Social Impact
Barbers
Provide barbering services, such as cutting, trimming, shampooing, and styling hair; trimming beards; or giving shaves.
- Sector: Social Impact
- Preparation: Zone 3 — medium preparation needed
- O*NET code: 39-5011.00
What you'll actually do
The activities O*NET rates highest for this occupation, most important first. Numbers are out of 100.
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Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
central to the job — rated 92/100 for importance.
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Thinking Creatively
a major part of the work — rated 72/100 for importance.
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Performing General Physical Activities
a major part of the work — rated 71/100 for importance.
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Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
a regular part of the work — rated 69/100 for importance.
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Assisting and Caring for Others
a regular part of the work — rated 62/100 for importance.
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Handling and Moving Objects
a regular part of the work — rated 61/100 for importance.
Provide barbering services, such as cutting, trimming, shampooing, and styling hair; trimming beards; or giving shaves.
What it takes
Two numbers per line: the level the work expects, and how important it is to doing the job well. Both are O*NET ratings, already on a 0–100 scale.
Skills
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Active Listening
Needed at a basic working level (43/100), and rated 60/100 for importance.
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Service Orientation
Needed at a basic working level (43/100), and rated 53/100 for importance.
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Social Perceptiveness
Needed at a basic working level (41/100), and rated 53/100 for importance.
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Speaking
Needed at a basic working level (39/100), and rated 53/100 for importance.
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Judgment and Decision Making
Needed at a basic working level (30/100), and rated 50/100 for importance.
Knowledge
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Customer and Personal Service
Needed at a solid working level (59/100), and rated 86/100 for importance.
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Administration and Management
Needed at a basic working level (38/100), and rated 54/100 for importance.
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English Language
Needed at a solid working level (47/100), and rated 54/100 for importance.
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Economics and Accounting
Needed at a basic working level (32/100), and rated 51/100 for importance.
Abilities
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Arm-Hand Steadiness
Needed at a solid working level (50/100), and rated 72/100 for importance.
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Oral Comprehension
Needed at a solid working level (48/100), and rated 66/100 for importance.
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Near Vision
Needed at a solid working level (46/100), and rated 66/100 for importance.
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Finger Dexterity
Needed at a basic working level (45/100), and rated 60/100 for importance.
How people get in
O*NET places this occupation in Zone 3 — medium preparation needed. That is a statement about what employers typically require, not a rule about you.
Education
Vocational training, an associate degree, or equivalent on-the-job experience.
Experience
One to two years of related experience is typical.
Training
Employers expect you to arrive with the core skill already.
What it pays
These are typical social impact compensation bands by employer tier — sector-level figures, not a measured salary for Barbers specifically. Treat them as the shape of the market, then check a real posting for the number.
UN · Gates Fdn · WHO
$90k – $160k
Large NGOs & Government
$60k – $100k
Local Nonprofits
$40k – $70k
How the work tends to run
Each line below is read off a single O*NET activity rating for this occupation — named, so you can disagree with it.
- The work is physical — you are on your feet and handling things, not sitting still.From “Performing General Physical Activities”
- You are in front of the public, so the job is partly performance.From “Performing for or Working Directly with the Public”
How FlightWay scores your fit against this
No black box. Here is the whole method, factor by factor.
- 1. You answer a short quiz
- Your answers build a profile across the same 161 O*NET dimensions this page is describing — skills, knowledge, abilities and work activities. Same axes, so the comparison is like-for-like.
- 2. We correlate the two profiles
- Fit is a mean-centered cosine — a correlation between the SHAPE of your profile and the shape of Barbers. Centering matters: raw similarity between any two occupations sits at 0.70–0.85 because all work shares a common profile, so without it every career would look like a match.
- 3. The number you see is personality fit only
- "Would I want this work" and "am I ready for this work" are different questions, and averaging them answers neither. So readiness — what your résumé, coursework and projects prove — is scored separately and shown next to fit, never blended into it.
- 4. Every factor is visible
- You can open any match and see which dimensions pushed it up and which pulled it down. If you disagree with the number, you can see exactly where it came from.
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See your fit for Barbers
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