Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers

People in this career often have these skills:

• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Negotiation - Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.

People in this career often know a lot about:

• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Economics and Accounting - Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Law and Government - Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

• Public Safety and Security - Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
• Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
• Personnel and Human Resources - Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
• Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

People in this career often have talent in:

• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.

• Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

People in this career often do these activities:

• Prepare financial documents, reports, or budgets.
• Prepare operational budgets.
• Direct facility maintenance or repair activities.
• Direct organizational operations, projects, or services.
• Manage construction activities.

• Analyze financial records or reports to determine state of operations.
• Direct financial operations.
• Negotiate sales or lease agreements for products or services.
• Evaluate employee performance.
• Supervise employees.
• Prepare forms or applications.
• Promote products, services, or programs.
• Perform manual service or maintenance tasks.
• Liaise between departments or other groups to improve function or communication.
• Resolve customer complaints or problems.
• Inspect condition or functioning of facilities or equipment.
• Evaluate characteristics of individuals to determine needs or eligibility.
• Communicate organizational information to customers or other stakeholders.
• Maintain operational records.
• Confer with organizational members to accomplish work activities.
• Analyze financial records to improve budgeting or planning.
• Communicate with government agencies.
• Coordinate operational activities with external stakeholders.
• Analyze forecasting data to improve business decisions.
• Purchase materials, equipment, or other resources.
• Negotiate project specifications.

• Administrative Services Managers

• Real Estate Brokers

• Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products

• Loan Officers

• Procurement Clerks

• Real Estate Sales Agents

• First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

• Travel Guides

• Advertising Sales Agents

• Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate