Do you study Archaeology and have no clue on what career you want to do? Well here’s the post for you!
Jobs directly related to your degree include:
- Academic researcher
- Archaeologist
- Conservator
- Heritage manager
- Historic buildings inspector/conservation officer
- Museum education officer
- Museum/gallery curator
- Museum/gallery exhibitions officer
Jobs where your degree would be useful include:
- Archivist
- Cartographer
- Higher education lecturer
- Government social research officer
- Local government officer
- Palaeontologist
- Records manager
- Social researcher
- Tourism officer
Skills from an Archaeology degree for your CV:
- Applying theoretical and scientific principles and concepts to archaeological problems
- Field work, post-excavation, and laboratory techniques
- Applying statistical and numerical techniques to process archaeological data
- Interpretation of spatial data
What do archaeology graduates do?
- Employed – 54.7%
- Further study – 20.6%
- Working and studying – 10%
- Unemployed – 6.6%
- Other – 8.1%
Type of work:
- Legal, social and welfare – 33.2%
- Retail, catering and customer service – 18.6%
- Clerical, secretarial and administrative – 10.8%
- Business, HR and finance – 7.4%
- Other – 30%