Realistic concerns center around the “real” or physical world, and typically likes working with things rather than people or ideas.

Work related to the Realistic factor includes:

• Outdoor jobs: Surveyors, Foresters, Wind Turbine Technicians
• Jobs in the trades: Carpenters, Plumbers, Electricians
• Sports and Athletics jobs: Sports Medicine, Coaching, or Athletic Training
• Protective Services and Military: Police Officers, Military Officers, and EMTs
• Some engineering jobs: Civil Engineers, Automotive Engineers, Environmental Engineers

If you scored high in the Realistic factor, you might:

• Enjoy building things in the physical world
• Prefer practical approaches and dislike “learning for the sake of learning” with no practical application
• Enjoy sports or being outdoors in your spare time
• Prefer to keep your emotions to yourself
• Be less motivated by working with people or managing interpersonal relationships
• Prefer a fairly stable and predictable work environment

Investigative concerns tend to be intellectually oriented. People who score high in Investigative typically like working with ideas and data rather than people.

Work related to the Investigative factor includes:

• Science-oriented jobs: Chemists, Atmospheric Scientists, Forensic Science Technicians
• Jobs in medicine: Physicians, Pharmacists, Dietitians
• Academic and research roles: Professor, Market Research Analyst, Historians
• Math-related jobs: Statistician, Data Scientist; Financial Analysts

If you scored high in the Realistic factor, you might:

• Enjoy learning for the sake of learning
• Enjoy solving difficult problems and get bored with repetitive or predictable work
• Feel less comfortable in highly emotional situations and be less interested in managing social relationships
• Like to set goals for yourself and work hard to achieve them
• Find yourself working during your free time
• Value autonomy and independence

The Artistic factor is all about creating and enjoying art, and people who typically like working with ideas and materials. Self-expression is typically important to Artistic people.

Work related to the Artistic factor includes:

• Artists: Illustrators, Sculptors, Dancers, etc.
• Writing-related jobs: Journalists, Translators, and Editors
• Design work: Fashion Designers, Interior Designers, Video Game Designers
• Art appreciation jobs: Museum Conservators, Curators, Critics
• Other jobs that require creativity: Advertising Account Managers, Urban Planners

If you scored high in the Artistic factor, you might:

• Value imagination, creativity and originality
• Be more sensitive and emotional than others, or tolerate strong emotions more than others
• Be flexible rather than orderly or meticulous in your approach to work
• Like to challenge the status quo and flout standard conventions
• Like to create things that didn’t exist before
• Enjoy doing work independently and be a “self-starter”

Social concerns center around helping and serving other people, and individuals who score high in Social typically like working with people rather than things or ideas. In most Social roles, people are the main work product.

Work related to the Social factor includes:

• Teaching and education jobs: Elementary School Teachers, Coaches, and Training and Development Specialists
• Helping jobs: Social Workers, Career Counselors, and Customer Service Representatives
• Nurturing and caregiving work: Home Health Aides, Therapists, and Childcare Workers

If you scored high in the Social factor, you might:

• Value generosity and being of service to others, particularly people who are less advantaged
• Be a good listener and often show empathy to others
• Enjoy teamwork rather than working independently
• Be motivated by intrinsic rather than extrinsic rewards (i.e., you find the work rewarding in and of itself)
• Prefer to apply concepts and take action rather than focus on abstractions and theory

The Enterprising factor is about managing and influencing other people. Enterprising people enjoy working with and through other people to accomplish goals and tend to be leadership oriented.

Work related to the Enterprising factor includes:

• Business-related roles: Executives and Managers, Buyers, and Entrepreneurs
• Politics and the law: Attorneys, Judges, and Elected Officials
• Jobs focused on persuading others: Salespeople, Fundraisers, and Marketing Managers

If you scored high in the Enterprising factor, you might:

• Be competitive and typically “play to win”
• Prefer working in a hierarchical structure where it’s clear who is in charge
• Be more extroverted than introverted and enjoy talking
• Focus on getting things done and prefer well-defined goals
• Prefer taking a more conservative, incremental approach over more transformative or radical changes

Conventional concerns center around details, accuracy, and predictability. Conventional people typically like working with data rather than people or things.

Work related to the Conventional factor includes:

• Financial management roles: Accountants, Loan Officers, and Budget Analysts

• Organizing and administrative jobs: Office Managers, Proofreaders, Compliance Inspectors

• Jobs focused on information management: Database Administrators, Information Security Analysts, and Librarians

If you scored high in the Conventional factor, you might:

• Enjoy working with numbers and data

• Have a strong attention to detail

• Focus on the most efficient and accurate way of getting things done

• Prefer to work within a well-established structure rather than a highly ambiguous environment

• Take a disciplined and systematic approach to work