What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?

INTEREST PROFILER NOTES R -- Realistic Skills: tools, mechanical/electrical drawings, machines, plants and animals Avoids: social activities such as teaching, healing, informing others Self Assessment: practical, mechanical, realistic Welders, Packaging Machine Operators, Electricians, Truck Drivers, Refuse Collectors

I -- Investigative Skills: Solving science and math problems Avoids: Leading, selling or persuading people Self Assessment: precise, scientific, intellectual Pharmacists, Financial Analysts, Cardiovascular Technologists, Systems Analysts, Nuclear Engineers

A -- Artistic Skills: creative writing, drama, crafts, music, art Avoids: highly ordered or repetitive activities Self Assessment: expressive, original and independent Librarians, Graphic Designers, Technical Writers, Photographers, Architects, Writers, Authors

S -- Social Skills: teaching, counseling, nursing, giving information Avoids: using machines, tools or animals to achieve goals Self Assessment: helpful, friendly, trustworthy Child Care Workers, Secondary School Teachers, Social Workers, Personal Financial Advisors, Registered Nurse

E -- Enterprising Skills: leading people, selling things or ideas Avoids: careful observation and scientific analytical thinking Self Assessment: energetic, ambitious and sociable Lawyers, Purchasing Managers, Industrial Engineers, Construction Supervisors, Claims Adjusters, Transportation Supervisors

C -- Conventional Skills: working with written records and numbers in a systematic, orderly way Avoids: ambiguous, unstructured activities Self Assessment: orderly, good at following a set plan Bookkeeping, Accounting, Billing Clerks, Cost Estimators, Legal Secretaries, Computer Support Specialists, Management Analysts