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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.
ActivityBusy all the time.
AutonomyPlan work with little supervision.

Skills
Social PerceptivenessBe aware of others' reactions and understand why they react the way they do.
MonitoringAssess how well someone is doing when learning or doing something.
Active ListeningListen to what other people are saying and ask questions as appropriate.
Service OrientationActively look for ways to help people.
Reading ComprehensionUnderstand written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
SpeakingTalk to others to effectively convey information.

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
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.
Speech ClarityAble to speak clearly so listeners understand.
Oral ComprehensionAble to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.