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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Driver/Sales Workers. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Communicating with Persons Outside Organization71
2.Getting Information65
3.Selling or Influencing Others61
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events61
5.Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates60
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings60
7.Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment59
8.Performing for or Working Directly with the Public58
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships58
Handling and Moving Objects58
* Importance out of 100

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

Job Activity Scores

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.
71
61
Have little contact with people outside the organizationMake standard presentations about available servicesPrepare or deliver press releases
Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
65
40
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
Selling or Influencing Others
Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions.
61
52
Convince a coworker to assist with an assignmentDeliver standard arguments or sales pitches to convince others to buy popular productsDeliver major sales campaign in a new market
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
61
50
Test an automobile transmissionJudge the acceptability of food productsDetermine the reaction of a virus to a new drug
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
60
52
Write brief notes to othersReport the results of a sales meeting to a supervisorCreate a videotaped presentation of a company's internal policies
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
60
40
Check to see if baking bread is doneTest electrical circuitsCheck the status of a patient in critical medical care
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or water craft.
59
34
Drive a carDrive an 18-wheel tractor-trailerHover a helicopter in strong wind
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.
58
51
Tend a highway toll boothSell shoes in a popular shoe storePerform a monologue on national TV
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
58
57
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
Handling and Moving Objects
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
58
60
Change settings on copy machinesArrange books in a libraryLoad boxes on an assembly line