Realistic: Realistic people like activities that are practical and concrete. They like to work outdoors and to work with tools and machines using their physical skills. They tend to be rugged, practical, and physically strong. They enjoy creating things with their hands and would rather work with objects such as tools or large machines than with ideas or people. They like to work outdoors and prefer occupations such as mechanic, construction worker, fish and wildlife manager, laboratory technician, some engineering specialties, some military jobs, agriculture, horticulture, or the skilled trades.
Investigative: Investigative people enjoy scientific and intellectual pursuits. They enjoy gathering information, uncovering new facts or theories, and analyzing and interpreting data. They would rather work alone than with people. They have questioning minds and like loosely defined problems which they can solve by working with ideas, words, and symbols. They do not like situations in which they have to follow many rules. They are often original and creative, especially in scientific areas. Occupations preferred by such people include biologist, mathematician, psychologist, research lab worker, physicist, physician, design engineer, technical writer, and meteorology. They often seek work relating to academic research, medical facilities, or computer related industries.
Artistic: Artistic people value aesthetic qualities and like opportunities for self-expression. They prefer unstructured and flexible environments. They like to work alone in settings that allow them to express themselves creatively. They do not like situations that require them to use physical strength, and they describe themselves as independent, unconventional, original, and tense. They often seek work relating to art, music, drama, or writing. They like to work in libraries or museums. They may want to be a cartoonist, composer, singer, drama coach, poet, actor, or symphony conductor.
Social: Social people enjoy working with people in order to inform, help, train, or develop them in some way. They enjoy working in groups, sharing responsibilities, and communicating with each other. They like to solve problems through discussions of feelings and interactions with others. They describe themselves as cheerful, popular, sociable, responsible, and concerned with the welfare of others. They see themselves as achievers and good leaders. They usually are able to express themselves well with words, get along well with others, and enjoy being the center of attention in a group. They prefer occupations such as school principal, clinical psychologist, school teacher, marriage counselor, speech therapist, or vocational counselor.
Enterprising: Enterprising people enjoy influencing, leading or managing others for organizational goals or for economic success. They enjoy persuading others to their viewpoint and prefer social tasks where they can assume leadership. They often are in sales because they are good at leading and convincing people. Enthusiastic, self-confident, and dominant, they think up new ways of doing things, are full of energy, and like adventure. They are impatient with work involving many details, or long periods of intellectual effort or concentrations. They prefer social situations where they can lead and direct others. They like power, status, material wealth, and working in expensive settings. Vocational preferences include business management, business executive, merchandise buyer, hotel manager, industrial relations consultant, political campaigner, realtor, sports promoter, television producer, and many kinds of sales work.
Conventional: Conventional people enjoy systematic activities requiring attention to accuracy and detail as is often associated with office work. They enjoy working for large organizations and are comfortable with an established chain of command. They like jobs where they know exactly what is expected of them. Problems using verbal and numerical skills are preferred to those requiring physical skills. They respond well to authority and do not seek positions of leadership. They have little interest in intense relationships with others but value material possessions and status. They describe themselves as conventional, stable, well controlled, and dependable. Vocational preferences are mostly within the business world and include bank teller, bank examiner, book keeper, financial analyst, computer operator, inventory controller, tax expert, statistician, traffic manager, and some accounting jobs.
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