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https://api-v2.onetcenter.org/online/soft_skills/

{
   "social": [
      {
         "code": "2.B.1.b",
         "title": "Coordination",
         "description": "Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.",
         "example": [
            {
               "level": 28,
               "description": "Schedule appointments for a medical clinic"
            },
            ...
         ]
      },
      ...
   ],
   "thinking": [
      {
         "code": "2.A.2.b",
         "title": "Active Learning",
         "description": "Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.",
         "example": [
            {
               "level": 28,
               "description": "Think about the implications of a news article for job opportunities"
            },
            ...
         ]
      },
      ...
   ]
}

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Field	Type
social (contains nested items)	list of objects
code (nested at level 1)	string
title (nested at level 1)	string
description (nested at level 1)	string
example (nested at level 1) (contains nested items)	list of objects
level (nested at level 2)	integer
description (nested at level 2)	string
thinking (contains nested items)	list of objects
code (nested at level 1)	string
title (nested at level 1)	string
description (nested at level 1)	string
example (nested at level 1) (contains nested items)	list of objects
level (nested at level 2)	integer
description (nested at level 2)	string

Many employers value workers with soft skills — interpersonal and thinking skills needed to interact successfully with people and to perform efficiently and effectively in the workplace. This response lists soft skills which are linked to occupation-level ratings in O*NET OnLine. The list is divided into two groups: social skills, and thinking skills. Concrete activities illustrating these skills are included in the example property of each result.

Users should select skills from this list which they have, or plan to work on developing. Each skill contains a code property for use in the next step.

Occupations for skills

https://api-v2.onetcenter.org/online/soft_skills/results?skills=[list of skill IDs]

{
   "start": 1,
   "end": 20,
   "total": 294,
   "next": "https://api-v2.onetcenter.org/online/soft_skills/results?skills=2.B.1.d,2.B.1.c,2.B.1.a&start=21&end=40",
   "occupation": [
      {
         "href": "https://api-v2.onetcenter.org/online/occupations/31-2022.00/",
         "code": "31-2022.00",
         "title": "Physical Therapist Aides",
         "tags": {},
         "job_zone": {
            "code": 2,
            "title": "Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed"
         },
         "skills_matched": [
            {
               "code": "2.B.1.a",
               "title": "Social Perceptiveness",
               "level": 48,
               "importance": 53
            }
         ],
         "skills_other": []
      },
      {
         "href": "https://api-v2.onetcenter.org/online/occupations/41-9091.00/",
         "code": "41-9091.00",
         "title": "Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers",
         "tags": {},
         "job_zone": {
            "code": 1,
            "title": "Job Zone One: Little or No Preparation Needed"
         },
         "skills_matched": [
            {
               "code": "2.B.1.c",
               "title": "Persuasion",
               "level": 57,
               "importance": 75
            }
         ],
         "skills_other": []
      },
      ...
   ]
}

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Field	Type
start	integer
end	integer
total	integer
prev optional	string
next optional	string
occupation (contains nested items)	list of objects
href (nested at level 1)	string
code (nested at level 1)	string
title (nested at level 1)	string
tags (nested at level 1) (contains nested items)	object
bright_outlook (nested at level 2) optional	boolean
job_zone (nested at level 1) (contains nested items)	object
code (nested at level 2)	integer
title (nested at level 2)	string
skills_matched (nested at level 1) (contains nested items)	list of objects
level (nested at level 2) optional	integer
importance (nested at level 2) optional	integer
code (nested at level 2)	string
title (nested at level 2)	string
skills_other (nested at level 1) (contains nested items)	list of objects
level (nested at level 2) optional	integer
importance (nested at level 2) optional	integer
code (nested at level 2)	string
title (nested at level 2)	string

Path parameters

(none)

Query string parameters

Key	Type	Default	Description
skills required	list of strings (comma-separated)	(none)	Skill codes to match
sort	string Values: skills_covered, my_matches, title, code, zone	skills_covered	sort order
start	integer	1	Index of first returned result
end	integer	start + 19	Index of last returned result

This response lists occupations which make use of the selected soft skills. Call this service with a comma-separated list of the skill codes selected in the previous step.

Each occupation result includes soft skills rated high-level for that occupation. If the skill is in the user’s list of selections, it is included in the skills_matched list. Otherwise, it is included in the skills_other list.

Results are sorted by percentage of the occupation’s high-level soft skills selected by the user; to change this, set the sort parameter to my_matches, title, code, or zone. Results are divided into pages; the first 20 results are returned by default.

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Reference Manual (API Version 2.0)

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All Categories

Getting started

My Next Move Services

Mi Próximo Paso Services

My Next Move for Veterans Services

O*NET OnLine Services

Taxonomy Services

Database Services

Overview

Migrating from version 1.9

Account management

Browse careers by industry

O*NET Interest Profiler

Career listings

Career report

Browse careers by industry

O*NET Interest Profiler

Career listings

Career report

Browse careers by industry

Career listings

Career report

Find occupations

Advanced searches

O*NET data

Crosswalk searches

Occupation reports

Careers with a Bright Outlook

Browse careers by cluster

Careers sorted by Interests

Careers sorted by Job Preparation

Careers with a Bright Outlook

Browse careers by cluster

Careers sorted by Interests

Careers sorted by Job Preparation

Careers with a Bright Outlook

Browse careers by cluster

Careers sorted by Interests

Careers sorted by Job Preparation

Browse Bright Outlook occupations

Browse by Career Cluster

Browse by Hot Technology

Browse by Industry

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