The survey also asked employees the extent to which certain skill groups (such as management, security, or information analysis) were important to their current work and the extent to which they currently used these groups of skills. Responses show expected patterns. People in the different job specialties were more likely to say that skills pertaining to their specialties were both more used and more important to their jobs. Older workers and those in higher grade levels were more likely to emphasize the use and importance of management skills than younger workers.