Accommodation & Food Services
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Table 4: Job Skills Identified as "Unimportant" by Employers
| Job Skills Identified as "Unimportant" by Employers | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOC Code | Occupation | N | Service Orientation | Critical Thinking | Reading Comprehension | Technology Design | Operation and Control |
| Total | Total | 21,922 | 2.8 | 5.6 | 11.4 | 36.8 | 17.6 |
| 353031 | Waiters and Waitresses | 3,918 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 6.3 | 31.3 | 20.2 |
| 353021 | Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food | 3,665 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 8.7 | 40.2 | 15.7 |
| 372012 | Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | 2,854 | 6.1 | 9.7 | 23.6 | 58.2 | 38.2 |
| 352014 | Cooks, Restaurant | 1,556 | 6.8 | 4.9 | 7.8 | 35.9 | 17.5 |
| 434081 | Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 1,351 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 22.4 | 8.2 |
| 353011 | Bartenders | 965 | 1.5 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 41.5 | 15.4 |
| 353022 | Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, and Coffee Shop | 730 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.4 | 27.1 | 2.1 |
| 359021 | Dishwashers | 672 | 16.7 | 24.1 | 51.9 | 35.2 | 9.3 |
| 412011 | Cashiers | 550 | 2.4 | 21.4 | 9.5 | 64.3 | 11.9 |
| 533031 | Driver/Sales Workers | 459 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35.5 | 22.6 |
| 352021 | Food Preparation Workers | 458 | 30.8 | 11.5 | 42.3 | 53.8 | 11.5 |
| 352011 | Cooks, Fast Food | 442 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 56.5 | 8.7 |
| 359011 | Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | 374 | 0.0 | 8.3 | 20.8 | 62.5 | 41.7 |
| 359031 | Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | 368 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 37.9 | 20.7 |
| 351012 | First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | 350 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 393091 | Amusement and Recreation Attendants | 343 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 13.6 | 4.5 |
| 373011 | Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers | 276 | 35.7 | 21.4 | 50.0 | 42.9 | 7.1 |
| 499071 | Maintenance and Repair Workers, Gen | 232 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 22.2 | 11.1 |
| 397012 | Travel Guides | 178 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 66.7 |
| 339032 | Security Guards | 176 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 81.3 | 25.0 |
| 352012 | Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria | 128 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 372011 | Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | 128 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 412021 | Counter and Rental Clerks | 122 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 |
| 352015 | Cooks, Short Order | 109 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 75.0 | 50.0 |
| 452093 | Farmworkers, Farm and Ranch Animals | 98 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 516011 | Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | 93 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 0.0 |
| 351011 | Chefs and Head Cooks | 85 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 499099 | All Other Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers | 84 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 399032 | Recreation Workers | 83 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 75.0 |
| 352019 | All Other Cooks | 68 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 111021 | General and Operations Managers | 63 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 |
| 439061 | Office Clerks, General | 61 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 513011 | Bakers | 59 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 513091 | Fd & Tobacco Roasting Mach Op/Tend | 59 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 499042 | Maintenance and Repair Workers, General | 52 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 434181 | Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | 48 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 513093 | Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders | 42 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 |
| 396011 | Baggage Porters and Bellhops | 39 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 100.0 |
| 412031 | Retail Salespersons | 37 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 |
| 988888 | Unable to Assign Based on Description | 35 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 999999 | Unable to Assign Based on Title | 35 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 433031 | Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 |
| 533041 | Taxi Drivers and Chauffeurs | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 |
| 475013 | Service Unit Operators, Oil, Gas, and Mining | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
| 119051 | Food Service Managers | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 439021 | Data Entry Keyers | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 359099 | Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 353041 | Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 371011 | First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 397011 | Tour Guides and Escorts | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 396012 | Concierges | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 173022 | Civil Engineering Technicians | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 431011 | First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 436011 | Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 435071 | Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 272031 | Dancers | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 435081 | Stock Clerks and Order Fillers | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 |
| 434051 | Customer Service Representatives | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 |
| 471011 | First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 519198 | Helpers--Production Workers | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 132011 | Accountants and Auditors | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 435031 | Police, Fire, and Ambulance Dispatchers | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 113121 | Human Resources Managers | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 131161 | Market Research Analysts and Market | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
| 533032 | Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 537064 | Packers and Packagers, Hand | 9 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
SOC — Standard Occupational Classification.