Employers want to know what you can do for them. Building your skills and related experience allows you to demonstrate the value you bring. These tools and resources can help you learn new skills or discover ones worth investigating.
Tools

Gaining Virtual Experience
Excited to learn new skills, but can't go back to school right now? Explore these virtual learning options and learn how to add the experience to your resume.

Public Speaking
Public speaking is an essential skill for anthropologists in the workplace. This tool takes a deep dive on public speaking best practices and how to develop this skill.

Keys to Fundraising Success
Fundraising can be a daunting task, but this tool gives you five keys to making that ask.

Advocacy in Action
Begin your advocacy journey with this tool.

PhotoVoice for Research
Discover the power of PhotoVoice as a research methodology to amplify participant voices and deepen qualitative insights.

Introducing Focus Groups
Expand your toolkit by learning how to conduct a focus group.

Drawing as Data Collection
Bring another dimension to your fieldwork by introducing participant drawings to your interviews.

Building Your Personal Website
A great website can help establish your brand and reputation. This tool guides you through the steps for creating your own website.

Collages to Elicit Meanings and Emotions
Bring out the creative side of your research participants through collages. This tool shares why collages can be a powerful method and how to incorporate them in your research.

Conducting Intercept Interviews
Knowing how to conduct intercept interviews is a key anthropological skill. This tool provided guidance on how to setup and perform these types of interviews.

Crafting Engaging Stories
Anthropologists are experts at capturing stories from others, but we need to be ready to tell stories too! This tool guides you through how to craft and refine your own stories and storytelling style.
Blogs

How Can I Increase my Anthropological Impact?

Why should anthropologists be active on LinkedIn?

What can applied archaeology offer anthropology?

How do you find your way to work you truly love? (Part 2)

How can coaching inspire a positive direction in developing my career choices?

How Do Researchers Take Care of Their Mental Health When They Feel Like They are Drowning?

Why Don’t People Think to Ask an Anthropologist?
Presentations & Videos
Anthropologists on the Public Stage | Module 1: Develop an Idea Worth Sharing
Anthropologists on the Public Stage | Module 3: Tell a Great Story
Personal Professional Development with Learning Contracts
Anthropological Storytelling and Social Media
Rework Your Teamwork: Techniques for Leaders and Team Members
Facilitating for Virtual Audiences
What Does It Mean To Be Job Ready? A Workshop
Publications
Ten Tips Every Forensic Anthropologist Should Know
Author: Katharine Pope | Date: Jan. 5, 2023
Anthropological Skills
Date: Jan. 22, 2021
Designing an Anthropology Career: Professional Development Exercises
Author: Sherylyn H. Briller and Amy Goldmacher | Date: Jan. 22, 2021
The Face of Anthropology One Decade Later: Anthropology Master’s Reflections on Education, Careers, and Professional Organizations Then and Now
Author: Erica M Hawwermale and colleagues | Date: 2019
