Lawyers

Job Zone

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Zone 5: Extensive Preparation Needed

Extensive preparation. Usually a graduate degree, with extensive skill, knowledge and experience — many of these occupations expect more than five years of experience.

Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.

Occupational interest profile

ECIEnterprising · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order

• E Enterprising5.51
• C Conventional4.59
• I Investigative4.38
• S Social3.48
• A Artistic2.40
• R Realistic1.12

RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.

Education and experience

The education level respondents say the job requires, and the most common answer for experience and training.

• First Professional Degree23%
• Doctoral Degree77%

Related work experience

Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (33%)

On-site or in-plant training

Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (22%)

On-the-job training

Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (23%)

Typically associated skills

All 35 O*NET skills, most important first. Importance (1–5) says how much a skill matters here; level (0–7) says how much of it the work calls for, with O*NET's example of a nearby level. Neither is a proficiency rating of a person.

• SpeakingbasicImportance 4.6Level 4.9Level 4 looks like: Interview applicants to obtain personal and work history
• Active ListeningbasicImportance 4.5Level 5.0Level 4 looks like: Answer inquiries regarding credit references
• Critical ThinkingbasicImportance 4.5Level 5.0Level 4 looks like: Evaluate customer complaints and determine appropriate responses
• Reading ComprehensionbasicImportance 4.5Level 4.9Level 4 looks like: Understand an email from management describing new personnel policies
• WritingbasicImportance 4.3Level 4.9Level 4 looks like: Write an email to staff outlining new directives
• Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 4.1Level 4.4Level 4 looks like: Evaluate a loan application for degree of risk
• Complex Problem SolvingImportance 4.1Level 4.3Level 4 looks like: Redesign a floor layout to take advantage of new manufacturing techniques
• PersuasionImportance 4.0Level 5.0Level 4 looks like: Convince a supervisor to purchase new office equipment
• NegotiationImportance 4.0Level 4.4Level 4 looks like: Contract with a wholesaler to sell items at a given cost
• Active LearningbasicImportance 3.8Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Determine the impact of new menu changes on a restaurant's purchasing requirements
• Social PerceptivenessImportance 3.8Level 4.0Level 4 looks like: Be aware of how a coworker's promotion will affect a work group
• Time ManagementImportance 3.6Level 4.0Level 4 looks like: Allocate the time of subordinates to projects for the coming week