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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Directors- Stage, Motion Pictures, Television, and Radio. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Making Decisions and Solving Problems100
2.Thinking Creatively94
3.Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships93
Getting Information93
5.Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events91
6.Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings90
7.Developing and Building Teams88
Interacting With Computers88
9.Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates87
10.Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work86
* Importance out of 100

Score Key
  Importance for success in this profession
  Level of proficiency needed

Job Activity Scores

Making Decisions and Solving Problems
Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
100
70
Determine the meal selection for a cafeteriaSelect the location for a major department storeMake the final decision about a company's 5-year plan
Thinking Creatively
Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
94
85
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.
93
83
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
Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
93
68
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.
91
67
Test an automobile transmissionJudge the acceptability of food productsDetermine the reaction of a virus to a new drug
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
90
68
Check to see if baking bread is doneTest electrical circuitsCheck the status of a patient in critical medical care
Developing and Building Teams
Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
88
57
Encourage two coworkers to stick with a tough assignmentLead an assembly team in an automobile plantLead a large team to design and build a new aircraft
Interacting With Computers
Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
88
52
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
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
87
89
Write brief notes to othersReport the results of a sales meeting to a supervisorCreate a videotaped presentation of a company's internal policies
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
86
84
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