Here's a list of the skills that employers seek when hiring Political Science / Government majors. Skills vary by job, so also review these skills lists for a variety of different occupations.

Highlight the skills you acquired during your studies, internships and jobs held during college in your cover letters, resume and job applications.

Political Science / Government Major Skills

A - C

• Abstracting General Principles from Examples

• Active Listening
• Analytical
• Analyzing Public Policy Initiatives
• Applying an Intercultural and International Perspective to Political Issues
• Assessing the Impact of Pending Legislation on Public Policy
• Assessing the Validity/Reliability Polls/Surveys
• Carrying Out Descriptive Statistical Tests Such as Mean, Median and Mode
• Conducting Legal Analyses
• Conducting Multiple Linear Regression Analyses
• Conducting Primary Research
• Constructing Polls and Surveys 
• Creating Charts and Graphs
• Creativity
• Critical Thinking

D - I

• Debating
• Decision Making
• Designing Research Models
• Detail Orientation
• Devising Logical Arguments
• Dissecting Campaign Strategy
• Evaluating the Effectiveness of Government Programs 
• Facilitating Discussions
• Independence
• Interpreting Current Events within a Political Context
• Interpreting Political Events in Light of Political Theory
• Interpreting Political Polls
• Introducing Speakers
• Investigative 

L - O

• Leadership
• Logical Reasoning
• Managing Stress
• Matlab
• Mediating Conflicts
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Moderating Panels

• Negotiating Agreements
• Networking
• Note Taking
• Organizational

P - S

• Performing Two Way Correlations
• Persistence
• Persuading Others to a Point of View
• Planning
• PowerPoint
• Predicting Outcomes
• Presentation
• Prioritizing
• Proposing Political Solutions to Social and Economic Problems
• Reading Critically
• SAS
• SPSS
• STATA
• Study
• Systematizing

T - Z

• Teamwork
• Testing Hypotheses
• Time Management
• Tolerating Divergent Opinions
• Verbal Communication
• Writing Case Studies
• Writing Editorials
• Writing Research Reports

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