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Archivist
Keep history from disappearing
€25k–€50k Demand: Low
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Visit a local archive and ask what a normal day involves.
Records management
Digitisation
Cataloguing standards
What the work is really like
Archivists collect, organise and preserve records — documents, photographs, film, sound — so that researchers, governments and future generations can access them.
1Cataloguing a newly donated collection of personal letters
2Digitising fragile documents before they deteriorate
3Helping a researcher find records they couldn't find alone
4Writing a finding aid that will guide others for decades
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Skills to develop
Records management
Digitisation
Cataloguing standards
Preservation techniques
Research skills
Database management
Estimated to job-ready: ~6 months of focused effort.
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