9 jobs for people who can keep a secret

Good communication skills are requirements you’ll find in almost every job description. But sometimes, the ability to know when to keep your mouth shut can be just as desirable.



Cybersecurity worker

The best protection for computer systems is a strong—and silent—defense. You don’t want hackers to know what they are up against, which means cybersecurity workers have to keep their techniques for safeguarding digital files and vital electronic infrastructure under make.


Executive assistant

Executive assistants often deal with sensitive details for their high-level bosses, including confidential business and personal information. Being able to keep those secrets is just as important as juggling the supervisor’s daily agenda or travel plans.


Housekeeper

Housekeepers who broadcast what they see while cleaning someone’s hotel room or who share a juicy secret overheard in someone’s home breaches their clients’ expectations of privacy, as well as potentially creating a theft risk.


Lawyer

Attorney-client privilege means anything revealed in private discussions will not be passed along without explicit permission. This creates a baseline of trust, empowering lawyers to represent their clients’ interests.


Nuclear plant technician

You aren’t likely to find many public blueprints or photos of the inside of a nuclear plant—with good reason. Staffers inside a nuclear plant need to keep confidential any details about how someone might get inside and access potentially dangerous materials.


Physician

Doctors rely on truthful reports of a patient’s symptoms in order to make an accurate diagnosis, which requires a great deal of trust from patients that they will keep that information private.


Private investigator

Just like lawyers and psychologists, private investigators need to establish trust with clients if they expect to encourage honesty. They also need to keep secrets about what (and whom) they’re investigating and what methods they’re using.


Security guard

Loose lips sink ships, and also careers in the security industry. Security guards are expected to keep all details of the places they protect to themselves, including access codes, the timing of their rounds, and in some cases, even the very thing they are paid to watch over.


Psychologist

Psychotherapy is based on trust. Patients have to know that what they share with their therapist is confidential, and that the details they discuss will never leave the room. Without that expectation of confidentiality, it’s difficult for healing to take place—and it’s definitely impossible for a psychologist to stay in business without it.

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