Tour Guides & Escorts

Escort individuals or groups on sightseeing tours or through places of interest, such as industrial establishments, public buildings, and art galleries.

On the job, you would:

Train other guides and volunteers.
Describe tour points of interest to group members, and respond to questions.
Escort individuals or groups on cruises, sightseeing tours, or through places of interest, such as industrial establishments, public buildings, or art galleries.

Personality

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Characteristics of this Career
		84%	Self-Control - Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
		83%	Adaptability/Flexibility - Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
		82%	Cooperation - Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
		82%	Concern for Others - Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
		81%	Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
		77%	Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
		76%	Achievement/Effort - Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
		75%	Social Orientation - Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
		74%	Persistence - Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
		74%	Integrity - Job requires being honest and ethical.
		73%	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.
		70%	Initiative - Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
		69%	Stress Tolerance - Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
		62%	Leadership - Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
		53%	Innovation - Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
		53%	Analytical Thinking - Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and 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.
		61%	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
		78%	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.

Aptitude

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Abilities \| Cognitive, Physical, Personality
		78%	Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
		75%	Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
		72%	Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
		53%	Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
		53%	Far Vision - The ability to see details at a distance.
		53%	Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

Job Details

Responsibilities

Gather information in order to provide services to clients.

Train service staff.

Teach daily living skills or behaviors.

Guide patrons on tours.

Provide attraction or event information to patrons.

Respond to customer inquiries.

Monitor patron activities to identify problems or potential problems.

Greet customers, patrons, or visitors.

Distribute resources to patrons or employees.

Explain regulations, policies, or procedures.

Provide attraction or event information to patrons.

Provide patrons with directions to locales or attractions.

Administer first aid.

Explain regulations, policies, or procedures.

Collect fares or payment from customers.

Demonstrate activity techniques or equipment use.

Organize recreational activities or events.

Sell products or services.

Promote products, services, or programs.

Monitor availability of equipment or supplies.

Drive vehicles to transport patrons.

Perform administrative or clerical tasks.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent
		87%	Public Speaking - How often do you have to perform public speaking in this job?
		87%	Face-to-Face Discussions - How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
		86%	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?
		84%	Deal With External Customers - How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
		80%	Work With Work Group or Team - How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
		78%	Physical Proximity - To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
		76%	Freedom to Make Decisions - How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
		75%	Coordinate or Lead Others - How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
		73%	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%	Importance of Being Exact or Accurate - How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
		70%	Spend Time Standing - How much does this job require standing?
		66%	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?
		64%	Spend Time Walking and Running - How much does this job require walking and running?
		61%	Indoors, Environmentally Controlled - How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
		60%	Time Pressure - How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
		57%	Electronic Mail - How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
		56%	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?
		52%	Telephone - How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Tasks & Values
		82%	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.
		81%	Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
		75%	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.
		75%	Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events - Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
		74%	Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships - Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
		66%	Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates - Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
		57%	Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others - Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
		57%	Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge - Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
		54%	Training and Teaching Others - Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
		54%	Making Decisions and Solving Problems - Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.

Getting Started

Education:

31%

Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)

30%

Bachelor's Degree

Tour Guides & Escorts

What they do:

On the job, you would:

Personality

Characteristics of this Career

Strengths

Values of the Work Environment

Aptitude

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

Job Details

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

Tasks & Values

Getting Started