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Careers in Basic & Applied Research
The roles, scope, and shape of the Basic & Applied Research career family - and the WorkFive personality facets the family tends to reward.
30 O*NET roles
Roles inside this family
- Aerospace Engineer
- Animal Scientists
- Anthropologists and Archeologists
- Astronomer
- Atmospheric and Space Scientist
- Biological Scientist (All Other)
- Biological Technician
- Biologist
- Chemical Technician
- Chemist
- Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
- Food Scientists and Technologists
- Geneticist
- Geological Technician
- Geoscientist
- Historians
- Hydrologic Technician
- Life Scientist (All Other)
- Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
- Medical Scientist (Except Epidemiologist)
- Microbiologist
- Molecular and Cellular Biologist
- Neuropsychologists
- Physical Scientist (Other)
- Physicist
- Psychologists, All Other
- Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
- Transportation Planners
- Veterinary Assistant and Laboratory Animal Caretaker
- Zoologist and Wildlife Biologist
Facets this family tends to reward
Aggregated across the 30 roles in Basic & Applied Research. The facets that show up most often as critical for these roles.
- IntellectO5Why Intellect matters for this role
- Self-EfficacyC1Read about Self-Efficacy at work
- Self-DisciplineC5Why Self-Discipline matters for this role
- DutifulnessC3Dutifulness in the workplace
- AdventurousnessO4The Adventurousness facet explained
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