When first asked, most undergraduate majors have difficulty listing concrete skills other than language or computers.
But after reviewing specialty courses (statistics), and other course related to the major (archaeology field methods) most students realize they have many skills to offer. The following list was gathered from IUP student résumés. To begin constructing your list of skills, think about some of the following: understanding of multiculturalism, cultural patterns and problems, writing, statistical (qualitative and quantitative) analysis, nutrition, health care delivery, etc. It is important that your list does not oversell you or list skills you don't really have. Still, many students underestimate their abilities. Also, remember not to abbreviate job skills on your résumé as some employers will not recognize that particular skill. The skills below might not be congruent with yours but are meant as a stimulus for items that you might want to include:
General
Writing ability: organization, report preparation, gathering and presentation of data, APA and MLA style
Ability to synthesize (e.g., population, housing, environmental concerns)
Ability to understand and produce maps: identifying and gathering data, turning it into map form, and present it
Ability to understand and produce charts, graphs, tables
Ability to use the internet to research information
Ability to meet a variety of overlapping deadlines
Specific (taken from various IUP anthropology major's résumés)
Computer software: word processing, spreadsheet management, file and database management, basic html, Microsoft Office, Windows 95, 98, 2000XP
SPSSX statistical software
Descriptive and inferential statistics
Language skills: good reading, speaking comprehension in Spanish
Chinese: four semesters, intermediate comprehension
GIS design and analysis
Census data analysis
Graphics communications
Research skills: bibliographic skills; data identification, analysis
Presentation
Qualitative and quantitative interview/survey skills
Statistics: probability, correlations, and regression analysis
General archaeology excavation techniques
Set up units, record information (on forms and in journals)
STP (shovel test pits)
Mapping, stratigraphy, soil sampling, laying out a Grid of Units
Ability to use theodolite and statia rod (archaeology surveying)
Some anthropometrics background
Central American archeological field work experience
(the website resume.com can be valuable in helping you organize a vita or résumé and list important skills)