# Detail Oriented

Skill · Soft Skills and Communication

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/detail-oriented

Detail oriented is a professional trait describing someone who consistently notices small errors, inconsistencies, or nuances that others might overlook, ensuring high accuracy and quality in their work. It's commonly listed as a soft skill on resumes for roles requiring precision, such as accounting, editing, quality assurance, legal work, or data entry. Employers value it because it reduces costly mistakes and rework.

Related skills: [Time Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/time-management), [Critical Thinking](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/critical-thinking), [Quality Assurance](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/quality-assurance), [Proofreading](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/proofreading)

## Open roles requiring Detail Oriented (0)

None of the roles we have read name this skill yet. A large share of the visible corpus has not been parsed for skills, so this is at least as likely to be our backlog as the market's verdict.