Where a communication scientist can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a communication scientist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Communication scientists research the different aspects of the planning, collecting, creating, organizing, preserving, using, evaluating and exchanging information through verbal or non-verbal communication. They study the interactions between groups, individuals, and individuals with technologies (robots).
Also known as communication analyst, communication studies research scientist, communication science researcher, communication studies researcher, communication studies analyst, communications scientist, communication scholar, communication research scientist, communication research analyst, communication researcher, communication studies research analyst, communication studies scholar.
Professionals 65 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: religion scientific researcher, 77%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A communication scientist needs 41 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- analyse the comments of selected audiences information skills
- media studies arts and humanities
- communication studies social sciences, journalism and information
- develop communications strategies management skills
- use data processing techniques working with computers
- types of media arts and humanities
- communication generic programmes and qualifications
- scientific literature generic programmes and qualifications
- conduct qualitative research information skills
- conduct quantitative research information skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a communication scientist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- sociologist 80% covered · difficulty 31.4
- behavioural scientist 75% covered · difficulty 37.3
- political scientist 74% covered · difficulty 38.1
- assistant lecturer 74% covered · difficulty 38.3
- economist 72% covered · difficulty 40.4
- literary scholar 71% covered · difficulty 41.2
- statistician 71% covered · difficulty 41.2
- linguist 69% covered · difficulty 43.1
- philosopher 69% covered · difficulty 43.3
- religion scientific researcher 68% covered · difficulty 44.1
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Communication scientist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a communication scientist’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.