Dental Specialists (including Orthodontists)

59%

Reading work related information.

57%

Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

57%

Talking to others.

57%

Managing your own and other peoples' time to get work done.

57%

Writing things for co-workers or customers.

55%

Being able to use what you have learnt to solve problems now and again in the future.

55%

Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

55%

Understanding needs and product requirements to create a design.

54%

Figuring out the pros and cons of different options and choosing the best one.

54%

Keeping track of how well work is progressing so you can make changes or improvements.

54%

Understanding why people react the way they do.

54%

Teaching people how to do something.

52%

Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

52%

Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.

52%

Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.

48%

Figuring out the best way to teach or learn something new.

48%

Looking for ways to help people.

46%

Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, and choosing the best people for the job.

46%

Talking people into changing their minds or their behaviour.

43%

Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect it.

78%

Keeping up-to-date with technology and new ideas.

77%

Building good working relationships and keeping them over time.

75%

Using information to work out the best solution and solve problems.

70%

Providing personal assistance, medical attention, or emotional support.

69%

Deciding on goals and putting together a detailed plan to get the work done.

68%

Comparing objects, actions, or events. Looking for differences between them or changes over time.

68%

Monitoring and controlling resources and the spending of money.

68%

Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or checking information or data.

66%

Understanding the needs of others, developing training programs, and teaching or instructing.

64%

Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups.

63%

Working out the needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or helping them to improve.

62%

Giving information to the public, business or government by telephone, in writing, or in person.

61%

Greeting or serving customers, clients or guests, and public speaking or performing.

60%

Guiding and directing staff, including setting and monitoring performance standards.

60%

Deciding whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.

60%

Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.

57%

Giving information to co-workers by telephone, in writing, or in person.

54%

Working out the value, importance, or quality of things, services or people.

53%

Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.

50%

Using computers to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.

100%

Ideas and thinking. Searching for facts and figuring out problems in your head.

76%

Practical, hands-on work. Often with plants and animals, or materials like wood, tools, and machinery.

67%

Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.

48%

Starting up and carrying out projects. Leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes require risk taking and often deal with business.

33%

Following set procedures and routines. Working with numbers and details more than with ideas, usually following rules.

24%

Working with forms, designs and patterns. Often need self-expression and can be done without following rules.

95%

Work alone and make decisions. Workers are able to try out their own ideas, make decisions on their own, and work with little or no supervision.

86%

Results oriented. Workers are able to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment.

86%

Advancement and the potential to lead. Workers are recognised for the work that they do, they may give directions and instructions to others, and they are looked up to in their company and their community.

86%

Serve and work with others. Workers usually get along well with each other, do things to help other people, and are rarely pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong.

86%

Job security and good working conditions. There is usually a steady flow of interesting work, and the pay and conditions are generally good.

57%

Supportive management that stands behind employees. Workers are treated fairly by their company, they are supported by management, and have supervisors who train them well.