Family and Marriage Counsellors

84%

Understanding why people react the way they do.

71%

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

61%

Talking to others.

59%

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

59%

Reading work related information.

59%

Looking for ways to help people.

57%

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

57%

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

57%

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

57%

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

57%

Talking people into changing their minds or their behaviour.

57%

Writing things for co-workers or customers.

55%

Bringing people together and trying to sort out their differences.

55%

Teaching people how to do something.

54%

Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.

54%

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

52%

Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.

52%

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

50%

Understanding needs and product requirements to create a design.

45%

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

87%

Providing personal assistance, medical attention, or emotional support.

85%

Building good working relationships and keeping them over time.

79%

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

77%

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

77%

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

75%

Using your own ideas for developing, designing, or creating something new.

74%

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

74%

Handling complaints and disagreements, and negotiating with people.

74%

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

73%

Helping people to understand and use information.

72%

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

69%

Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups.

68%

Deciding on goals and figuring out what you need to do to achieve them.

65%

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

64%

Checking objects, actions, or events, and keeping an eye out for problems.

62%

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

61%

Working out the timing of events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.

57%

Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.

53%

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

51%

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

100%

Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.

62%

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

57%

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

38%

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.

14%

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

100%

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%

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.

81%

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

76%

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

71%

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.

38%

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.