History researchers investigate events in the past, personalities, laws, and records to get a comprehensive knowledge of their relevance and influence on present and future society. Examining primary and secondary sources is a necessary element of the job of a historian. 

Historians should also have the following skills: 

• Analytical skills – historians frequently examine historical records and analyse data to get insights into the past. Because many historical documents are fragmentary and only provide half of the story, this needs a strong analytical perspective. 
• Research skills – you should be able to create historical questions, gather historical information, assess the facts, interpret the data, and convey your history in a relevant manner. 
• Historical comprehension – if you want to be a competent historian, you must analyse and study historical material. As a result, comprehension is a necessary talent for a historian. 
• Multilingual skills – certain historians deal with distinct, even extinct, languages. Being bilingual can assist people grasp syntax and grammar in dialects they don’t know, which could also aid in historical research of ancient languages. 

To summarise, all these abilities are required to be a competent historian. Historians with these talents and a degree in history can work as curators at museums, colleges, and universities, or as archivists.