What’s Our Opposite Job?
“The [U.S.] Labor Department keeps detailed and at times delightfully odd records on the skills and tasks required for each job. Some of them are physical: trunk strength, speed of limb movement, the ability to stay upright. Others are more knowledge-based: economics and accounting, physics, programming. Together, they capture the essence of what makes a job distinctive.
We’ve used these records to determine what each job’s polar opposite would be.”
From:
What is your opposite job? [Blog post]. (2017, August 8). The New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/08/upshot/what-is-your-opposite-job.html.
The opposite job of an editor is a model.
| Editors use these skills the most | Models use these skills the most |
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1 Communications and media
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1 Ability to maintain balance
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2 Near vision
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2 Gross body coordination
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3 English language
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3 Trunk strength
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4 Writing
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4 Ability to reach with arms, hands and legs
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5 Written expression
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5 Performing general physical activities
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6 Time management
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6 Performing for or working directly with the public
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7 Reading comprehension
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7 Technology design
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8 Negotiation
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8 Stamina
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9 Fluency of ideas
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9 Fine arts
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10 Interpreting the meaning of information for others
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10 Dynamic strength
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