Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service skills

Skill importance

  • Active Listening4.0
  • Speaking3.9
  • Social Perceptiveness3.5
  • Service Orientation3.1
  • Reading Comprehension3.0
  • Coordination3.0
  • Monitoring2.9
  • Critical Thinking2.8
  • Time Management2.8
  • Writing2.8
  • Judgment and Decision Making2.6
  • Active Learning2.5
  • Complex Problem Solving2.5
  • Persuasion2.4
  • Negotiation2.1
  • Systems Analysis2.0
  • Instructing2.0
  • Operations Monitoring2.0
  • Learning Strategies2.0
  • Management of Personnel Resources1.9
  • Mathematics1.9
  • Systems Evaluation1.9
  • Operation and Control1.8
  • Quality Control Analysis1.6
  • Troubleshooting1.5
  • Operations Analysis1.4
  • Programming1.3
  • Science1.0
  • Management of Financial Resources1.0
  • Management of Material Resources1.0
  • Equipment Selection1.0
  • Equipment Maintenance1.0
  • Repairing1.0
  • Installation1.0
  • Technology Design1.0

Skill gap check

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Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.

Skill coverage

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Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Active Listening4.03.0Not selected3.0
Speaking3.92.9Not selected2.9
Social Perceptiveness3.53.0Not selected3.0
Service Orientation3.12.9Not selected2.9
Reading Comprehension3.02.9Not selected2.9
Coordination3.02.6Not selected2.6

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.