| 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: 100 (%) | Description: Write about and present research findings for a variety of specialized and general audiences. |
| Importance: 100 (%) | Description: Plan and direct research to characterize and compare the economic, demographic, health care, social, political, linguistic, and religious institutions of distinct cultural groups, communities, and organizations. |
| Importance: 100 (%) | Description: Create data records for use in describing and analyzing social patterns and processes, using photography, videography, and audio recordings. |
| Importance: 100 (%) | Description: Train others in the application of ethnographic research methods to solve problems in organizational effectiveness, communications, technology development, policy making, and program planning. |
| Importance: 100 (%) | Description: Collect information and make judgments through observation, interviews, and review of documents. |
| Importance: 100 (%) | Description: Write grant proposals to obtain funding for research. |
| Importance: 95 (%) | Description: Teach or mentor undergraduate and graduate students in anthropology or archeology. |
| Importance: 95 (%) | Description: Advise government agencies, private organizations, and communities regarding proposed programs, plans, and policies and their potential impacts on cultural institutions, organizations, and communities. |
| Importance: 90 (%) | Description: Formulate general rules that describe and predict the development and behavior of cultures and social institutions. |
| Importance: 85 (%) | Description: Enhance the cultural sensitivity of elementary and secondary curricula and classroom interactions in collaboration with educators and teachers. |
| Importance: 85 (%) | Description: Develop intervention procedures, using techniques such as individual and focus group interviews, consultations, and participant observation of social interaction. |
| Importance: 85 (%) | Description: Study archival collections of primary historical sources to help explain the origins and development of cultural patterns. |
| Importance: 85 (%) | Description: Conduct participatory action research in communities and organizations to assess how work is done and to design work systems, technologies, and environments. |
| Importance: 85 (%) | Description: Identify culturally specific beliefs and practices affecting health status and access to services for distinct populations and communities, in collaboration with medical and public health officials. |
| Importance: 80 (%) | Description: Research, survey, or assess sites of past societies and cultures in search of answers to specific research questions. |
| Importance: 80 (%) | Description: Organize public exhibits and displays to promote public awareness of diverse and distinctive cultural traditions. |
| Importance: 75 (%) | Description: Apply traditional ecological knowledge and assessments of culturally distinctive land and resource management institutions to assist in the resolution of conflicts over habitat protection and resource enhancement. |
| Importance: 70 (%) | Description: Collaborate with economic development planners to decide on the implementation of proposed development policies, plans, and programs based on culturally institutionalized barriers and facilitating circumstances. |
| Importance: 70 (%) | Description: Develop and test theories concerning the origin and development of past cultures. |
| Importance: 70 (%) | Description: Lead field training sites and train field staff, students, and volunteers in excavation methods. |
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.
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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.
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Step by Step: Provides links to resources that can help to organize the career search process.
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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.
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Step 2 of 4: Find a Job
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Anthropologists and Archeologists.
Step 3 of 4: Prepare For a Career
Anthropologists and Archeologists
Description: Study the origin, development, and behavior of human beings. May study the way of life, language, or physical characteristics of people in various parts of the world. May engage in systematic recovery and examination of material evidence, such as tools or pottery remaining from past human cultures, in order to determine the history, customs, and living habits of earlier civilizations.
Please click on a section below to expand and see detailed occupational information related to "Anthropologists and Archeologists":
U.S. Total Employment (2023):
8,500U.S. Total Employment (2033 est.):
9,100
Employment Change (2023-2033 est.):
600 (7.4%) Average Annual Job Openings (2023-2033 est.):
800
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: Record the exact locations and conditions of artifacts uncovered in diggings or surveys, using drawings and photographs as necessary. |
| Importance: 65 (%) | Description: Study objects and structures recovered by excavation to identify, date, and authenticate them and to interpret their significance. |
| Importance: 60 (%) | Description: Compare findings from one site with archeological data from other sites to find similarities or differences. |
| Importance: 60 (%) | Description: Describe artifacts' physical properties or attributes, such as the materials from which artifacts are made and their size, shape, function, and decoration. |
| Importance: 60 (%) | Description: Consult site reports, existing artifacts, and topographic maps to identify archeological sites. |
| Importance: 60 (%) | Description: Clean, restore, and preserve artifacts. |
| Importance: 60 (%) | Description: Participate in forensic activities, such as tooth and bone structure identification, in conjunction with police departments and pathologists. |
| Importance: 55 (%) | Description: Assess archeological sites for resource management, development, or conservation purposes and recommend methods for site protection. |
| Importance: 55 (%) | Description: Gather and analyze artifacts and skeletal remains to increase knowledge of ancient cultures. |
| Importance: 55 (%) | Description: Collect artifacts made of stone, bone, metal, and other materials, placing them in bags and marking them to show where they were found. |
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: 90 (%) | Description: Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others: Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
| Importance: 89 (%) | Description: Documenting/Recording Information: Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
| Importance: 89 (%) | Description: Analyzing Data or Information: Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
| Importance: 88 (%) | Description: Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge: Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
| Importance: 87 (%) | Description: Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events: Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
| Importance: 87 (%) | Description: Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships: Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
| Importance: 87 (%) | 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: 86 (%) | Description: Processing Information: Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
| Importance: 85 (%) | 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: 83 (%) | Description: Thinking Creatively: Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
| Importance: 81 (%) | 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: 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: Making Decisions and Solving Problems: Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
| Importance: 76 (%) | Description: Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People: Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
| Importance: 75 (%) | Description: Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work: Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
| Importance: 72 (%) | Description: Developing Objectives and Strategies: Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
| Importance: 67 (%) | Description: Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings: Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
| Importance: 67 (%) | Description: Scheduling Work and Activities: Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
| Importance: 67 (%) | Description: Coaching and Developing Others: Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
| Importance: 65 (%) | Description: Providing Consultation and Advice to Others: Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
| Importance: 63 (%) | Description: Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others: Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
| Importance: 63 (%) | Description: Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates: Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. |
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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| Advise others about environmental management or conservation. | |
| Advise others on educational matters. | |
| Advise others on matters of public policy. | |
| Analyze forensic evidence to solve crimes. | |
| Apply knowledge or research findings to address environmental problems. | |
| Clean objects. | |
| Collaborate with technical specialists to resolve design or development problems. | |
| Collect archival data. | |
| Collect biological specimens. | |
| Collect information from people through observation, interviews, or surveys. | |
| Communicate with government agencies. | |
| Conduct anthropological or archaeological research. | |
| Conduct historical research. | |
| Conduct research on social issues. | |
| Conduct scientific research of organizational behavior or processes. | |
| Design psychological or educational treatment procedures or programs. | |
| Develop theories or models of social phenomena. | |
| Direct scientific activities. | |
| Document events or evidence, using photographic or audiovisual equipment. | |
| Evaluate characteristics of archival or historical objects. | |
| Inspect condition of natural environments. | |
| Instruct college students in social sciences or humanities disciplines. | |
| Mark materials or objects for identification. | |
| Package materials or products. | |
| Plan community programs or activities for the general public. | |
| Plan social sciences research. | |
| Prepare scientific or technical reports or presentations. | |
| Record research or operational data. | |
| Train personnel in technical or scientific procedures. | |
| Write grant proposals. | |
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: 96 (%) | Description: Sociology and Anthropology: Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins. |
| Importance: 86 (%) | 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: 82 (%) | Description: History and Archeology: Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures. |
| Importance: 78 (%) | Description: Foreign Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation. |
| Importance: 75 (%) | Description: Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
| Importance: 72 (%) | 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. |
| Importance: 66 (%) | 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: 62 (%) | Description: Philosophy and Theology: Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture. |
| Importance: 60 (%) | Description: Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
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: 71 (%) | Description: Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
| Importance: 71 (%) | Description: Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
| Importance: 68 (%) | Description: Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
| Importance: 68 (%) | 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: 68 (%) | Description: Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
| Importance: 64 (%) | Description: Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
| Importance: 58 (%) | Description: Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
| Importance: 56 (%) | Description: Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
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: 62 (%) | Description: Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
| Importance: 54 (%) | Description: Instructing: Teaching others how to do something. |
| 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: Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
| Importance: 52 (%) | Description: Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
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: Advise others on educational or vocational matters. |
| Activity: Advise others on environmental sustainability or green practices. |
| Activity: Advise others on legal or regulatory matters. |
| Activity: Analyze biological or chemical substances or related data. |
| Activity: Clean workpieces, finished products, or other objects. |
| Activity: Collect environmental or biological samples. |
| Activity: Collect information about patients or clients. |
| Activity: Coordinate activities with clients, agencies, or organizations. |
| Activity: Coordinate with others to resolve problems. |
| Activity: Develop educational programs, plans, or procedures. |
| Activity: Develop research plans or methodologies. |
| Activity: Develop scientific or mathematical theories or models. |
| Activity: Develop systems or practices to mitigate or resolve environmental problems. |
| Activity: Direct scientific or technical activities. |
| Activity: Gather information from physical or electronic sources. |
| Activity: Inspect characteristics or conditions of materials or products. |
| Activity: Maintain operational records. |
| Activity: Mark materials or objects for identification. |
| Activity: Monitor environmental conditions. |
| Activity: Package objects. |
| Activity: Plan events or programs. |
| Activity: Prepare proposals or grant applications. |
| Activity: Present research or technical information. |
| Activity: Record images with photographic or audiovisual equipment. |
| Activity: Research historical or social issues. |
| Activity: Research organizational behavior, processes, or performance. |
| Activity: Teach academic or vocational subjects. |
| Activity: Train others on operational or work procedures. |
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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| Archeological Sites Management Information System ASMIS Automated National Catalog System ANCS Genealogy software | |||||||||||
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| ESRI ArcInfo ESRI ArcView Geographic information system GIS software | |||||||||||
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| GE Healthcare ImageQuant TL Graphics software Image enhancement software | |||||||||||
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| Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browser software | |||||||||||
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| Golden Software Surfer Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE RockWare ArcMap Trimble Pathfinder Office | |||||||||||
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| Apple Final Cut Express Apple iMovie Microsoft Windows Movie Maker Sony Creative Software Vegas Movie Studio | |||||||||||
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| Adobe Dreamweaver Microsoft FrontPage |
Preparation Required
| Preparation Required - How much preparation is needed to obtain this type of job? |
| Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed |
| Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job. |
| Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree). |
| Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training. |
| These occupations often involve coordinating, training, supervising, or managing the activities of others to accomplish goals. Very advanced communication and organizational skills are required. Examples include pharmacists, lawyers, astronomers, biologists, clergy, physician assistants, and veterinarians. |
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: 40.0 (%) | Level of Education: Doctoral Degree |
| Frequency of Attainment: 30.0 (%) | Level of Education: Master's Degree |
| Frequency of Attainment: 20.0 (%) | Level of Education: Bachelor's Degree |
| Frequency of Attainment: 5.0 (%) | Level of Education: Some College Courses |
| Frequency of Attainment: 5.0 (%) | 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: 35.0 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years |
| Frequency of Attainment: 15.0 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year |
| Frequency of Attainment: 15.0 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years |
| Frequency of Attainment: 15.0 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years |
| Frequency of Attainment: 5.0 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: None |
| Frequency of Attainment: 5.0 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months |
| Frequency of Attainment: 5.0 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months |
| Frequency of Attainment: 5.0 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years |
Local Salary Information
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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 Anthropological Association (AAA)
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American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA)
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Archaeological Institute of America (AIA)
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National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (NAPA)
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Society for American Archaeology (SAA)
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Society for Economic Anthropology (SEA)
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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 |
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Step 4 of 4: Career-Specific Resources
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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): Anthropologists and Archeologists
LinkedIn®
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