Financial Investment Managers

61%

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

61%

Reading work related information.

59%

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

59%

Talking to others.

57%

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

57%

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

55%

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

55%

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

55%

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

55%

Writing things for co-workers or customers.

54%

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

54%

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

52%

Using maths to solve problems.

50%

Bringing people together and trying to sort out their differences.

50%

Talking people into changing their minds or their behaviour.

48%

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

48%

Understanding why people react the way they do.

45%

Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.

45%

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

41%

Teaching people how to do something.

85%

Looking at, working with, and understanding data or information.

84%

Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.

82%

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

78%

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

74%

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

74%

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

74%

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

71%

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

70%

Building good working relationships and keeping them over time.

69%

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

69%

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

66%

Helping people to understand and use information.

66%

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

65%

Working out sizes, distances, amounts, time, costs, resources, or materials needed for a task.

60%

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

59%

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

59%

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

59%

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

58%

Convincing people to buy something or to change their minds or actions.

48%

Encouraging and building trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.

100%

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

67%

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

38%

Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.

24%

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

14%

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

14%

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

86%

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

81%

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.

76%

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.

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%

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.

62%

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.