Accommodation & Food Services
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Table 3: Job Skills Identified as "Important" by Employers
| Job Skills Identified as "Important" by Employers | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOC Code | Occupation | N | Service Orientation | Critical Thinking | Reading Comprehension | Technology Design | Operation and Control |
| Total | Total | 21,922 | 84.8 | 60.6 | 52.1 | 21.3 | 51.5 |
| 353031 | Waiters and Waitresses | 3,918 | 96.0 | 66.7 | 54.4 | 14.3 | 43.3 |
| 353021 | Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food | 3,665 | 91.3 | 58.3 | 51.2 | 20.5 | 55.9 |
| 372012 | Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | 2,854 | 83.6 | 44.2 | 42.4 | 10.9 | 24.8 |
| 352014 | Cooks, Restaurant | 1,556 | 58.3 | 65.0 | 71.8 | 22.3 | 60.2 |
| 434081 | Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 1,351 | 90.6 | 70.6 | 76.5 | 32.9 | 55.3 |
| 353011 | Bartenders | 965 | 89.2 | 55.4 | 46.2 | 20.0 | 53.8 |
| 353022 | Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, and Coffee Shop | 730 | 75.0 | 47.9 | 47.9 | 45.8 | 64.6 |
| 359021 | Dishwashers | 672 | 55.6 | 29.6 | 11.1 | 25.9 | 68.5 |
| 412011 | Cashiers | 550 | 92.9 | 40.5 | 57.1 | 21.4 | 64.3 |
| 533031 | Driver/Sales Workers | 459 | 96.8 | 51.6 | 67.7 | 6.5 | 35.5 |
| 352021 | Food Preparation Workers | 458 | 53.8 | 30.8 | 34.6 | 7.7 | 38.5 |
| 352011 | Cooks, Fast Food | 442 | 87.0 | 47.8 | 43.5 | 4.3 | 56.5 |
| 359011 | Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | 374 | 91.7 | 50.0 | 37.5 | 16.7 | 12.5 |
| 359031 | Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | 368 | 93.1 | 69.0 | 34.5 | 31.0 | 27.6 |
| 351012 | First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | 350 | 87.5 | 83.3 | 54.2 | 29.2 | 83.3 |
| 393091 | Amusement and Recreation Attendants | 343 | 100.0 | 95.5 | 77.3 | 18.2 | 59.1 |
| 373011 | Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers | 276 | 14.3 | 71.4 | 28.6 | 21.4 | 78.6 |
| 499071 | Maintenance and Repair Workers, Gen | 232 | 77.8 | 66.7 | 33.3 | 38.9 | 88.9 |
| 397012 | Travel Guides | 178 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 22.2 |
| 339032 | Security Guards | 176 | 81.3 | 75.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 56.3 |
| 352012 | Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria | 128 | 85.7 | 85.7 | 85.7 | 85.7 | 85.7 |
| 372011 | Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | 128 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 50.0 | 21.4 | 100.0 |
| 412021 | Counter and Rental Clerks | 122 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 |
| 352015 | Cooks, Short Order | 109 | 62.5 | 75.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 50.0 |
| 452093 | Farmworkers, Farm and Ranch Animals | 98 | 80.0 | 60.0 | 20.0 | 40.0 | 80.0 |
| 516011 | Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | 93 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 80.0 |
| 351011 | Chefs and Head Cooks | 85 | 88.9 | 100.0 | 44.4 | 77.8 | 88.9 |
| 499099 | All Other Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers | 84 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
| 399032 | Recreation Workers | 83 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 352019 | All Other Cooks | 68 | 80.0 | 60.0 | 60.0 | 20.0 | 60.0 |
| 111021 | General and Operations Managers | 63 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 33.3 | 100.0 |
| 439061 | Office Clerks, General | 61 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 |
| 513011 | Bakers | 59 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
| 513091 | Fd & Tobacco Roasting Mach Op/Tend | 59 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 499042 | Maintenance and Repair Workers, General | 52 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
| 434181 | Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 48 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 513093 | Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders | 42 | 33.3 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 66.7 |
| 396011 | Baggage Porters and Bellhops | 39 | 100.0 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 412031 | Retail Salespersons | 37 | 100.0 | 66.7 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 |
| 988888 | Unable to Assign Based on Description | 35 | 75.0 | 100.0 | 75.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 999999 | Unable to Assign Based on Title | 35 | 100.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 433031 | Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 31 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 66.7 | 100.0 |
| 533041 | Taxi Drivers and Chauffeurs | 28 | 100.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 100.0 |
| 475013 | Service Unit Operators, Oil, Gas, and Mining | 26 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
| 119051 | Food Service Managers | 26 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 33.3 | 33.3 |
| 439021 | Data Entry Keyers | 26 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 359099 | Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | 21 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 353041 | Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | 21 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 371011 | First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers | 21 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 397011 | Tour Guides and Escorts | 20 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
| 396012 | Concierges | 20 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 173022 | Civil Engineering Technicians | 20 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
| 431011 | First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 20 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 436011 | Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 20 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
| 435071 | Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks | 20 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 272031 | Dancers | 20 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 435081 | Stock Clerks and Order Fillers | 17 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 |
| 434051 | Customer Service Representatives | 17 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 |
| 471011 | First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers | 17 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
| 519198 | Helpers--Production Workers | 17 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
| 132011 | Accountants and Auditors | 17 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 435031 | Police, Fire, and Ambulance Dispatchers | 17 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 113121 | Human Resources Managers | 10 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 131161 | Market Research Analysts and Market | 10 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
| 533032 | Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer | 9 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
| 537064 | Packers and Packagers, Hand | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
SOC — Standard Occupational Classification.