Career Details : Historians

Description

Research, analyze, record, and interpret the past as recorded in sources, such as government and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.

Experience

A minimum of two to four years 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.

Education

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Training

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Tasks

Organizes and evaluates data on basis of authenticity and relative significance.

Related Careers

• Anthropologists
• Archeologists
• Archivists
• Curators
• Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
• Museum Technicians and Conservators
• Park Naturalists

Important Abilities

• Written Comprehension
• Written Expression
• Oral Expression
• Oral Comprehension
• Memorization

General Work Activities

• Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
• Analyzing Data or Information
• Processing Information
• Judging Qualities of Things, Service, People
• Documenting/Recording Information

Important Skills

• Information Gathering
• Reading Comprehension
• Writing
• Speaking
• Information Organization

Frequent Work Context

• Job-Required Social Interaction
• Indoors
• Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
• Objective or Subjective Information
• Coordinate or Lead Others

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