Browse by Specific Interest Areas

Specific interest areas are detailed work activities you enjoy. Select an interest to discover occupations that support the interest area.

  • Accounting
    Work involves examining, analyzing, and interpreting accounting records for financial statements, or maintaining, auditing, or evaluating records and accounts.
  • Agriculture
    Work involves planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops, plants, or trees, or raising farm animals. Work can also involve preparing plant and animal products for distribution to consumers, or protecting natural resources to maximize their use in farming.
  • Animal Service
    Work involves feeding, grooming, exercising, or otherwise providing care to promote and maintain the well-being of pets and other animals in settings such as kennels, animal shelters, and zoos.
  • Applied Arts and Design
    Work involves applying artistic principles to the design and creation of various objects and materials.
  • Athletics
    Work involves training, practicing, or competing in athletic events, or supporting those participating in athletics through coaching, training, or officiating.
  • Business Initiatives
    Work involves creating strategic plans or taking actions to expand an organization's business or market share.
  • Construction/Woodwork
    Work involves constructing, installing, or repairing structures and fixtures made of wood.
  • Creative Writing
    Work involves developing creative written works, such as novels, scripts, song lyrics, poetry, stories, or advertisements.
  • Culinary Art
    Work involves preparing, cooking, and presenting food in a distinctive style usually associated with a specific culture or region.
  • Engineering
    Work involves applying science and technology to the design, building, testing, and use of electrical and electronic components, mechanical devices and machines, automotive, marine, and aerospace equipment and vehicles, materials, or structures.
  • Finance
    Work involves directing and managing financial activities, such as planning and investments for an individual or organization to generate income.
  • Health Care Service
    Work involves providing health care services to individuals to include the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of diseases and other forms of illness or impairment.
  • Human Resources
    Work involves recruiting, selecting, and training job applicants, maintaining employee personnel records, administering compensation and employee-benefit programs, and conducting employee performance reviews.
  • Humanities
    Work involves studying and researching aspects of human history, culture, and language through disciplines such as history, philosophy, the language arts, or area/ethnic studies.
  • Information Technology
    Work involves designing, developing, testing, and maintaining computer software, hardware, networks, and systems.
  • Law
    Work involves studying and applying legal knowledge.
  • Life Science
    Work involves studying and researching living organisms through scientific disciplines such as biology, botany, zoology, microbiology, physiology, biochemistry, or zoology.
  • Management/Administration
    Work involves planning, directing, or coordinating the daily operations of an organization, and overseeing personnel, business, or administrative services.
  • Marketing/Advertising
    Work involves promoting or creating a public image for products, services, or organizations to attract interest, engagement, or sales.
  • Mathematics/Statistics
    Work involves developing and applying mathematics and statistical theory and methods.
  • Mechanics/Electronics
    Work involves maintaining and repairing of machinery, such as automotive engines, electronic equipment, computers, and communication systems.
  • Media
    Work involves producing, developing, writing, directing, or presenting information through print, radio, television, or digital media.
  • Medical Science
    Work involves studying and researching the causes, nature, effects, and treatments of disease or other forms of impairment or illness.
  • Music
    Work involves conducting, composing, or playing music or singing.
  • Nature/Outdoors
    Work involves planning, restoring, and conserving natural areas and wildlife habitats.
  • Office Work
    Work involves clerical and administrative tasks for an organization such as answering phones, bookkeeping, updating records, scheduling appointments or meetings, and editing of documents and files.
  • Performing Arts
    Work involves acting as a performer in dance, comedy, or dramatic productions, choreographing of dance performances, or producing of live or recorded entertainment.
  • Personal Service
    Work involves providing personal services to individuals in need of non-medical assistance such as helping arrange or plan for travel, meals, or events.
  • Physical Science
    Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, materials, and phenomena through scientific disciplines such as physics, chemistry, astronomy, meteorology, or geology.
  • Physical/Manual Labor
    Work involves manually unloading and moving freight, stock, luggage, or other materials, or performing other physical labor.
  • Politics
    Work involves engaging in political activities to influence government policy.
  • Professional Advising
    Work involves providing expert advice, coaching, and counseling on topics such as careers, educational opportunities, and educational and professional development.
  • Protective Service
    Work involves maintaining order and protecting life and property by conducting investigations and enforcing laws and regulations to prevent or solve crimes.
  • Public Speaking
    Work involves speaking before an audience to educate, entertain, or influence the listeners.
  • Religious Activities
    Work involves conducting religious worship, leading a church or other religious group, and offering moral guidance associated with beliefs and practices of a religious faith.
  • Sales
    Work involves selling goods or services.
  • Social Science
    Work involves studying and researching human behavior, society, politics, and social relationships through scientific disciplines such as psychology, sociology, economics, or political science.
  • Social Service
    Work involves providing social services and assistance to improve the well-being and social and psychological functioning of children and adults.
  • Teaching/Education
    Work involves teaching through lectures, discussions, and demonstrations in one or more subjects.
  • Transportation/Machine Operation
    Work involves driving vehicles, such as vans, trucks, trains, and buses to transport people or materials. Work can also involve operating heavy equipment, such as cranes, forklifts, bulldozers, and backhoes to move materials or earth.
  • Visual Arts
    Work involves creating original visual artwork for a variety of media and purposes using various techniques and software.