Your overall fit score combines all available information. Although having a single overall score can be helpful, it is also an oversimplification. We recommend paying close attention to your areas of fit and misfit outlined in the below sections on this page.
Specific Interests
The best predictor of interest in a career is enjoyment of the career's activities. We distinguish between 59 specific (basic) interests broken down further into 204 interest aspects. This extra level of detail enables the best possible career matches.
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Counsel people through problems, addiction, or trauma.
How much you enjoy these activities:
Healthcare support
Help patients perform their daily tasks (e.g., eat, drink, move around, bath, dress, tidy up).
How much you enjoy these activities:
Social service
Provide counselling to people, helping vulnerable children and adults overcome problems or access social services.
How much you enjoy these activities:
Assistance with daily chores
Help patients with their daily tasks (e.g., cleaning clothes, arranging bedding, tidying up).
How much you enjoy these activities:
Nursing
Help doctors, clean and dress wounds, maintain patient medical records, and give people their prescribed medications or IV fluids.
How much you enjoy these activities:
Administering medications
Administer prescribed medications and IV fluids.
How much you enjoy these activities:
Assistance with daily living
Help people bath, dress, or use the toilet.
How much you enjoy these activities:
Medical record maintenance
Maintain and update medical records on patients.
How much you enjoy these activities:
Spoon feeding
Help people eat or drink.
How much you enjoy these activities:
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You love these activities. They strongly improve your fit.
You like these activities. They slightly improve your fit.
You are neutral to these activities. They have a balancing effect on your fit.
You dislike these activities. They slightly decrease your fit.
You hate these activities. They strongly decrease your fit.
6 Broad Interests (RIASEC)
Holland’s RIASEC career matching method links people and careers using six broad types: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional. Artistic people prefer artistic jobs, social people prefer social jobs, etc. While RIASEC is the most popular method for getting quick career matches, there's a lot of room for improvement. Match accuracy improves significantly by taking into account specific interests, needs, dislikes, and personality. We suggest using RIASEC as only a starting point for career exploration.
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Pleasant coworkers, opportunities to be of service to others, and upholding moral values.
Need for support
Supportive supervisors and company policies.
Need for independence
Freedom to plan my own work, try out ideas, and make decisions.
Need for achievement
Feeling of achievement and challenges that use my abilities.
Need for good working conditions
Job security, variety in tasks, and keeping busy.
Need for recognition
Social status, authority over others, and opportunities for advancement.
Need for high pay
High pay.
Must have
None
Very important
None
Moderately important
None
Somewhat important
None
Don't care
None
Aversions
Things you want to avoid in a career. Fit decreases when a career includes things you want to avoid. Fit increases when those things are mostly or completely absent.
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Having to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job.
Conflict situations
Having to deal with disagreements and arguments.
Strict deadlines
Hard deadlines with serious consequences for failing to finish in time.
Physically aggressive people
Dealing with physical aggression of violent individuals.
Repetitive motions
Repeating the same action over and over again.
Cramped spaces
Working in cramped work spaces that require getting into awkward positions.
Kneeling/Crawling
Kneeling, crouching, stooping or crawling.
Extreme temperatures
Working in very hot (above 90F or 30C degrees) or very cold (below freezing) temperatures.
Unpredictable schedules
Working days and hours can change daily or weekly.
Hazards
Exposure to physical dangers and risks.
Heights
Exposure to high places.
Must avoid
None
Important to avoid
None
Nice to avoid
None
Don't mind much
None
Don't mind at all
None
Context
Physical and social factors that influence the nature of work performed. Fit is increased when the factors you enjoy are present and factors you dislike are absent.
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Importance of working with others as part of a group or team.
Coordinating/Leading others
Managing other people to accomplish work activities.
Responsibility for people's health and safety
Entrusted with the health and safety of others.
Errors having serious consequences
Mistakes have the potential to cause terrible outcomes.
Structured work
Having clear specific instructions to follow rather than allowing the worker to determine their tasks, priorities, and goals.
Talking on the phone
Time spent in telephone conversations.
Working indoors
Time spent working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions.
Repeating the same activities over and over
Repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping.
Freedom to make decisions without supervision
Opportunities to make decisions without oversight.
Making decisions that have an important impact
Decisions impact the results of co-workers, clients, or the company.
Making decisions that affect others
Decisions impact other people, financial resources, or the image and reputation of the organization.
Responsibility for results of other workers
Being accountable for the outcomes of colleagues - getting blamed for their failures or credited with their successes.
Standing most of the time
Time spend standing up.
Dealing with customers
Listening to and understanding customer needs to best fulfill them.
Walking/running a lot
Time spent walking or running.
Writing letters and memos
Time spent writing letters and memos.
Sitting most of the time
Time spent sitting on a chair or stool.
Public speaking
Making speaches or presentations in front of an audience.
Working outdoors
Time spent working outdoors exposed to all weather conditions.
Driving a car/truck
Working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car, truck, van, bus).
Working more than 40 hours a week
Number of hours typically worked in one week.
Competing with others
Striving to outdo others, having colleagues as rivals rather than allies.
Interpreting Results
High relevance means the career heavily involves this factor. If you like it, you’ll probably enjoy the career. If you dislike it, you may not enjoy the career.
Low relevance means the factor is mostly missing from this career. That’s a plus if you want to avoid it, but a downside if you enjoy it.
You love this factor. It boosts your fit a lot when it’s relevant and hurts your fit a lot when it’s not.
You like this factor. It slightly boosts your fit when it’s relevant and slightly lowers fit when it’s not.
You’re neutral about this factor. Whether it’s relevant or not, it balances your fit toward the middle.
You dislike this factor. It slightly lowers your fit when it’s relevant and slightly improves fit when it’s not.
You hate this factor. It significantly lowers your fit when it’s relevant and significantly improves fit when it’s not.
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The chart below shows how well your personality traits match what’s important for success in the career. Fit improves when your strengths align with the job’s needs and when your weaknesses aren’t important for the role.
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