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Resume skills guide · SOC 43-9031

Skills for Desktop Publishers

The skills, knowledge, and tools that matter most for desktop publishers, ranked by O*NET importance — so you know what to lead with on your resume.

What to lead with

Refit analysis ·O*NET rates Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Active Listening as the highest-importance skills here — so a resume aimed at this role should lead with evidence of those, not a generic skills list. On the tools side, O*NET flags Adobe Photoshop as in-demand technologies for this role.

Top skills (ranked by importance)

O*NET importance score in parentheses (1–5).

  • 1.Reading Comprehension3.75
  • 2.Critical Thinking3.75
  • 3.Active Listening3.5
  • 4.Speaking3.5
  • 5.Writing3.12
  • 6.Active Learning3
  • 7.Monitoring3
  • 8.Learning Strategies2.88
  • 9.Mathematics2
  • 10.Science1

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Knowledge areas

  • Computers and Electronics
  • Communications and Media
  • English Language
  • Administrative
  • Production and Processing
  • Design
  • Mathematics
  • Education and Training

Core work activities

  • Working with Computers
  • Getting Information
  • Thinking Creatively
  • Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
  • Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
  • Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
  • Making Decisions and Solving Problems
  • Processing Information
  • Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
  • Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

In-demand tools & technology

  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Creative Cloud software
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Apple macOS
  • Cascading style sheets CSS
  • Extensible markup language XML
  • Hypertext markup language HTML
  • JavaScript
  • jQuery
  • Microsoft Visio
  • Microsoft Visual Basic
  • Microsoft Windows
  • MySQL
  • Oracle Java