Research/Administrative assistantship question

[BonAppetit]

Hey everyone,

I'm finishing up an application for an IR master's program and it asks me to list any qualifications I have for a research or administrative assistantship. I definitely want to be considered for these, but I'm at a loss as to exactly what in my background they are looking for that would qualify me for them (other than the obvious - have I been a researcher before, to which the answer is "no."). Any ideas on what I should be considering when I answer this?

Thanks!

Edited January 20, 2010 by BonAppetit

[fuzzylogician]

For starters: are you familiar with word processing/typesetting software? Can you do statistics? Do you know programming languages? Have you written long papers before? Worked in publishing/editing? Do you have an extensive background in your field?