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Skills, Abilities & Interests

Interest Area
EnterprisingInvolves starting up and carrying out projects, leading people, making many decisions, and dealing with businesses, and it sometimes requires risk taking.

Work Values
AchievementGet a feeling of accomplishment.
CreativityTry out your own ideas.
Ability UtilizationMake use of individual abilities.
RecognitionReceive recognition for the work you do.

Skills
PersuasionPersuade others to approach things differently.
Social PerceptivenessBe aware of others' reactions and understand why they react the way they do.
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.
Service OrientationActively look for ways to help people.
Systems EvaluationLook at many indicators of system performance, taking into account their accuracy.
Systems PerceptionDetermine when important changes have occurred in a system or are likely to occur
Active LearningWork with new material or information to grasp its implications.
Complex Problem SolvingSolving novel, ill-defined problems in complex, real-world settings.
Judgment and Decision MakingBe able to weigh the relative costs and benefits of a potential action.
CoordinationAdjust actions in relation to others' actions.
Reading ComprehensionUnderstand written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
SpeakingTalk to others to effectively convey information.
Systems AnalysisDetermining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

Abilities
Oral ExpressionAble to convey information and ideas through speech in ways that others will understand.
Speech RecognitionIdentify and understand the speech of another person
Fluency of IdeasCome up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
OriginalityCome up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
Written ComprehensionAble to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Near VisionAble to see details of objects at a close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Speech ClarityAble to speak clearly so listeners understand.
Written ExpressionAble to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Oral ComprehensionAble to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.