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Baggage Porters and Bellhops

Skills

People in this career need to:

    Communicate
  • Express ideas clearly when speaking.
  • Listen to others, understand, and ask questions.
    • Reason and Problem Solve
  • Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.
  • Concentrate and not be distracted while performing a task.
  • Analyze ideas and use logic to determine their strengths and weaknesses.
  • Follow guidelines to arrange objects or actions in a certain order.
    • Manage Oneself, People, Time and Things
  • Check how well one is learning or doing something.
  • Go back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information without becoming confused.
    • Work with People
  • Look for ways to help people.
  • Be aware of others' reactions and change behavior in relation to them.

Knowledge

People in this career need knowledge in the following areas:

  • Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of providing special services to customers based on their needs.
  • English Language: Knowledge of the meaning, spelling, and use of the English language.
  • Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of protecting people, data, and property.

Interests

People in this career are people who tend to:

  • Consider relationships important. They like to work in a friendly, non-competitive environment. They like to do things for other people. They prefer jobs where they are not pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong.
  • Consider support from their employer important. They like to be treated fairly and have supervisors who will back them up. They prefer jobs where they are trained well.
  • Have realistic interests. They like work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They like to work with plants, animals, and physical materials such as wood, tools, and machinery. They often prefer to work outside.
  • Have conventional interests. They like work activities that follow set procedures, routines, and standards. They like to work with data and detail. They prefer working where there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Source: Minnesota Department of Education.