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100.00 Telephone How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
100.00 Electronic Mail How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
99.00 Time Pressure How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
98.80 Indoors, Environmentally Controlled How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
93.80 Contact With Others How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
90.00 Deal With External Customers How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
89.40 Spend Time Sitting How much does this job require sitting?
86.80 Face-to-Face Discussions How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
86.60 Importance of Being Exact or Accurate How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
85.40 Importance of Repeating Same Tasks How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job?
83.40 Work With Work Group or Team How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
81.00 Frequency of Conflict Situations How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job?
80.20 Frequency of Decision Making How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
80.20 Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
73.00 Level of Competition To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures?
72.80 Responsibility for Outcomes and Results How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers?
71.60 Structured versus Unstructured Work To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
70.60 Freedom to Make Decisions How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
70.20 Coordinate or Lead Others How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
69.00 Letters and Memos How often does the job require written letters and memos?
68.40 Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements?
61.00 Physical Proximity To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
60.00 Consequence of Error How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable?



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