From archaeologist to biometrician
33 of the 44 essential skills of a biometrician are already essential for a archaeologist — about 75% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 33
- skills carry over
- 11
- would be new
- 75%
- of the target job covered
- 44
- essential skills of a biometrician
What a biometrician does
Biometricians perform research in the field of biometrics. They carry statistical or biological research projects by measuring fingerprints, retinas, and human shapes for medical or industrial applications.
What carries over
33 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
- 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
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- 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
- research design
- scientific modelling
- scientific research methodology
- speak different languages
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- write scientific publications
What would be new
11 skillsEssential for a biometrician and not for a archaeologist. 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 archaeologist
2 roles- historian33 skills in common
- oceanographer32 skills in common
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How far are you from being a biometrician?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.