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The Ability Profiler measures nine Ability Profiler helps you identify
abilities that can help you do well your strongest abilities. Knowing
in most jobs. Look at the names your strongest abilities is very
of these abilities. You will helpful when you are exploring
recognize that you have careers. The nine abilities
developed some of these abilities, measured by the Ability Profiler
such as verbal and math skills, are:
through your education.
Verbal Ability: Verbal ability is
You have developed other understanding the meaning of
abilities, like form perception and words and using them correctly in
finger dexterity, through your good communication when you
experiences and training. The listen, speak, or write. This ability
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These are your scores from the can look across the bars and easily
Ability Profiler. They are reported see your scores in comparison to
as percentiles, which range from 1 each other. You also can note your
to 99. Percentiles show how you ability scores in relation to the
compare to a very large group, or scores of the people in the sample.
sample, of other people who work Do this by looking at one of the
in many different kinds of jobs lines — for the 25th, 50th, or 75th
across the country. For example, if percentile — and see how far
you had a percentile score of 60, it above or below that line your bar
would mean you scored the same is.
as or higher than 60 out of 100
people who were in the nationwide Just so you will know how many
sample. The average percentile items you answered correctly,
score for any one of the abilities is other than on the dexterity
50. This means the average abilities, look next to your
worker would score at the 50th percentile scores. You will see the
percentile for that ability. number you got correct out of the
total number of questions in each
Look at your nine percentile scores, subtest.
one for each of the nine abilities
measured by the Ability Profiler.
Check which ability has your
highest score and second highest Your Ability Profile – Percentile
score. You might also want to note Scores
the ability with your lowest score.
How much difference is there 75
between your highest and lowest
scores? Are the scores what you 50
expected, or are you surprised by
any of them? 25
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Your No.
Correct
Tot
Your Ability Percentile Scores
al
No.
Verbal Ability [ 65 ] [ 15 / 19 ]
Arithmetic Reasoning
[ 42 ]
[ 12 / 18 ]
Computationa [ 86 ] [ 29 / 40 ]
Spatial Ability [ 90 ] [ 19 / 20 ]
Form Perceptiona [ 96 ]
[ 37 / 42 ]
Clerical Perception[ 85
a
]
[ 78 / 90 ]
Motor Coordination
[ 97 ]
[ 89 / 130 ]
Finger Dexterity [ 1 ]
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Manual Dexterity [ 48 ]
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a
The percentile scores for these abilities include a
deduction for wrong answers.
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Now that you have learned about This score report provides five
your Ability Profile and have seen occupational lists based on your
how your different abilities Ability Profile. There is one list for
compare with one another, you each of the five Job Zones. Read
are ready to find the occupations below to find out about the Job
that are linked with your Ability Zones and how to pick your Job
Profile. Zone. To explore occupations
on this score report, you will
To help you identify occupations need to know your Job Zone
that can use your pattern of as well as your Ability Profile.
abilities, your Ability Profile was
compared to the ability profiles of
occupations. Your Ability Profile (If you have already picked a Job
is linked to a set of occupations Zone, turn to pages Error:
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Job Zones. Each Job Zone Error: Reference source not found
contains occupations that require and write your Job Zone(s) in the
the same amount of education, spaces provided.)
training, and experience.
Knowing your Job Zone can help
you focus your career exploration.
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To help you explore occupations, you can think about Job Zones in two
ways:
Current Job Zone: If you want choose the Job Zone that best
to explore occupations at your matches the amount of training,
current “level of preparation,” education, and experience you
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have now. This is your Current Future Job Zone: If you want to
Job Zone with jobs that need the explore occupations based on
knowledge and skills you have your future “level of preparation,”
right now. — for example, after you finish
high school — choose the Job
Zone that best matches the
training, education, and
experience you expect to have in
the future. This is your Future Job
Zone with jobs that you will have
the knowledge and skills to do in
the future.
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To get a better idea of what they mean, read the following Job Zone
definitions:
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Education: Most
occupations in this zone require
training in vocational schools,
related on-the-job experience, or
an associate’s degree. Some may
require a bachelor’s degree.
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Printed on the following pages are some occupations within each of the
Job Zones. These are occupations that could make the best use of your
abilities.
Remember, each occupation within a Job Zone requires about the same
level of education and training. The lists start with the occupations that
best match your ability profile. These lists are meant as a starting place.
Follow the steps below to begin your career exploration.
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43-9051.02 Mail Clerks, Except Mail Machine Operators and Postal Service*
41-2011.00 Cashiers*
* Strong match
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13-2011.02 Auditors*
25-4021.00 Librarians*
29-1081.00 Podiatrists*
13-2011.01 Accountants*
15-2041.00 Statisticians*
27-3041.00 Editors*
19-3091.02 Archeologists*
* Strong match
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15-2011.00 Actuaries*
19-3011.00 Economists*
27-2041.03 Composers*
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What if you still don’t have a clear picture of careers that fit with
your abilities?
The Ability Profiler is only one of you might work really well with
the tools you can use to help in people or you might be very
your career search. Other O*NET outgoing. You may want to find a
Career Exploration Tools are career that takes advantage of
listed in the next section. If you these important skills.
feel you don’t have a clear
direction yet, you can try a Also, you might have special
different route. knowledge you learned from
hobbies or other activities that is
Your Ability Profile tells just some important for certain jobs. You
of the important information may want to consider this when
about you that can be used to looking at different occupations.
explore the world of work. Other
information you can use includes Maybe you know someone who
your work values and your works in an occupation that
interests. seems interesting to you. You
can talk with the person to find
In addition, you may have special out what the job is really like.
skills or talents that you might
want to think about when
exploring careers. For example,
How can you use your Ability Profiler with other O*NET Career
Exploration Tools?
You can use this score report with satisfying and rewarding. If you
other score reports for the pick an occupation that fits with
Interest Profiler and Work your interests and abilities, you
Importance Locator or Work will most likely find the job
Importance Profiler. If you put enjoyable and will perform well.
the score reports together, you
can get a better idea of the kinds
of careers you might find
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Use this page to list the occupations you have picked to explore.
If you haven’t already done so, copy your Job Zone(s) from page Error:
Reference source not found in the box below.
As you look at the lists of occupations that are linked with your Ability
Profile — those occupations that could make the best use of your abilities
— write the occupations you want to explore below. You can list
occupations for both your Current Job Zone and your Future Job Zone. Be
sure to add to the list below when you pick other occupations to explore.
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