Personality Types
Realistic Type
Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems, and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others. Realistic: practical, physical, concrete, hands-on, machine, and tool-oriented
Investigative Type
Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk-taking, and they often deal with business. Enterprising: competitive environments, leadership, persuading, status
Artistic Type
Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs, and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules. Artistic: creative, original, independent, chaotic, inventive, media, graphics, and text
Social Type
Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others. Social: cooperative, supporting, helping, healing/nurturing, teaching
Enterprising Type
Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk-taking, and they often deal with business. Enterprising: competitive environments, leadership, persuading, status
Conventional Type
Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. There is usually a clear line of authority to follow. Conventional: detail-oriented, organizing, clerical