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Summary Job Description Education Skills, Abilities and Interests More Information
Skills, Abilities & Interests

Interest Area
SocialInvolves working and communicating with, helping, and teaching people.

Work Values
Social StatusLooked up to by others in their company and their community.
AchievementGet a feeling of accomplishment.
Social ServiceDo things for other people.
CreativityTry out your own ideas.
SecurityHave steady employment.
Ability UtilizationMake use of individual abilities.
Working ConditionsGood working conditions.
ActivityBusy all the time.
AutonomyPlan work with little supervision.
RecognitionReceive recognition for the work you do.
CompensationGet paid well in comparison with other workers.
ResponsibilityMake decisions on your own.

Skills
MonitoringAssess how well someone is doing when learning or doing something.
Critical ThinkingUse logic and analysis to identify the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches.
Active ListeningListen to what other people are saying and ask questions as appropriate.
WritingCommunicate effectively with others in writing as indicated by the needs of the audience.
Equipment SelectionDetermine the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
Systems EvaluationLook at many indicators of system performance, taking into account their accuracy.
Active LearningWork with new material or information to grasp its implications.
Judgment and Decision MakingBe able to weigh the relative costs and benefits of a potential action.
Reading ComprehensionUnderstand written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
SpeakingTalk to others to effectively convey information.
Complex Problem SolvingSolving novel, ill-defined problems in complex, real-world settings.

Abilities
Oral ExpressionAble to convey information and ideas through speech in ways that others will understand.
Finger DexterityAble to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
Manual DexterityAble to make quick, coordinated movements of one or two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Deductive ReasoningAble to apply general rules to specific problems to come up with logical answers, including deciding whether an answer makes sense.
Problem SensitivityAble to tell when something is wrong or likely to go wrong. This doesn't involve solving the problem, just recognizing that there is a problem.
Inductive ReasoningAble to combine separate pieces of information, or specific answers to problems, to form general rules or conclusions. This includes coming up with a logical explanation for why seemingly unrelated events occur together.
Wrist-Finger SpeedAble to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.