Thinking Creatively Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
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| Change the spacing on a printed report | Adapt popular music for a high school marching band | Create new computer software |
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Getting Information Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
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| Follow a standard blueprint | Review a budget | Study international tax laws |
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Communicating with Persons Outside Organization Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
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| Have little contact with people outside the organization | Make standard presentations about available services | Prepare or deliver press releases |
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| Tend a highway toll booth | Sell shoes in a popular shoe store | Perform a monologue on national TV |
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| Test an automobile transmission | Judge the acceptability of food products | Determine the reaction of a virus to a new drug |
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| Organize a work schedule that is repetitive and easy to plan | Plan and organize your own activities that often change | Prioritize and plan multiple tasks several months ahead |
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Interacting With Computers Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
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| Enter employee information into a computer database | Write software for keeping track of parts in inventory | Set up a new computer system for a large multinational company |
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| Keep up with price changes in a small retail store | Keep current on changes in maintenance procedures for repairing sports cars | Learn information related to a complex and rapidly changing technology |
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Processing Information Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
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| Tabulate the costs of parcel deliveries | Calculate the adjustments for insurance claims | Compile data for a complex scientific report |
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| Interpret a blood pressure reading | Interpret how foreign tax laws apply to U.S. exports | Interpret a complex experiment in physics for general audiences |
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