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Interest Area

Investigative

Involves working with ideas and requires an extensive amount of thinking.

Work Values

Social Status	Looked up to by others in their company and their community.
Achievement	Get a feeling of accomplishment.
Social Service	Do things for other people.
Security	Have steady employment.
Ability Utilization	Make use of individual abilities.
Working Conditions	Good working conditions.
Activity	Busy all the time.
Autonomy	Plan work with little supervision.
Recognition	Receive recognition for the work you do.
Compensation	Get paid well in comparison with other workers.
Responsibility	Make decisions on your own.

Skills

Persuasion	Persuade others to approach things differently.
Social Perceptiveness	Be aware of others' reactions and understand why they react the way they do.
Critical Thinking	Use logic and analysis to identify the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches.
Instructing	Teach others how to do something.
Active Listening	Listen to what other people are saying and ask questions as appropriate.
Service Orientation	Actively look for ways to help people.
Mathematics	Use math to solve problems.
Active Learning	Work with new material or information to grasp its implications.
Complex Problem Solving	Solving novel, ill-defined problems in complex, real-world settings.
Judgment and Decision Making	Be able to weigh the relative costs and benefits of a potential action.
Coordination	Adjust actions in relation to others' actions.
Reading Comprehension	Understand written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Speaking	Talk to others to effectively convey information.
Science	Use scientific methods to solve problems.

Abilities

Oral Expression	Able to convey information and ideas through speech in ways that others will understand.
Speech Recognition	Identify and understand the speech of another person
Manual Dexterity	Able to make quick, coordinated movements of one or two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Arm-Hand Steadiness	Able to keep the hand and arm steady while making an arm movement or while holding the arm and hand in one position.
Problem Sensitivity	Able 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.
Near Vision	Able to see details of objects at a close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Speech Clarity	Able to speak clearly so listeners understand.
Oral Comprehension	Able to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.


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