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Common Work Activities

Work Activities & Required Proficiency Explanation

 

Find out the types of activities that you may be performing for the selected profession. Will you spend most of your time researching products or analyzing data? Will a typical day involve operating heavy machinery or negotiating business deals?

Each work activity is given two scores of 0-100. The first score indicates how important a given activity is for success in the profession. The second score indicates the proficiency level needed. The proficiency score is accompanied by a scale that helps you interpret the score.

 

Work Activity Scores

Interacting With Computers
Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
74
44
Enter employee information into a computer databaseWrite software for keeping track of parts in inventorySet up a new computer system for a large multinational company
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
73
64
Exchange greetings with a coworkerMaintain good working relationships with almost all coworkers and clientsGain cooperation from a culturally diverse group of executives hostile to your company
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
71
51
Write brief notes to othersReport the results of a sales meeting to a supervisorCreate a videotaped presentation of a company's internal policies
Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
69
47
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
66
41
Test an automobile transmissionJudge the acceptability of food productsDetermine the reaction of a virus to a new drug
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
60
51
Tend a highway toll boothSell shoes in a popular shoe storePerform a monologue on national TV
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
58
53
Organize a work schedule that is repetitive and easy to planPlan and organize your own activities that often changePrioritize and plan multiple tasks several months ahead
Documenting/Recording Information
Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
57
39
Record the weights of trucks that use the highwaysDocument the results of a crime scene investigationMaintain information about the use of orbiting satellites for private industry communications
Processing Information
Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
56
47
Tabulate the costs of parcel deliveriesCalculate the adjustments for insurance claimsCompile data for a complex scientific report
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
56
47
Check to see if baking bread is doneTest electrical circuitsCheck the status of a patient in critical medical care
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