From philosopher to communication scientist
32 of the 41 essential skills of a communication scientist are already essential for a philosopher — about 78% 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.
- 32
- skills carry over
- 9
- would be new
- 78%
- of the target job covered
- 41
- essential skills of a communication scientist
What a communication scientist does
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).
What carries over
32 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
- apply scientific methods
- 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
- 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
- scientific literature
- scientific research methodology
- speak different languages
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- write scientific publications
What would be new
9 skillsEssential for a communication scientist and not for a philosopher. 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 philosopher
2 roles- epidemiologist32 skills in common
- physicist32 skills in common
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How far are you from being a communication scientist?
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