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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Radio and Television Announcers. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Thinking Creatively90
Getting Information90
3.Communicating with Persons Outside Organization82
4.Performing for or Working Directly with the Public80
5.Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates76
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events76
7.Interacting With Computers74
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge74
9.Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships73
10.Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others71
* Importance out of 100

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Job Activity Scores

Thinking Creatively
Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
90
71
Change the spacing on a printed reportAdapt popular music for a high school marching bandCreate new computer software
Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
90
64
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
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.
82
72
Have little contact with people outside the organizationMake standard presentations about available servicesPrepare or deliver press releases
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.
80
74
Tend a highway toll boothSell shoes in a popular shoe storePerform a monologue on national TV
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
76
61
Write brief notes to othersReport the results of a sales meeting to a supervisorCreate a videotaped presentation of a company's internal policies
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
76
66
Test an automobile transmissionJudge the acceptability of food productsDetermine the reaction of a virus to a new drug
Interacting With Computers
Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
74
50
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
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
74
63
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
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
73
69
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
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
71
55
Interpret a blood pressure readingInterpret how foreign tax laws apply to U.S. exportsInterpret a complex experiment in physics for general audiences