Proofreaders and Copy Markers

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Sector: Government
Preparation: Zone 4 — considerable preparation needed
O*NET code: 43-9081.00

What you'll actually do

The activities O*NET rates highest for this occupation, most important first. Numbers are out of 100.

Getting Information

a major part of the work — rated 84/100 for importance.
Working with Computers

a major part of the work — rated 78/100 for importance.
Processing Information

a major part of the work — rated 77/100 for importance.
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships

a major part of the work — rated 70/100 for importance.
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

a regular part of the work — rated 69/100 for importance.
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge

a regular part of the work — rated 64/100 for importance.

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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

Reading Comprehension

Needed at a high level (61/100), and rated 81/100 for importance.
Writing

Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 66/100 for importance.
Speaking

Needed at a basic working level (45/100), and rated 56/100 for importance.
Active Listening

Needed at a basic working level (45/100), and rated 53/100 for importance.
Critical Thinking

Needed at a basic working level (43/100), and rated 50/100 for importance.

Knowledge

English Language

Needed at a high level (71/100), and rated 99/100 for importance.
Communications and Media

Needed at a basic working level (44/100), and rated 59/100 for importance.
Computers and Electronics

Needed at a solid working level (46/100), and rated 51/100 for importance.
Administrative

Needed at a basic working level (41/100), and rated 39/100 for importance.

Abilities

Written Comprehension

Needed at a high level (61/100), and rated 85/100 for importance.
Near Vision

Needed at a solid working level (55/100), and rated 72/100 for importance.
Oral Comprehension

Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 69/100 for importance.
Written Expression

Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 66/100 for importance.

How people get in

O*NET places this occupation in Zone 4 — considerable preparation needed. That is a statement about what employers typically require, not a rule about you.

Education

A four-year bachelor's degree is the usual entry ticket.

Experience

Two to four years of related work, internships or research on top of the degree.

Training

Most of the learning happens before you are hired, not after.

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.

Most of the day happens at a screen.From “Working with Computers”
Long-running relationships carry the work; the same people come back.From “Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships”

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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 Proofreaders and Copy Markers. 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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