Which Work Styles O*NET Rates Highest for Actors

O*NET places adaptability first among the work styles it rates for actors, with self-confidence next. Innovation follows, while cooperation and social orientation share the next position. This ordering makes adaptability and self-confidence the leading styles in actors’ ratings, with creative and social styles close behind.

The top group combines flexibility and confidence with innovation and working with others. For actors, O*NET’s ratings give these five styles greater importance than the remaining styles in its ordering. Cooperation and social orientation receive equal ratings, so the interpersonal side of the top group is shared across both styles.

How Actors' Work Style Ratings Compare

Actors’ adaptability rating sits high compared with other occupations rated for that style. This places adaptability among the more strongly rated work styles across occupations, in addition to its leading position within the actor ratings. The comparison shows how the rating ranks across occupations.

Optimism and tolerance for ambiguity also sit near the top of their respective comparisons. For actors, these placements mean O*NET’s ratings for both styles are higher than those for most occupations rated on the same styles. Together, the comparisons distinguish adaptability’s especially high standing from the similarly elevated placements for optimism and tolerance for ambiguity.

Where Actors' Work Style Ratings Rank Lower

Integrity has the lowest importance rating among the work styles assessed for actors, and its rating is tied for the lowest among occupations rated for integrity. This places integrity at the bottom of the cross-occupation comparison, with a tie. Dependability also sits near the bottom of its comparison with other occupations, even though its importance rating is higher than integrity’s.

Attention to detail has a low comparison with other occupations as well. Its importance rating is higher than dependability’s, so the comparison rank and the rating order describe different aspects of actors’ work styles. Together, these lower comparisons distinguish dependability and attention to detail from styles that rank near the top across occupations, while integrity is at the bottom.