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Residential Advisors

Coordinate activities in resident facilities in secondary school and college dormitories, group homes, or similar establishments.

Sector: Social Impact
Preparation: Zone 3 — medium preparation needed
O*NET code: 39-9041.00

What you'll actually do

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

Assisting and Caring for Others

central to the job — rated 94/100 for importance.
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work

central to the job — rated 86/100 for importance.
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships

a major part of the work — rated 84/100 for importance.
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

a major part of the work — rated 80/100 for importance.
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

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

a major part of the work — rated 77/100 for importance.

Coordinate activities in resident facilities in secondary school and college dormitories, group homes, or similar establishments. Order supplies and determine need for maintenance, repairs, and furnishings. May maintain household records and assign rooms. May assist residents with problem solving or refer them to counseling resources.

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

Social Perceptiveness

Needed at a solid working level (50/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Active Listening

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

Needed at a solid working level (55/100), and rated 69/100 for importance.
Monitoring

Needed at a solid working level (52/100), and rated 69/100 for importance.
Coordination

Needed at a solid working level (48/100), and rated 69/100 for importance.

Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service

Needed at expert level (82/100), and rated 86/100 for importance.
Administration and Management

Needed at a high level (61/100), and rated 80/100 for importance.
Public Safety and Security

Needed at a solid working level (50/100), and rated 76/100 for importance.
Education and Training

Needed at a high level (67/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.

Abilities

Oral Comprehension

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

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

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

Needed at a solid working level (48/100), and rated 69/100 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 Residential Advisors 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.

Long-running relationships carry the work; the same people come back.From “Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships”
Part of the job is other people’s output, not only your own.From “Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others”
Rules and standards are checkable and someone checks them.From “Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards”
People depend on you directly, and that is the point of the role.From “Assisting and Caring for Others”

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 Residential Advisors. 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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