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Critical Thinking
Needed by 809 occupations in O*NET. O*NET rates it for 910 occupations and it counts as needed where rated 3 (important) or more of 5.
Occupations that list it
Essential first, then O*NET-rated by importance, then optional. 910 in all, page 6 of 16.
- Regulatory Affairs Managers
- Rehabilitation Counselors
- Robotics Technicians
- Sales Managers
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
- Ship Engineers
- Social and Community Service Managers
- Software Developers
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Spa Managers
- Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors
- Supply Chain Managers
- Sustainability Specialists
- Talent Directors
- Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents
- Telecommunications Engineering Specialists
- Training and Development Specialists
- Transit and Railroad Police
- Veterinarians
- Wind Energy Operations Managers
- Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
- Acupuncturists
- Adapted Physical Education Specialists
- Administrative Services Managers
- Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes
- Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors
- Airfield Operations Specialists
- Art Directors
- Athletes and Sports Competitors
- Avionics Technicians
- Biological Technicians
- Blockchain Engineers
- Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys
- Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary
- Chefs and Head Cooks
- Clergy
- Clinical Research Coordinators
- Commercial and Industrial Designers
- Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Computer Network Support Specialists
- Computer Programmers
- Computer Systems Analysts
- Computer User Support Specialists
- Correctional Officers and Jailers
- Cost Estimators
- Curators
- Customs Brokers
- Cytotechnologists
- Desktop Publishers
- Document Management Specialists
- Education Teachers, Postsecondary
- Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
- Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
- Energy Auditors
- English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
- Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling
- Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to an occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role. O*NET importance says how much a skill matters in an occupation, from 1 to 5; it is not a proficiency level.
Often appears with
Skills most often needed alongside it, with how many occupations need both.
Importance by Job Zone
Mean O*NET importance across the occupations rated at each Job Zone.
Where it shows up
O*NET occupations that rate it important (3 or more), by occupation group.
This page includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license; O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. ESCO occupations and skills are from the European Commission's ESCO classification, and the occupation crosswalk is the official ESCO–O*NET mapping by the ESCO Secretariat with USDOL/ETA. This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission. BlissPoint Analytics has modified all or some of this information: skill, task and descriptor ratings are rounded to one decimal, and ESCO occupations show Job Zone and interests copied from a crosswalked O*NET occupation. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.