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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
AchievementGet a feeling of accomplishment.
Social ServiceDo things for other people.
SecurityHave steady employment.
Ability UtilizationMake use of individual abilities.
ActivityBusy all the time.
AutonomyPlan work with little supervision.
ResponsibilityMake decisions on your own.

Skills
Social PerceptivenessBe aware of others' reactions and understand why they react the way they do.
Learning StrategiesUse multiple approaches when learning or teaching new things.
MonitoringAssess how well someone is doing when learning or doing something.
Management of Personnel ResourcesMotivate, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job
Management of Financial ResourcesDetermine how money will be spent to get the work done and account for these expenditures.
Critical ThinkingUse logic and analysis to identify the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches.
InstructingTeach others how to do something.
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.
Time ManagementManage one's own time and the time of others.
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.
CoordinationAdjust actions in relation to others' actions.
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.
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.
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.
Written ComprehensionAble to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Speech ClarityAble to speak clearly so listeners understand.
Oral ComprehensionAble to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Flexibility of ClosureIdentify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.