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

Interest Area
InvestigativeInvolves working with ideas and requires an extensive amount of thinking.

Work Values
AchievementGet a feeling of accomplishment.
CreativityTry out your own ideas.
IndependenceWork alone.
Ability UtilizationMake use of individual abilities.
AutonomyPlan work with little supervision.
ResponsibilityMake decisions on your own.

Skills
Critical ThinkingUse logic and analysis to identify the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches.
WritingCommunicate effectively with others in writing as indicated by the needs of the audience.
MathematicsUse math to solve problems.
Active LearningWork with new material or information to grasp its implications.
Reading ComprehensionUnderstand written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
ScienceUse scientific methods to solve problems.

Abilities
Oral ExpressionAble to convey information and ideas through speech in ways that others will understand.
Deductive ReasoningAble to apply general rules to specific problems to come up with logical answers, including deciding whether an answer makes sense.
Written ComprehensionAble to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Information OrderingAble to correctly follow rules for arranging things or actions in a certain order, including numbers, words, pictures, procedures, and logical operations.
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.
Written ExpressionAble to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.