Job Title: AAAS Congressional Fellow
Description: Serve on the staff of a Congressman for the United States. Help prepare legislation, meet with interested groups and constituents, and conduct staff briefings.
Degree Required: PhD
- Doctor of Philosophy (or doctoral degree) is intended to teach a student to carry out independent, autonomous research in a specific field.. This degree is often, but not always, completed after a Master's degree is earned. The length of study ranges from 3 - 6 years. On completion, a student presents and defends a dissertation (or thesis) before an academic panel.
Skills Required: Computer skills, Customer service skills, Leadership abilities, Learns on the job, Negotiator, Oral communication skills, Quick thinker, Scientific thinker, Thinks outside the box, Time management skills, Works under pressure, Written communication skills
Market Sector: Government
Relative Salary: $$$$
- We did not collect actual income range information in our survey. Instead we chose to express income range with a number of dollar signs, expressing relative salaries. A single $ is relatively low salary compared to the average, $$ - $$$ is average, and $$$$$ is much higher than average income.
Since each person surveyed may have a different viewpoint as to what constitutes an average salary, and since salary is often commensurate with years of experience, the number of dollar signs should not be regarded as an absolute, but only as an indicator.