials or documents. |
| Activity: Gather information for news stories. |
| Activity: Interview people to obtain information. |
| Activity: Monitor external affairs, trends, or events. |
| Activity: Operate audiovisual or related equipment. |
| Activity: Operate communications equipment or systems. |
| Activity: Prepare informational or instructional materials. |
| Activity: Provide information or assistance to the public. |
| Activity: Respond to customer problems or inquiries. |
Software Skills
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Software Skills These are examples of software tools commonly used in this occupation, organized from most to least important for your career preparation. How can you start learning or practicing the highest-priority tools so that you feel confident using them on the job? |
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| Analytical or scientific software: | |||||
| IBM SPSS Statistics | |||||
| Data base user interface and query software: | |||||
| Microsoft Access Microsoft SQL Server | |||||
| Desktop publishing software: | |||||
| Adobe InDesign | |||||
| Electronic mail software: | |||||
| Microsoft Outlook | |||||
| Graphics or photo imaging software: | |||||
| Adobe Photoshop | |||||
| Office suite software: | |||||
| Microsoft Office software | |||||
| Presentation software: | |||||
| Microsoft PowerPoint | |||||
| Spreadsheet software: | |||||
| Microsoft Excel | |||||
| Video creation and editing software: | |||||
| Adobe After Effects | |||||
| Web page creation and editing software: | |||||
| Facebook WordPress | |||||
| Web platform development software: | |||||
| Hypertext markup language HTML | |||||
| Word processing software: | |||||
| Microsoft Word | |||||
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| Analytical or scientific software: | |||||
| Nielsen Arianna Nielsen Marketbreaks Statistical analysis software | |||||
| Data base user interface and query software: | |||||
| FileMaker Pro Online databases Statistics databases | |||||
| Desktop publishing software: | |||||
| Microsoft Publisher QuarkXPress | |||||
| Facilities management software: | |||||
| RCS NexGen Digital | |||||
| Geographic information system: | |||||
| ESRI ArcView | |||||
| Information retrieval or search software: | |||||
| LexisNexis | |||||
| Instant messaging software: | |||||
| Snapchat | |||||
| Internet browser software: | |||||
| Web browser software | |||||
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| Mapping software | |||||
| Music or sound editing software: | |||||
| Audion Laboratories VoxPro Avid Technology Pro Tools | |||||
| Object oriented data base management software: | |||||
| Microsoft Visual FoxPro | |||||
| Project management software: | |||||
| Desktop Technologies NewsBoss | |||||
| Video creation and editing software (scroll table below): | |||||
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| Social media sites Social media software Web content management system CMS software |
Preparation Required
| Preparation Required - How much preparation is needed to obtain this type of job? |
| Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed |
| A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified. |
| Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not. |
| Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training. |
| Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, conservation scientists, art directors, and cost estimators. |
Local Salary Information
Select a State (scroll and Select) :
Please select a State to see State and National Salaries
Professional Associations
| Professional Associations These associations connect people who work in this occupation or related fields. How can you start using these associations to learn more, build your network, or find mentoring opportunities? |
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American Jewish Press Association (AJPA)
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Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA)
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Associated Church Press (ACP)
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Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN)
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International News Media Association (INMA)
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Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. (IRE)
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National Federation of Press Women (NFPW)
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National Press Club (NPC)
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National Verbatim Reporters Association (NVRA)
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North American Snow Sports Journalists Association (NASJA)
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Online News Association (ONA)
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Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ)
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Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)
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University Research Magazine Association (URMA)
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Job Listings
| Job Listings and Similar Occupational Titles - scroll and click to identify common requirements, keywords, and skills in current job listings |
Related Careers to Consider
Step 4 of 4: Career-Specific Resources
This section contains detailed external resources appropriate to "News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists". Explore these resources to start learning more. Links are constantly updated, so bookmark this page.
Videos
Here is a listing of videos related to this career. A great way to get a quick overview of the occupation.
Resumes
Here are resources that allow you to see example resumes for this occupation. It may be helpful to see examples from others who have this type of experience.
Job Description
Here are resources that provide job descriptions, which are vital for resume and interview preparation.
Interviews
There are many great resources that can help guide you through the interview process. These links provide help in preparing and performing an effective interview, specific to this occupation.
Step-by-Step
Here are links to help guide you, step-by-step, to become a(n): News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
LinkedIn®
Here are links to various posts and groups from LinkedIn ® that relate to this occupation. Great way to start building professional contacts in the field that might be most appropriate for you.
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