O*NET Career Assessment Tool

Identify Careers That Align With Your Interests
O*NET Interest Profiler is a free career assessment that asks users how much they would enjoy performing various work-related activities.
The assessment helps individuals identify careers that align with their interests using six interest themes:
- Realistic (Doers): Enjoy hands-on activities, working with tools, machinery, nature, physical tasks
- Investigative (Thinkers): Prefer analyzing, researching, solving problems, and working with ideas
- Artistic (Creators): Enjoy creativity, self-expression, writing, music, design, or visual arts
- Social (Helpers): Like teaching, counseling, helping others, and collaborating with people
- Enterprising (Persuaders): Enjoy leading, selling, influencing, managing, and entrepreneurship
- Conventional (Organizers): Prefer organizing information, working with data, following procedures, and maintaining systems
The O*NET Interest Profiler is especially helpful for:
- Students who are undecided about a major.
- Students considering a major or career change.
- First-year students beginning career exploration.
- Individuals returning to school or changing careers.
- Anyone who wants to better understand how their interests connect to potential occupations.
- Explore occupations that match your interests
- Learn about job responsibilities, required skills, education, and work environments
- Compare different career path
- Save or print results to share with your career advisor
- Use results as a starting point for major and career exploration
College is a time for discovery, and not having everything figured out is part of the experience.
By learning about your interests, skills, values, and career options, you can make more informed decisions about your future.
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