| 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: Develop strategies to encourage new or increased contributions. |
| Importance: 93 (%) | Description: Establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients, government officials, and media representatives and use these relationships to develop new fundraising opportunities. |
| Importance: 92 (%) | Description: Compile or develop materials to submit to granting or other funding organizations. |
| Importance: 92 (%) | Description: Plan and direct special events for fundraising, such as silent auctions, dances, golf events, or walks. |
| Importance: 91 (%) | Description: Develop fundraising activity plans that maximize participation or contributions and minimize costs. |
| Importance: 89 (%) | Description: Manage fundraising budgets. |
| Importance: 87 (%) | Description: Contact corporate representatives, government officials, or community leaders to increase awareness of organizational causes, activities, or needs. |
| Importance: 85 (%) | Description: Conduct research to identify the goals, net worth, charitable donation history, or other data related to potential donors, potential investors, or general donor markets. |
| Importance: 83 (%) | Description: Establish goals for soliciting funds, develop policies for collection and safeguarding of contributions, and coordinate disbursement of funds. |
| Importance: 82 (%) | Description: Evaluate advertising and promotion programs for compatibility with fundraising efforts. |
| Importance: 81 (%) | Description: Formulate policies and procedures related to fundraising programs. |
| Importance: 79 (%) | Description: Assign, supervise, and review the activities of fundraising staff. |
| Importance: 78 (%) | Description: Design and edit promotional publications, such as brochures. |
| Importance: 73 (%) | Description: Write interesting and effective press releases, prepare information for media kits, and develop and maintain company internet or intranet Web pages. |
Political Science Careers and Jobs
Select, Find and Prepare for Political Science Careers and Jobs - all on one page
For people interested in government, policy, or law who want a flexible pre-professional foundation. Use the tools below to see which political science roles fit your background and goals.
This major serves as a common pre-law and public-policy pathway, valued for analytical writing and understanding of government systems. Use the tools below to explore Political Science-related job titles sorted by growth rate, salary, or required education. You can start with entry points like Legislative Aide, or look ahead to advanced roles such as Policy Analyst or Attorney (post-law school). Along the way, you will see specific certifications, such as None formally required; often paired with law school or an MPA, 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 Political Science careers/jobs, (2) Find Political Science job listings, (3) Prepare for Political Science careers, and (4) Provide Political Science career-specific resources.
Step 1: Select a Career/Job: This page starts with 4 ways for you to identify and select from listings of Political Science careers/jobs:
A) Fastest Growing Political Science Careers - 2023 to 2033 (est.)
These listings are based on job growth estimates and helps you to identify the fastest growing and evolving Political Science careers. Some careers may not initially seem related to Political Science, so relevant Political Science 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. Political Science 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) Political Science Career Ladders (Educational Requirements)
These listings will help us to identify Political Science 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 35 Political Science 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
17 Political Science careers are listed below (sorted by Percentage Change in Total Job Openings - 2023 to 2033 est.). Political Science-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) | Political Science-Related Jobs |
22 Political Science careers are listed below (sorted by U.S. National Median Salary). Political Science-related jobs specific to each occupation are also provided. Please Scroll and Select below::
| Occupations | National Median Salary | Political Science-Related Jobs |
22 Political Science careers are listed (sorted by Education/Preparation Requirements - descending) to provide career ladders. Political Science-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 | Political Science-Related Jobs |
Scroll through the picklist (below). There are 35 specific Political Science 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:
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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:
Fundraising Managers.
Step 3 of 4: Prepare For a Career
Fundraising Managers
Description: Plan, direct, or coordinate activities to solicit and maintain funds for special projects or nonprofit organizations.
Please click on a section below to expand and see detailed occupational information related to "Fundraising Managers":
Core Duties
Supplemental Duties
| Important Supplemental 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: 65 (%) | Description: Direct activities of external agencies, establishments, or departments that develop and implement fundraising strategies and programs. |
| Importance: 41 (%) | Description: Produce films and other video products, regulate their distribution, and operate film library. |
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: 88 (%) | Description: Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships: Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
| Importance: 87 (%) | 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: 87 (%) | Description: Getting Information: Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
| Importance: 83 (%) | Description: Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge: Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
| Importance: 83 (%) | 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: 81 (%) | Description: Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work: Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
| Importance: 81 (%) | Description: Processing Information: Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
| Importance: 79 (%) | 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: 78 (%) | Description: Developing Objectives and Strategies: Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
| Importance: 75 (%) | Description: Documenting/Recording Information: Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
| Importance: 74 (%) | 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: 71 (%) | Description: Making Decisions and Solving Problems: Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
| Importance: 70 (%) | Description: Performing Administrative Activities: Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork. |
| Importance: 70 (%) | Description: Thinking Creatively: Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
| Importance: 68 (%) | Description: Analyzing Data or Information: Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
| Importance: 68 (%) | 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: 68 (%) | Description: Selling or Influencing Others: Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions. |
| Importance: 68 (%) | Description: Developing and Building Teams: Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
| Importance: 65 (%) | Description: Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings: Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
| Importance: 63 (%) | Description: Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others: Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
| Importance: 63 (%) | Description: Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others: Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
| Importance: 63 (%) | Description: Training and Teaching Others: Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
| Importance: 62 (%) | Description: Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events: Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
| Importance: 62 (%) | Description: Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others: Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
| Importance: 62 (%) | Description: Scheduling Work and Activities: Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
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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| Develop business or market strategies. | |
| Develop financial or business plans. | |
| Develop library or archival databases. | |
| Develop operating strategies, plans, or procedures. | |
| Develop organizational goals or objectives. | |
| Develop organizational policies or programs. | |
| Develop promotional materials. | |
| Direct financial operations. | |
| Direct sales, marketing, or customer service activities. | |
| Distribute instructional or library materials. | |
| Edit documents. | |
| Establish interpersonal business relationships to facilitate work activities. | |
| Evaluate employee performance. | |
| Evaluate program effectiveness. | |
| Examine financial records. | |
| Inform the public about policies, services or procedures. | |
| Manage organizational or project budgets. | |
| Operate still or video cameras or related equipment. | |
| Organize special events. | |
| Prepare proposal documents. | |
| Present information to the public. | |
| Supervise employees. | |
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: 84 (%) | Description: Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
| Importance: 83 (%) | 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: 81 (%) | Description: Administrative: Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology. |
| Importance: 81 (%) | 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: 75 (%) | Description: Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems. |
| Importance: 68 (%) | Description: Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data. |
| Importance: 67 (%) | 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: 64 (%) | Description: Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems. |
| Importance: 60 (%) | Description: Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
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: 68 (%) | Description: Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
| Importance: 66 (%) | 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: 64 (%) | Description: Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
| Importance: 64 (%) | Description: Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
| Importance: 56 (%) | Description: Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
| Importance: 52 (%) | Description: Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
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: 66 (%) | Description: Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
| Importance: 66 (%) | Description: Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
| Importance: 62 (%) | Description: Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
| Importance: 62 (%) | Description: Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
| Importance: 60 (%) | Description: Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
| Importance: 58 (%) | Description: Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
| Importance: 56 (%) | Description: Negotiation: Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
| Importance: 56 (%) | Description: Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people. |
| Importance: 54 (%) | Description: Management of Financial Resources: Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures. |
| Importance: 52 (%) | Description: Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
| Importance: 52 (%) | Description: Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. |
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: Coordinate group, community, or public activities. |
| Activity: Design databases. |
| Activity: Develop business or marketing plans. |
| Activity: Develop financial or business plans. |
| Activity: Develop marketing or promotional materials. |
| Activity: Develop organizational or program goals or objectives. |
| Activity: Develop organizational policies, systems, or processes. |
| Activity: Develop professional relationships or networks. |
| Activity: Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures. |
| Activity: Distribute materials, supplies, or resources. |
| Activity: Edit written materials or documents. |
| Activity: Evaluate personnel capabilities or performance. |
| Activity: Evaluate programs, practices, or processes. |
| Activity: Examine financial activities, operations, or systems. |
| Activity: Explain regulations, policies, or procedures. |
| Activity: Manage budgets or finances. |
| Activity: Operate audiovisual or related equipment. |
| Activity: Prepare proposals or grant applications. |
| Activity: Provide information or assistance to the public. |
| Activity: Supervise personnel activities. |
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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| Customer relationship management CRM software: | ||||||
| Salesforce software | ||||||
| Electronic mail software: | ||||||
| Microsoft Outlook | ||||||
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| Microsoft Office software | ||||||
| Presentation software: | ||||||
| Microsoft PowerPoint | ||||||
| Spreadsheet software: | ||||||
| Microsoft Excel | ||||||
| Word processing software: | ||||||
| Microsoft Word | ||||||
| Widely Used Tech Skills | ||||||
| Customer relationship management CRM software: | ||||||
| Blackbaud The Raiser's Edge | ||||||
| Emerging Tech Skills | ||||||
| Cloud-based data access and sharing software: | ||||||
| Slack | ||||||
| Data base management system software: | ||||||
| Teradata Database | ||||||
| Data base user interface and query software: | ||||||
| Microsoft Access Yardi software | ||||||
| Data mining software: | ||||||
| Google Analytics | ||||||
| Desktop publishing software: | ||||||
| Adobe InDesign | ||||||
| Document management software: | ||||||
| Adobe Acrobat Microsoft SharePoint | ||||||
| Graphics or photo imaging software: | ||||||
| Adobe Creative Cloud software Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop | ||||||
| Project management software: | ||||||
| Microsoft Project | ||||||
| Sales and marketing software: | ||||||
| HubSpot software Marketo Marketing Automation | ||||||
| Video creation and editing software: | ||||||
| Adobe After Effects | ||||||
| Web page creation and editing software: | ||||||
| Web platform development software: | ||||||
| Hypertext markup language HTML | ||||||
| Word processing software: | ||||||
| Google Docs | ||||||
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| Fund accounting software | ||||||
| Business intelligence and data analysis software: | ||||||
| MicroStrategy | ||||||
| Cloud-based data access and sharing software: | ||||||
| Google Drive | ||||||
| Customer relationship management CRM software: | ||||||
| Blackbaud eTapestry Oracle Eloqua Oracle Siebel Server Sync | ||||||
| Data base user interface and query software: | ||||||
| Airtable FileMaker Pro | ||||||
| Desktop publishing software: | ||||||
| Adobe Distiller Adobe PageMaker Microsoft Publisher QuarkXPress | ||||||
| Electronic mail software: | ||||||
| Google Gmail IBM Notes MicroFocus GroupWise | ||||||
| Enterprise resource planning ERP software: | ||||||
| Microsoft Dynamics Oracle PeopleSoft Financials | ||||||
| Graphics or photo imaging software: | ||||||
| SmugMug Flickr | ||||||
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| Human resource management software HRMS | ||||||
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| Corel WordPerfect Office Suite | ||||||
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| Mentimeter | ||||||
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| zkipster | ||||||
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| Google Ads MightyScout | ||||||
| Video creation and editing software (scroll table below): | ||||||
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| Adobe Dreamweaver Social media sites | ||||||
| Web platform development software: | ||||||
| Drupal |
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. |
Education Required
| Education Required - by frequency of educational attainment This shows you details about the level of education most commonly held by workers in this occupation. How can you begin planning the educational pathway that will prepare you best for this type of work? |
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| Frequency of Attainment (%) | Level of Education |
| Frequency of Attainment: 65.5 (%) | Level of Education: Bachelor's Degree |
| Frequency of Attainment: 19.7 (%) | Level of Education: Some College Courses |
| Frequency of Attainment: 10.9 (%) | Level of Education: Master's Degree |
| Frequency of Attainment: 3.9 (%) | Level of Education: Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) |
Training and Experience Required
| Training and Experience Required - by frequency of training and work experience attainment This section shows you how often different types of training and work experience are required for this occupation. How can you start gaining the kinds of experience and training that are most common for this type of work? |
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| Frequency of Attainment (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience |
| Frequency of Attainment: 55.3 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years |
| Frequency of Attainment: 25.6 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 10 years |
| Frequency of Attainment: 9.3 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years |
| Frequency of Attainment: 3.9 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year |
| Frequency of Attainment: 3.9 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years |
| Frequency of Attainment: 1.9 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years |
| Frequency of Attainment: 0.1 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years |
Local Salary Information
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Certifications
| Certifications These are examples of certifications that may be important for this occupation. How can you begin exploring which certifications fit your goals and what steps you would need to take to earn them? |
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Advanced Certified Fund Raising Executive
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Certified Fund Raising Executive
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Fellow of the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy
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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 "Fundraising Managers". Explore these resources to start learning more. Links are constantly updated, so bookmark this page.
Videos
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Resumes
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Job Description
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Interviews
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Step-by-Step
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LinkedIn®
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