Attribute |
Realistic |
Investigative |
Artistic |
Social |
Enterprising |
Conventional |
Requires |
Manual and mechanical competencies interaction with tools, machines and objects |
Analytical, technical, scientific, and verbal competencies |
Innovation or creative ability, emotionally expressive interaction with others |
Interpersonal competencies, skill in mentoring, treating healing or teaching
others |
Skills in persuasion and manipulation of others |
Clerical skills, skills in meeting precise standards for performance |
Demands and rewards the display of |
Conforming behavior, practical accomplishment |
Skepticism and persistence in problem solving, documentation of new knowledge, understanding or solution of problems |
Imagination in literary, artistic or musical accomplishment |
Empathy, humanitarianism, sociability, friendliness |
Initiative in the pursuit of financial or material accomplishment;
dominance; self confidence |
Organizational ability, conformity, dependability |
Values or personal styles allowed expression |
Practical, productive and concrete values; robust, risky adventurous styles |
Acquisition of knowledge through scholarship or investigation |
Unconventional ideas or manners, aesthetic values |
Concern for the welfare of others |
Acquisitive or power-oriented styles |
Conventional outlook and concern for orderliness and routines |
Occupations or other environments involve |
Concrete, practical activity; use of machines, tools, materials |
Analytical or intellectual activity aimed at trouble-shooting or creation and use of knowledge |
Creative work in music, writing, performance, sculpture or unstructured intellectual endeavors |
Working with others in a helpful or facilitating way |
Selling, leading, manipulating others to attain personal or organizational goals |
Working with things, numbers, or machines to meet predictable organizational demands or specified standards |
Sample occupations |
Carpenter, truck operator |
Psychologist, microbiologist |
Musician, interior design |
Counselor, clergy member |
Lawyer, retail store manager |
Production editor, bookkeeper |
