Farm Labor Contractors

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Job Outlook:
None
Education: No formal educational credential
Salary
High: $85,190.00
Average: $54,630.00
Hourly
Average: $26.26

What they do:

Recruit and hire seasonal or temporary agricultural laborers. May transport, house, and provide meals for workers.

On the job, you would:

  • Pay wages of contracted farm laborers.
  • Provide food, drinking water, and field sanitation facilities to contracted workers.
  • Recruit and hire agricultural workers.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

79% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
79% Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical.
76% Achievement/Effort  -  Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
75% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
72% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
72% Concern for Others  -  Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
72% Persistence  -  Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
70% Leadership  -  Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
69% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
66% Self-Control  -  Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
60% Adaptability/Flexibility  -  Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
60% Stress Tolerance  -  Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
60% Social Orientation  -  Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
60% Independence  -  Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
58% Analytical Thinking  -  Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Strengths

100% Enterprising  -  Work involves managing, negotiating, marketing, or selling, typically in a business setting, or leading or advising people in political and legal situations. Enterprising occupations are often associated with business initiatives, sales, marketing/advertising, finance, management/administration, professional advising, public speaking, politics, or law.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Values of the Work Environment

67% Relationships  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
56% Independence  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.

Aptitude

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

66% Oral Comprehension  -  The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
63% Oral Expression  -  The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
60% Speech Clarity  -  The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
56% Speech Recognition  -  The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
53% 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.

Job Details

Responsibilities
Pay charges, fees, or taxes.
Allocate physical resources within organizations.
Coordinate personnel recruitment activities.
Administer personnel recruitment or hiring activities.
Supervise employees.
Supervise employees.
Allocate physical resources within organizations.
Coordinate logistics or other business operations.
Direct administrative or support services.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

99% Structured versus Unstructured Work  -  To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
95% Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
91% Responsibility for Outcomes and Results  -  How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers?
90% Responsible for Others' Health and Safety  -  How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?
89% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
89% Telephone  -  How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
87% Importance of Repeating Same Tasks  -  How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job?
87% Contact With Others  -  How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
86% Time Pressure  -  How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
86% Coordinate or Lead Others  -  How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
82% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
80% Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results  -  What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
79% Outdoors, Exposed to Weather  -  How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions?
77% In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment  -  How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)?
73% Spend Time Sitting  -  How much does this job require sitting?
72% Frequency of Decision Making  -  How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
70% Level of Competition  -  To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures?
67% Work With Work Group or Team  -  How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
67% Letters and Memos  -  How often does the job require written letters and memos?
66% Physical Proximity  -  To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
63% Exposed to Contaminants  -  How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
61% Very Hot or Cold Temperatures  -  How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures?
57% Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable  -  How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable?
52% Electronic Mail  -  How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
86% Duration of Typical Work Week  -  Number of hours typically worked in one week.
56% Work Schedules  -  How regular are the work schedules for this job?
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Tasks & Values

67% Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards  -  Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
63% Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment  -  Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.
60% Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials  -  Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
60% Training and Teaching Others  -  Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
57% Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People  -  Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
56% Performing Administrative Activities  -  Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
54% Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships  -  Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.

Getting Started

Education:
48%
Less than a High School Diploma
43%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)

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