From palaeontologist to geographer
34 of the 41 essential skills of a geographer are already essential for a palaeontologist — about 83% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from palaeontologist in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 34
- skills carry over
- 7
- would be new
- 83%
- of the target job covered
- 41
- essential skills of a geographer
What a geographer does
Geographers are scholars who study human and physical geography. Depending on their specialisation, they study political, economical and cultural aspects of humanity contained within human geography. Moreover, they study land formations, soils, natural frontiers, and water flows contained in physical geography.
What carries over
34 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply scientific methods
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct research across disciplines
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- evaluate research activities
- geographic information systems
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mentor individuals
- operate open source software
- perform project management
- perform scientific research
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- scientific modelling
- scientific research methodology
- speak different languages
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- use geographic information systems
- write scientific publications
What would be new
7 skillsEssential for a geographer and not for a palaeontologist. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from palaeontologist
2 roles- geologist34 skills in common
- hydrologist33 skills in common
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How far are you from being a geographer?
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