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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Internists, General. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Making Decisions and Solving Problems100
2.Assisting and Caring for Others99
3.Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge93
Getting Information93
5.Analyzing Data or Information91
6.Processing Information90
7.Documenting/Recording Information85
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings85
9.Provide Consultation and Advice to Others84
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events84
* 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
93
Determine the meal selection for a cafeteriaSelect the location for a major department storeMake the final decision about a company's 5-year plan
Assisting and Caring for Others
Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
99
92
Help a coworker complete an assignmentAssist a stranded traveler in finding lodgingCare for seriously injured persons in an emergency room
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
93
89
Keep up with price changes in a small retail storeKeep current on changes in maintenance procedures for repairing sports carsLearn information related to a complex and rapidly changing technology
Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
93
80
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
Analyzing Data or Information
Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
91
81
Determine the location of a lost orderDetermine the interest cost to finance a new buildingAnalyze the cost of medical care services for all hospitals in the country
Processing Information
Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
90
82
Tabulate the costs of parcel deliveriesCalculate the adjustments for insurance claimsCompile data for a complex scientific report
Documenting/Recording Information
Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
85
67
Record the weights of trucks that use the highwaysDocument the results of a crime scene investigationMaintain information about the use of orbiting satellites for private industry communications
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
85
83
Check to see if baking bread is doneTest electrical circuitsCheck the status of a patient in critical medical care
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
84
72
Work in a position that requires little advising of othersRecommend a new software package to increase operational efficiencyProvide ideas for changing an organization to increase profitability
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
84
82
Test an automobile transmissionJudge the acceptability of food productsDetermine the reaction of a virus to a new drug