Education:
35%
Bachelor's Degree
35%
Post-Doctoral Training
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A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Characteristics of this Career |
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90% | Persistence  -  Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. | |
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90% | Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. | |
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89% | Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical. | |
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88% | Analytical Thinking  -  Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. | |
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86% | Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. | |
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85% | Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. | |
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84% | Achievement/Effort  -  Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. | |
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82% | Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. | |
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80% | Stress Tolerance  -  Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. | |
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75% | 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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75% | Adaptability/Flexibility  -  Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. | |
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74% | Innovation  -  Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. | |
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69% | 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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66% | Leadership  -  Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Strengths |
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100% | Investigative  -  Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, living organisms, disease or other forms of impairment, or human behavior. Investigative occupations are often associated with physical, life, medical, or social sciences, and can be found in the fields of humanities, mathematics/statistics, information technology, or health care service. | |
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72% | Realistic  -  Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services. | |
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61% | Artistic  -  Work involves creating original visual artwork, performances, written works, food, or music for a variety of media, or applying artistic principles to the design of various objects and materials. Artistic occupations are often associated with visual arts, applied arts and design, performing arts, music, creative writing, media, or culinary art. |
A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Values of the Work Environment |
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83% | Independence  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. | |
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81% | 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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78% | 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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78% | 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. |
A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality |
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91% | Written Comprehension  -  The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |
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81% | Oral Comprehension  -  The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |
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78% | Oral Expression  -  The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |
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78% | Written Expression  -  The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |
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78% | 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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75% | Deductive Reasoning  -  The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |
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75% | 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 that there is a problem. | |
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75% | Category Flexibility  -  The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |
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72% | Mathematical Reasoning  -  The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. | |
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72% | 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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72% | Speech Clarity  -  The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |
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72% | 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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72% | Near Vision  -  The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |
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69% | 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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66% | Speech Recognition  -  The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Skills | Cognitive, Physical, Personality |
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80% | Reading Comprehension  -  Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. | |
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71% | Writing  -  Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |
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71% | Science  -  Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. | |
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70% | Critical Thinking  -  Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. | |
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68% | Speaking  -  Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |
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66% | 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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66% | Active Learning  -  Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. | |
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66% | Judgment and Decision Making  -  Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent |
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96% | Electronic Mail  -  How often do you use electronic mail in this job? | |
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94% | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets  -  How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? | |
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92% | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? | |
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91% | Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? | |
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84% | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? | |
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79% | Level of Competition  -  To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? | |
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77% | Work With Work Group or Team  -  How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? | |
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76% | Structured versus Unstructured Work  -  To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? | |
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73% | Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? | |
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72% | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety  -  How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? | |
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67% | Contact With Others  -  How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? | |
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78% | Duration of Typical Work Week  -  Number of hours typically worked in one week. |
A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Tasks & Values |
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88% | Analyzing Data or Information  -  Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. | |
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88% | Documenting/Recording Information  -  Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. | |
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88% | Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. | |
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85% | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge  -  Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. | |
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85% | Processing Information  -  Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. | |
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84% | Working 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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84% | Making Decisions and Solving Problems  -  Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. | |
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82% | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates  -  Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. | |
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82% | Thinking Creatively  -  Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. | |
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80% | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events  -  Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. | |
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77% | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work  -  Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. | |
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73% | Developing Objectives and Strategies  -  Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. | |
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73% | Training and Teaching Others  -  Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. | |
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70% | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others  -  Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. | |
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68% | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings  -  Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. | |
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68% | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information  -  Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. | |
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66% | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships  -  Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |