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Abilities

https://services.onetcenter.org/ws/mnm/careers/[O*NET-SOC Code]/abilities
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{
   "code" : "17-2051.00",
   "group" : [
      {
         "title" : {
            "id" : "1.A.1.a",
            "name" : "Verbal"
         },
         "element" : [
            {
               "id" : "1.A.1.a.3",
               "name" : "communicate by speaking"
            },
            {
               "id" : "1.A.1.a.4",
               "name" : "communicate by writing"
            }
         ]
      },
      {
         "title" : {
            "id" : "1.A.1.b",
            "name" : "Ideas and Logic"
         },
         "element" : [
            {
               "id" : "1.A.1.b.5",
               "name" : "make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information"
            },
            {
               "id" : "1.A.1.b.3",
               "name" : "notice when problems happen"
            }
         ]
      },
      ...
   ]
}

This response returns the key abilities for a career. For careers with skills data collected by the O*NET program, one or more group elements will be returned.

Each group element contains exactly one title child, which is shown in colored bold text in My Next Move. The id attribute indicates the corresponding element ID within the O*NET Content Model. Subsequent element children are shown as list items within My Next Move, and also contain an id attribute indicating the corresponding Content Model element.

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