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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Actors. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Thinking Creatively95
2.Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships88
3.Performing for or Working Directly with the Public87
4.Getting Information76
5.Making Decisions and Solving Problems71
6.Developing Objectives and Strategies69
7.Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work67
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People67
9.Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates65
10.Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others62
* Importance out of 100

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Job Activity Scores

Thinking Creatively
Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
95
87
Change the spacing on a printed reportAdapt popular music for a high school marching bandCreate new computer software
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
88
79
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
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.
87
83
Tend a highway toll boothSell shoes in a popular shoe storePerform a monologue on national TV
Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
76
43
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
71
57
Determine the meal selection for a cafeteriaSelect the location for a major department storeMake the final decision about a company's 5-year plan
Developing Objectives and Strategies
Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
69
56
Plan the holiday schedule for an airline workforceDevelop the plan to complete the merger of two organizations over a 3-year periodDevelop a 10-year business plan for an organization
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
67
68
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
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
67
58
Determine whether to remove a tree that has been damagedDetermine the value of property lost in a fireEstablish the value of a recently discovered ancient art work
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
65
63
Write brief notes to othersReport the results of a sales meeting to a supervisorCreate a videotaped presentation of a company's internal policies
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
62
58
Interpret a blood pressure readingInterpret how foreign tax laws apply to U.S. exportsInterpret a complex experiment in physics for general audiences