(Career Asssessments, Exploration & Counselling)
Career: Anthropologists
Job Description
Research, evaluate, and establish public policy concerning the origins of humans; their physical, social, linguistic, and cultural development; and their behavior, as well as the cultures, organizations, and institutions they have created.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
100
|
Collect information and make judgments through observation, interviews, and the review of documents. |
100
|
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. |
100
|
Write about and present research findings for a variety of specialized and general audiences. |
100
|
Advise government agencies, private organizations, and communities regarding proposed programs, plans, and policies and their potential impacts on cultural institutions, organizations, and communities. |
100
|
Explain the origins and physical, social, or cultural development of humans, including physical attributes, cultural traditions, beliefs, languages, resource management practices, and settlement patterns. |
100
|
Study archival collections of primary historical sources to help explain the origins and development of cultural patterns. |
95
|
Construct and test data collection methods. |
95
|
Formulate general rules that describe and predict the development and behavior of cultures and social institutions. |
95
|
Train others in the application of ethnographic research methods to solve problems in organizational effectiveness, communications, technology development, policy making, and program planning. |
95
|
Apply systematic sampling techniques to ensure the accuracy, completeness, precision, and representativeness of individuals selected for sample surveys. |
95
|
Identify key individual cultural collaborators, using reputational and positional selection techniques. |
90
|
Build and use text-based database management systems to support the analysis of detailed firsthand observational records or "field notes." |
90
|
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. |
90
|
Develop intervention procedures, using techniques such as individual and focus group interviews, consultations, and participant observation of social interaction. |
90
|
Create data records for use in describing and analyzing social patterns and processes, using photography, videography, and audio recordings. |
90
|
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. |
90
|
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. |
85
|
Conduct participatory action research in communities and organizations to assess how work is done and to design work systems, technologies, and environments. |
80
|
Enhance the cultural sensitivity of elementary and secondary curricula and classroom interactions in collaboration with educators and teachers. |
80
|
Build geographic information systems (GIS) to record, analyze, and cartographically represent the distribution of languages, cultural and natural resources, land use, and settlement patterns of specific populations. |
75
|
Observe the production, distribution, and consumption of food to identify and mitigate threats to food security. |
75
|
Analyze and characterize user experiences and institutional settings to assist consumer product developers, technology developers, and software engineers with the design of innovative products and services. |
70
|
Gather and analyze artifacts and skeletal remains to increase knowledge of ancient cultures. |
70
|
Organize public exhibits and displays to promote public awareness of diverse and distinctive cultural traditions. |
60
|
Examine museum collections of hominid fossils to classify anatomical and physiological variations and to determine how they fit into evolutionary theory. |
60
|
Participate in forensic activities, such as tooth and bone structure identification, in conjunction with police departments and pathologists. |
55
|
Observe and measure bodily variations and physical attributes of different human groups. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
90
|
Getting Information
|
88
|
Processing Information
|
84
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
83
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
83
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
82
|
Thinking Creatively
|
81
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
81
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
80
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
79
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
78
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
75
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
74
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
73
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
71
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
70
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
69
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
66
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
65
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
62
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
59
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
58
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
54
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
53
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
53
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
52
|
Interacting With Computers
|
49
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
46
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
44
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
42
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
41
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
39
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
39
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
27
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
25
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
23
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
16
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|
15
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
12
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
8
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
7
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|