My Interest Finder

Ryan Barton-Restauro: Your Results Your answers to My Interest Finder show that your highest interests are in Artistic Activities. People with Artistic interests like work activities that deal with the artistic side of things, such as forms, designs, and patterns. They like selfe pression in their work and prefer settings where work can !e done without following a clear set of rules. Your ne t highest interests are in Investigative Activities. People with Investigative interests like work activities that have to do with ideas and thinking more than with physical activity. They like to search for facts and figure out pro!lems mentally more than to persuade or lead people.
RIASEC Scores Realistic: 2 Investigative: 13 Artistic: 28 Social: 13 Enterprising: 7 Conventional: 0

"nd your third highest interests are in Social Activities. People with Social interests like work activities that assist others and promote learning and personal development. They prefer to communicate more than to think of solutions or work with o!#ects, machines, or data. They like to teach, give advice, help, or otherwise !e of service to people. You were not interested in Enterprising Activities. People with Enterprising interests like work activities that have to do with starting up and carrying out pro#ects, especially !usiness ventures. They like persuading and leading people, making decisions, and taking risks for profit. These people prefer action more than thought. You were even less interested in Realistic Activities. People with Realistic interests like work activities that include practical, hands-on pro!lems and solutions. They en#oy dealing with plants, animals, and tangi!le materials like wood, tools, and machinery. They en#oy outside work. $ften people with %ealistic interests do not like occupations that mainly involve doing paperwork or working closely with others. "nd you were least interested Conventional Activities. People with Conventional interests like work activities that follow set procedures and routines. They prefer working with data and detail more than with ideas. They prefer work in which there are precise standards more than work in which you have to #udge things !y yourself. These people like working where the lines of authority are clear.

More information on t e RIASEC Interest Assessment The interest &uestionnaire you completed and these results are !ased on a theory developed !y 'ohn (olland who also developed the idea that occupations can !e sorted into the same si categories) *%ealistic, Investigative, "rtistic, +ocial, ,nterprising, and -onventional.* .otice the first letters of these words/%I"+,-. This *coding* system is used in many interest &uestionnaires. You may have taken one at another time. If you did, consider how similar or different your results are.