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It includes more than 19,000 skill profiles—and the number is constantly growing. The profiles are completed by ACT-authorized profilers and internal industrial and organizational psychology staff. First, subject matter experts provide information on the tasks of their jobs and the importance of those tasks to their work, and then link key skill areas and levels of skills to the critical tasks. Next, job profilers enter these data into the ACT JobPro database using ACT SkillPro® software. The ACT JobPro database has powerful capabilities, including:  \n• Warehousing job analysis and skill profile data  \n• Managing job profiler information (e.g., contact, licenses, and training)  \n• Storing company background information  \n• Generating quality control reports  \n• Providing data to identify occupational and industry trends and conducting skills gap analyses  \nHow can the data be used?  \nACT JobPro gives ACT the flexibility to use data in several significant ways. Data on the task and skill levels help us identify potential new products based on the evolution of job requirements. In terms of research and analytics, ACT can conduct detailed skills gap analyses, such as linking job profile data from the ACT JobPro database with skill assessment data from the ACT WorkKeys database. ACT JobPro can also be linked to employment supply-and-demand data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the US Census Bureau, and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis.  \nAlso, the ACT JobPro database accounts for 89% of US total projected employment for 2020, giving us an important window into the future.  \nAre occupational profiles different from job profiles?  \nNot always. Here’s how it works. Occupational profiles are developed by combining information from the job profiles for groups of jobs that share the same identification numbers in the US Department of Labor’s O*NET database. For example, the occupational profile for Industrial Production Managers is a composite of 54 job profiles for Industrial Production Manager jobs originated by companies that profiled this job. The median skill level required for an occupational profile is computed for each  \n[www.act.org/workforce](www.act.org/workforce)  \n© 2014 by ACT, Inc. All rights reserved. 20857  \nACT WorkKeys skill area and rounded to the nearest whole number. The range—the minimum and maximum skill level required—for each skill area is also reported. In some cases, the “occupational” profile is based on a single job profile and is, therefore, a job profile.  \nHow does ACT JobPro compare with other job databases?  \nThe ACT JobPro database represents a wide cross-section of jobs, including 50%(546) of all O*NET codes (1,102) and 62%(511) of Standard Occupational Classification system codes (823) .  \nJob family distribution in the ACT JobPro database  \nACT JobPro is an important tool in understanding the nature of the American workplace—where it is and where it’s going. As ","cbCaipf8f7Dmdwe3","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipf8f7Dmdwe3","pdf",111811,"English","# Key Facts\n## ACT JobPro database overview\n## How can the data be used?\n## Occupational profiles vs job profiles\n## Comparison with other job databases\n## Key Takeaway","[{\"question\":\"What does the ACT WorkKeys system measure?\",\"answer\":\"ACT WorkKeys measures job skills that are valuable for any occupation, across industries and skill levels. 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