Residential Advisors

Coordinate activities in resident facilities in secondary school and college dormitories, group homes, or similar establishments. Order supplies and determine need for maintenance, repairs, and furnishings. May maintain household records and assign rooms. May assist residents with problem solving or refer them to counseling resources.

On the job, you would:

Communicate with other staff to resolve problems with individual students.
Observe students to detect and report unusual behavior.
Supervise, train, and evaluate residence hall staff, including resident assistants, participants in work-study programs, and other student workers.

Personality

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Characteristics of this Career
		90%	Concern for Others - Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
		90%	Adaptability/Flexibility - Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
		88%	Self-Control - Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
		86%	Stress Tolerance - Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
		86%	Integrity - Job requires being honest and ethical.
		86%	Cooperation - Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
		86%	Leadership - Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
		85%	Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
		84%	Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
		84%	Social Orientation - Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
		78%	Initiative - Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
		75%	Persistence - Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
		74%	Achievement/Effort - Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
		68%	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.
		66%	Analytical Thinking - Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
		64%	Innovation - Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Strengths
		95%	Social - Work involves helping, teaching, advising, assisting, or providing service to others. Social occupations are often associated with social, health care, personal service, teaching/education, or religious activities.
		72%	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.
		61%	Conventional - Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Values of the Work Environment
		89%	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.
		61%	Support - Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
		61%	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
		75%	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.
		75%	Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
		75%	Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
		69%	Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
		66%	Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
		60%	Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
		60%	Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
		53%	Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
		53%	Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
		53%	Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Skills \| Cognitive, Physical, Personality
		57%	Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
		55%	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.
		55%	Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
		52%	Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Job Details

Responsibilities

Develop educational or training programs.

Teach daily living skills or behaviors.

Evaluate employee performance.

Train service staff.

Supervise service workers.

Manage budgets for personal services operations.

Enforce rules or regulations.

Administer first aid.

Mediate disputes.

Enforce rules or policies governing student behavior.

Communicate with management or other staff to resolve problems.

Provide counsel, comfort, or encouragement to individuals or families.

Monitor environment to ensure safety.

Monitor patron activities to identify problems or potential problems.

Inspect facilities.

Communicate with management or other staff to resolve problems.

Develop plans for programs or services.

Develop educational or training programs.

Meet with coworkers to communicate work orders or plans.

Organize recreational activities or events.

Assign resources or facilities to patrons or employees.

Inform individuals or organizations of status or findings.

Collect information about clients.

Perform administrative or clerical tasks.

Prepare administrative documents.

Deliver items.

Supervise service workers.

Order materials, supplies, or equipment.

Supervise service workers.

Accompany individuals or groups to activities.

Maintain client information or service records.

Accompany individuals or groups to activities.

Provide escort or transportation.

Store items.

Package materials or products.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent
		90%	Electronic Mail - How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
		89%	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?
		87%	Face-to-Face Discussions - How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
		83%	Work With Work Group or Team - How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
		80%	Telephone - How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
		80%	Responsible for Others' Health and Safety - How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?
		78%	Frequency of Conflict Situations - How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job?
		77%	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?
		71%	Freedom to Make Decisions - How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
		70%	Indoors, Environmentally Controlled - How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
		70%	Responsibility for Outcomes and Results - How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers?
		67%	Time Pressure - How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
		67%	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?
		66%	Coordinate or Lead Others - How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
		64%	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?
		63%	Importance of Being Exact or Accurate - How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
		62%	Consequence of Error - How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable?
		62%	Physical Proximity - To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
		61%	Deal With External Customers - How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
		61%	Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People - How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements?
		56%	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?
		55%	Spend Time Sitting - How much does this job require sitting?
		53%	Duration of Typical Work Week - Number of hours typically worked in one week.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Tasks & Values
		94%	Assisting and Caring for Others - Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
		86%	Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work - Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
		84%	Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships - Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
		80%	Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates - Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
		78%	Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events - Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
		77%	Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
		75%	Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings - Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
		75%	Making Decisions and Solving Problems - Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
		73%	Documenting/Recording Information - Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
		72%	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.
		70%	Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others - Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
		69%	Performing Administrative Activities - Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
		68%	Scheduling Work and Activities - Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
		68%	Processing Information - Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
		68%	Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others - Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
		67%	Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials - Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
		65%	Developing and Building Teams - Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
		64%	Working with Computers - Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
		63%	Coaching and Developing Others - Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
		62%	Communicating with People Outside the Organization - Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
		62%	Performing for or Working Directly with the Public - Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
		62%	Developing Objectives and Strategies - Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
		61%	Training and Teaching Others - Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
		58%	Thinking Creatively - Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
		57%	Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge - Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
		57%	Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates - Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
		56%	Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People - Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
		53%	Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others - Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
		53%	Performing General Physical Activities - Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
		53%	Analyzing Data or Information - Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
		51%	Monitoring and Controlling Resources - Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.

Getting Started

Education:

50%

Some College Courses

31%

Bachelor's Degree

Residential Advisors

What they do:

On the job, you would:

Personality

Characteristics of this Career

Strengths

Values of the Work Environment

Aptitude

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

Skills | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

Job Details

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

Tasks & Values

Getting Started