What activities motivate you at work?

Career Interest Areas

 

Public Service

Helping others by providing specialized information and services.

O*NET Job Families: Community and Social Service | Educational Instruction and Library | Healthcare Practitioners and Technical | Legal | Protective Service

 

The Sciences

Applying research methods and statistics to solve theoretical and applied problems in the physical, life, and social sciences.

O*NET Job Families: Computer and Mathematical | Life, Physical, and Social Science

 

Engineering

Using the principles of engineering and physics for the design of machines, materials, instruments, structures, processes, and services.

O*NET Job Families: Architecture and Engineering | Computer and Mathematical

 

Business Relations

Collecting, analyzing, advising, and making decisions based on a variety of data sources.

O*NET Job Family: Business and Financial Operations

 

Managerial

Controlling, directing, and organizing the work of others in a wide range of settings.

O*NET Job Family: Management

 

The Arts

Integrating personal expression and art concepts, techniques, and processes to develop works which elicit an emotional or aesthetic response.

O*NET Job Family: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media

 

Media Design

Creating visually appealing and effective layouts of websites and other media platforms; animation and visual effects in video games, movies, television, and on smartphones.

O*NET Job Family: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media

 

Office & Admin Support

Compiling, recording, communicating, computing, copying, and otherwise organizing information for others.

O*NET Job Family: Office and Administrative Support

 

Sales

Interacting with and influencing others in favor of certain products, services, or ideas.

O*NET Job Family: Sales and Related

 

Service

Helping individuals with their personal wants and needs.

O*NET Job Families: Healthcare Support | Food Preparation and Serving Related | Personal Care and Service | Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance

 

Outdoor

Working out-of-doors which may include contact with plant or animal life.

O*NET Job Family: Farming, Fishing, and Forestry

 

Processing

Operating, tending, and regulating equipment, observing a process, and recording data.

O*NET Job Family: Production

 

Machine Work

Operating, driving, and controlling machines.

O*NET Job Family: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

 

Bench Work

Stringing, fitting, embroidering, assembling, adjusting, matching, decorating, gluing, cutting, polishing, soldering, threading and adjusting, as well as examining and inspecting.

O*NET Job Family: Production

 

Structural Work

Hammering, sawing, pouring, drilling, troweling, and lifting materials.

O*NET Job Family: Construction and Extraction

 

Mechanical & Electrical

Repairing, replacing, tinkering, fixing, and performing tune-ups.

O*NET Job Family: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

 

Extraction

Building, blasting, digging, jackhammering, and pneumatic drilling.

O*NET Job Family: Construction and Extraction