Experience, Skills, and Personality Traits
Obtaining experience as a research assistant or a teaching fellow in grad school is highly recommended.
To be a successful anthropologist, you must be able to work as part of a team, as well as conduct research entirely on your own. Strong oral and written communication skills are essential in this field. Because much of your career will involve study and research, you should have great curiosity and a desire for knowledge. You should also have respect for other cultures because you'll be interacting closely with people with diverse backgrounds.
Related Professions
- Archaeologists
- Archivists
- Artists
- Book Conservators
- College Professors
- Conservators and Conservation Technicians
- Cultural Advisers
- Demographers
- Economists
- Education Directors and Museum Teachers
- English as a Second Language (ESL) Teachers
- Environmental Education Program Directors
- Ethnoscientists
- Exhibit Designers
- Foreign Service Officers
- Futurists
- Gallery Owners and Directors
- Genealogical Researchers
- Genealogists
- Geographers
- Grant Coordinators and Writers
- Historians
- Historic Preservationists
- Interpreters
- Lexicographers
- Linguists
- Medical Ethicists
- Museum Attendants
- Museum Directors and Curators
- Museum Technicians
- National Park Service Employees
- Political Scientists
- Secondary School Teachers
- Sign Language and Oral Interpreters
- Sociologists
- Statisticians
- Taxidermists
- Tour Guides
- Translators
- Zoo and Aquarium Curators and Directors
- Zookeepers
- Zoologists