Jun 10, 2026 · 41 min · 15 segments
This week Heather and Andrew discuss their favorite skillsets for archaeologists to get to make themselves desirable when hiring gets thin. Be the last laid off and the first hired back, or maybe even…
Andrew KinkellaHost
Chris WebsterHostToday, we're going to talk about building your skill set outside of archaeology.
And I know people are going to say, well, why should I have to do that? Well, because more and more now, some of these smaller companies are getting gobbled up by the bigger companies.
And you need to be relevant.
And you need to make sure that you have the skills that when archaeology work, field work, whatnot, starts drying up, you have the skills to withstand and keep your full-time job.
And that's reality, whether you like it or not.
Also, it's kind of fun.
It's fun to learn new things.
Finally, the third big reason to me is it really opens up your understanding.
So as archaeologists, we're studiers of past societies, past cultures.
And so, I mean, it's such a broad spectrum of what we have to understand that having that knowledge from other disciplines really helps you be a better archeologist.
And I got a couple examples.
Today, we're going to talk about building your skill set outside of archaeology.
And I know people are going to say, well, why should I have to do that? Well, because more and more now, some of these smaller companies are getting gobbled up by the bigger companies.
And you need to be relevant.
And you need to make sure that you have the skills that when archaeology work, field work, whatnot, starts drying up, you have the skills to withstand and keep your full-time job.
And that's reality, whether you like it or not.
Also, it's kind of fun.
It's fun to learn new things.
Finally, the third big reason to me is it really opens up your understanding.
So as archaeologists, we're studiers of past societies, past cultures.
And so, I mean, it's such a broad spectrum of what we have to understand that having that knowledge from other disciplines really helps you be a better archeologist.
And I got a couple examples.
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