Jobs you can get with an Archaeology degree

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%
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