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Pick up and carry messages, documents, packages, and other items between offices or departments within an establishment or to other business concerns, traveling by foot, bicycle, motorcycle, automobile, or public conveyance.
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Abilities
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Speech Recognition| | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
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Oral Comprehension| | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
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Oral Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
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Multilimb Coordination| | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
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Near Vision| | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
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Response Orientation| | The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part. |
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Stamina| | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. |
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Static Strength| | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
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Time Sharing| | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). |
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Control Precision| | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
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Speech Clarity| | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
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Trunk Strength| | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. |
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Category Flexibility| | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
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Extent Flexibility| | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
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Information Ordering| | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
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Perceptual Speed| | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
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Sound Localization| | The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated. |
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Written Comprehension| | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
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Deductive Reasoning| | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
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Depth Perception| | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. |
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Far Vision| | The ability to see details at a distance. |
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Manual Dexterity| | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
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Problem Sensitivity| | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. |
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Selective Attention| | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
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Arm-Hand Steadiness| | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
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Finger Dexterity| | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
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Fluency of Ideas| | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
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Speed of Limb Movement| | The ability to quickly move the arms and legs. |
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Flexibility of Closure| | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
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Gross Body Coordination| | The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion. |
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Hearing Sensitivity| | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. |
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Inductive Reasoning| | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
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Originality| | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
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Visual Color Discrimination| | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
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Written Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
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Auditory Attention| | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
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Glare Sensitivity| | The ability to see objects in the presence of glare or bright lighting. |
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Number Facility| | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
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Rate Control| | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. |
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Reaction Time| | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
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Spatial Orientation| | The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you. |
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Speed of Closure| | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. |
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Visualization| | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
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Dynamic Strength| | The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue. |
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Night Vision| | The ability to see under low light conditions. |
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Gross Body Equilibrium| | The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position. |
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Mathematical Reasoning| | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
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Memorization| | The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. |
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Peripheral Vision| | The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are looking ahead. |
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Dynamic Flexibility| | The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
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Wrist-Finger Speed| | The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists. |
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Explosive Strength| | The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an object. |
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Interests
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Realistic| | Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others. |
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Second Interest High-Point| | Secondary-Cutoff/Rank Descriptiveness |
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Conventional| | Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow. |
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Enterprising| | Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business. |
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Social| | Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others. |
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Investigative| | Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally. |
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Artistic| | Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules. |
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First Interest High-Point| | Primary-Rank Descriptiveness |
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Knowledge
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Customer and Personal Service| | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
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Transportation| | Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. |
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English Language| | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
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Public Safety and Security| | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
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Communications and Media| | Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media. |
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Mathematics| | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
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Geography| | Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life. |
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Law and Government| | Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. |
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Administration and Management| | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
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Education and Training| | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
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Production and Processing| | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
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Psychology| | Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders. |
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Clerical| | Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology. |
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Telecommunications| | Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems. |
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Medicine and Dentistry| | Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures. |
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Computers and Electronics| | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
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Personnel and Human Resources| | Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems. |
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Mechanical| | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
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Philosophy and Theology| | Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture. |
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Food Production| | Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques. |
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Chemistry| | Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods. |
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Physics| | Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes. |
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Economics and Accounting| | Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data. |
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Biology| | Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment. |
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History and Archeology| | Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures. |
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Engineering and Technology| | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
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Sociology and Anthropology| | Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins. |
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Sales and Marketing| | Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems. |
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Foreign Language| | Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation. |
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Therapy and Counseling| | Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance. |
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Design| | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
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Building and Construction| | Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads. |
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Fine Arts| | Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture. |
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Wages
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| District of Columbia | $26,000.00 |
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| North Carolina | $21,060.00 |
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| South Carolina | $17,960.00 |
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| Virgin Islands | $19,290.00 |
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Related Careers
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Cargo & Freight Agents| | Expedite and route movement of incoming and outgoing cargo and freight shipments in airline, train, and trucking terminals, and shipping docks. Take orders from customers and arrange pickup of freight and cargo for delivery to loading platform. Prepare and examine bills of lading to determine shipping charges and tariffs. |
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Dining Room & Cafeteria Attendants & Bartender Helpers| | Facilitate food service. Clean tables, carry dirty dishes, replace soiled table linens; set tables; replenish supply of clean linens, silverware, glassware, and dishes; supply service bar with food, and serve water, butter, and coffee to patrons. |
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Food Servers, Nonrestaurant| | Serve food to patrons outside of a restaurant environment, such as in hotels, hospital rooms, or cars. |
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Mail Clerks & Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service| | Prepare incoming and outgoing mail for distribution. Use hand or mail handling machines to time stamp, open, read, sort, and route incoming mail; and address, seal, stamp, fold, stuff, and affix postage to outgoing mail or packages. Duties may also include keeping necessary records and completed forms. |
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Parking Lot Attendants| | Park automobiles or issue tickets for customers in a parking lot or garage. May collect fee. |
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Postal Service Mail Carriers| | Sort mail for delivery. Deliver mail on established route by vehicle or on foot. |
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Skills
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Reading Comprehension| | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
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Coordination| | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
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Monitoring| | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
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Active Learning| | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
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Equipment Maintenance| | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
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Critical Thinking| | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
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Instructing| | Teaching others how to do something. |
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Service Orientation| | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
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Active Listening| | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
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Learning Strategies| | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
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Operation and Control| | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
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Social Perceptiveness| | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
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Persuasion| | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
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Time Management| | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
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Mathematics| | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
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Judgment and Decision Making| | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
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Speaking| | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
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Equipment Selection| | Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. |
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Writing| | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
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Negotiation| | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
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Operation Monitoring| | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
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Complex Problem Solving| | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
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Troubleshooting| | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
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Repairing| | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
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Technology Design| | Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs. |
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Systems Evaluation| | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. |
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Quality Control Analysis| | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
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Installation| | Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications. |
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Management of Material Resources| | Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work. |
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Operations Analysis| | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. |
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Systems Analysis| | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
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Management of Personnel Resources| | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. |
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Science| | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. |
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Management of Financial Resources| | Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures. |
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Programming| | Writing computer programs for various purposes. |
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Tasks
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| Obtain signatures and payments, or arrange for recipients to make payments. |
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| Walk, ride bicycles, drive vehicles, or use public conveyances in order to reach destinations to deliver messages or materials. |
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| Load vehicles with listed goods, ensuring goods are loaded correctly and taking precautions with hazardous goods. |
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| Receive messages or materials to be delivered, and information on recipients, such as names, addresses, telephone numbers, and delivery instructions, communicated via telephone, two-way radio, or in person. |
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| Unload and sort items collected along delivery routes. |
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| Plan and follow the most efficient routes for delivering goods. |
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| Record information, such as items received and delivered and recipients' responses to messages. |
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| Deliver messages and items, such as newspapers, documents, and packages, between establishment departments, and to other establishments and private homes. |
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| Sort items to be delivered according to the delivery route. |
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| Check with home offices after completed deliveries, in order to confirm deliveries and collections and to receive instructions for other deliveries. |
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| Perform routine maintenance on delivery vehicles, such as monitoring fluid levels and replenishing fuel. |
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| Call by telephone in order to deliver verbal messages. |
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| Open, sort, and distribute incoming mail. |
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| Perform general office or clerical work such as filing materials, operating duplicating machines, or running errands. |
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| Collect, seal, and stamp outgoing mail, using postage meters and envelope sealers. |
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| Unload goods from large trucks, and load them onto smaller delivery vehicles. |
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Career Activities
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| Performing General Physical Activities |
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| carry messages or packages |
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| deliver or obtain mail, messages, records, food or other items |
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| distribute correspondence or mail |
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| Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge |
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| use oral or written communication techniques |
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| Performing for or Working Directly with the Public |
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| collect payment |
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| provide customer service |
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| provide customer service in postal or mail service setting |
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| Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment |
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| drive automobile, van, or light truck |
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| Performing Administrative Activities |
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| maintain records, reports, or files |
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| Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment |
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| service vehicle with water, fuel, or oil |
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| Controlling Machines and Processes |
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| use two-way radio or mobile phone |
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Career Context
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| Face-to-Face Discussions |
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| In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment |
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| Contact With Others |
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| Outdoors, Exposed to Weather |
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| Time Pressure |
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| Importance of Being Exact or Accurate |
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| Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls |
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| Exposed to Contaminants |
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| Deal With External Customers |
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| Indoors, Environmentally Controlled |
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| Freedom to Make Decisions |
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| Structured versus Unstructured Work |
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| Frequency of Decision Making |
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| Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions |
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| Spend Time Walking and Running |
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| Work With Work Group or Team |
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| Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People |
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| Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable |
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| Coordinate or Lead Others |
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| Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets |
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| Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results |
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| Physical Proximity |
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| Level of Competition |
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| Exposed to Disease or Infections |
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| Very Hot or Cold Temperatures |
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| Telephone |
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| Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions |
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| Frequency of Conflict Situations |
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| Responsibility for Outcomes and Results |
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| Consequence of Error |
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| Importance of Repeating Same Tasks |
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| Exposed to Hazardous Equipment |
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| Spend Time Sitting |
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| Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body |
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| In an Open Vehicle or Equipment |
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| Responsible for Others' Health and Safety |
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| Spend Time Standing |
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| Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings |
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| Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance |
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| Exposed to Radiation |
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| Electronic Mail |
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| Exposed to Hazardous Conditions |
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| Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting |
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| Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled |
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| Letters and Memos |
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| Outdoors, Under Cover |
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| Deal With Physically Aggressive People |
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| Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment |
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| Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling |
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| Exposed to Whole Body Vibration |
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| Public Speaking |
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Career Styles
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Dependability| | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
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Cooperation| | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
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Independence| | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
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Concern for Others| | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
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Integrity| | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
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Self Control| | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
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Attention to Detail| | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
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Stress Tolerance| | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations. |
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Adaptability/Flexibility| | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
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Achievement/Effort| | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
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Social Orientation| | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
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Initiative| | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
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Persistence| | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
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Innovation| | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
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Analytical Thinking| | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
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Leadership| | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
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Career Needs
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Independence| | Workers on this job do their work alone. |
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Moral Values| | Workers on this job are never pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong. |
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Company Policies and Practices| | Workers on this job are treated fairly by the company. |
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Security| | Workers on this job have steady employment. |
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Social Service| | Workers on this job have work where they do things for other people. |
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Supervision, Human Relations| | Workers on this job have supervisors who back up their workers with management. |
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Activity| | Workers on this job are busy all the time. |
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Supervision, Technical| | Workers on this job have supervisors who train their workers well. |
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Co-workers| | Workers on this job have co-workers who are easy to get along with. |
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Compensation| | Workers on this job are paid well in comparison with other workers. |
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Variety| | Workers on this job have something different to do every day. |
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Recognition| | Workers on this job receive recognition for the work they do. |
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Autonomy| | Workers on this job plan their work with little supervision. |
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Working Conditions| | Workers on this job have good working conditions. |
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Advancement| | Workers on this job have opportunities for advancement. |
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Achievement| | Workers on this job get a feeling of accomplishment. |
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Social Status| | Workers on this job are looked up to by others in their company and their community. |
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Ability Utilization| | Workers on this job make use of their individual abilities. |
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Creativity| | Workers on this job try out their own ideas. |
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Responsibility| | Workers on this job make decisions on their own. |
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Authority| | Workers on this job give directions and instructions to others. |
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Career Values
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Relationships| | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
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Support| | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
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Working Conditions| | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. |
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Recognition| | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status. |
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Independence| | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employs to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
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Achievement| | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
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