Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an anthropologist can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an anthropologist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Anthropologists research all aspects of life pertaining to humans. They study the various civilisations that have existed along the time and their ways of organisation. They attempt to analyse the physical, societal, linguistic, political, economical, philosophical, and cultural aspects of different people. The aim of their studies is to understand and describe the past of humanity and solve topical societal problems. They explore different perspectives such as philosophical anthropology.

Also known as arts scientist, cultural scientist, linguistic anthropologist, ethnologist, television scientist, music scientist, sociocultural anthropologist, anthropology research scientist, biological anthropologist, social anthropologist, cultural anthropologist, gender scientist.

Professionals 73 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: religion scientific researcher, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
religion scientific researcher 79% covered thanatology researcher 79% covered philosopher 76% covered historian 75% covered archaeologist 74% covered anthropologist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from anthropologist, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an anthropologist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An anthropologist needs 42 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • participant observation social sciences, journalism and information
  • interpret pedigree charts information skills
  • research human behaviour information skills
  • cultural geography natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • economic anthropology social sciences, journalism and information
  • observe human behaviour information skills
  • study cultures information skills
  • anthropology social sciences, journalism and information
  • research design generic programmes and qualifications
  • geography natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an anthropologist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Anthropologist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an anthropologist’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.