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Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks

Make and confirm reservations for transportation or lodging, or sell transportation tickets.

Sector: Government
Preparation: Zone 2 — some preparation needed
O*NET code: 43-4181.00

What you'll actually do

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

Working with Computers

central to the job — rated 96/100 for importance.
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public

central to the job — rated 93/100 for importance.
Getting Information

central to the job — rated 91/100 for importance.
Making Decisions and Solving Problems

central to the job — rated 86/100 for importance.
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards

central to the job — rated 86/100 for importance.
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

a major part of the work — rated 85/100 for importance.

Make and confirm reservations for transportation or lodging, or sell transportation tickets. May check baggage and direct passengers to designated concourse, pier, or track; deliver tickets and contact individuals and groups to inform them of package tours; or provide tourists with travel or transportation information.

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

Active Listening

Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Service Orientation

Needed at a solid working level (54/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Speaking

Needed at a solid working level (46/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Social Perceptiveness

Needed at a basic working level (45/100), and rated 66/100 for importance.
Reading Comprehension

Needed at a basic working level (45/100), and rated 63/100 for importance.

Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service

Needed at expert level (77/100), and rated 96/100 for importance.
English Language

Needed at a solid working level (53/100), and rated 70/100 for importance.
Computers and Electronics

Needed at a solid working level (59/100), and rated 69/100 for importance.
Public Safety and Security

Needed at a basic working level (42/100), and rated 69/100 for importance.

Abilities

Oral Expression

Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 78/100 for importance.
Speech Clarity

Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Speech Recognition

Needed at a solid working level (54/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Oral Comprehension

Needed at a solid working level (52/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.

How people get in

O*NET places this occupation in Zone 2 — some preparation needed. That is a statement about what employers typically require, not a rule about you.

Education

A high-school diploma is the usual starting point.

Experience

Some prior work experience helps but is rarely required.

Training

Expect a few months to a year of on-the-job training.

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”
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”
Long-running relationships carry the work; the same people come back.From “Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships”
You own decisions rather than execute someone else’s.From “Making Decisions and Solving Problems”

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 Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks. 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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