Compare Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products & Gambling Managers District Of Columbia

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Salary

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Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products $109,400
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Similar skills & knowledge

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Sales and Marketing
Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

Computers and Electronics
Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Mathematics
Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

English Language
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Persuasion
Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.

Negotiation
Bringing people together to solve differences.

Public Safety and Security
Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

Economics and Accounting
Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

Speaking
Talking to others.

Customer and Personal Service
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Administration and Management
Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Education and Training
Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Judgment and Decision Making
Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.

Critical Thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

Active Listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

Reading Comprehension
Reading work-related information.

Learning Strategies
Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.

Active Learning
Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.

Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.

Time Management
Managing your time and the time of other people.


skills & knowledge Gaps

These are areas where you might have skill gaps. People working in your selected job generally need higher levels in these skill and knowledge areas than people working in your current job.

Personnel and Human Resources Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products
Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products
Low
Personnel and Human Resources Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Gambling Managers
Gambling Managers
High

Personnel and Human Resources
Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

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Psychology Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products
Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products
Low
Psychology Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Gambling Managers
Gambling Managers
Medium

Psychology
Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.

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Service Orientation Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products
Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products
Low
Service Orientation Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Gambling Managers
Gambling Managers
Medium

Service Orientation
Looking for ways to help people.


Typical Level Of Training

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Typical level Of training for Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products
Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products

Bachelor's degree

Typical level Of training for Gambling Managers
Gambling Managers

High school diploma or equivalent

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Licensing

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Licensing for Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products
Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products

No license found in District of Columbia

Licensing for Gambling Managers
Gambling Managers

No license found in District of Columbia


Certification

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Certification for Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products
Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products

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Certification for Gambling Managers
Gambling Managers

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