WOIS INVENTORY

1. WOIS INVENTORY Learning about career placement Career Interest and Interest Profile test

2. Career Interest Area Assessment 12 Career Areas

3. Artistic Interest in creative expression of feelings and ideas.

4. Scientific An interest in discovering, collecting and analyzing information about the natural world and applying scientific research findings to problems in medicine, the life sciences and the natural sciences.

5. Plants and Animals An interest in working with plants and animals, mostly outdoors.

6. Protective An interest in using authority to protect people and property.

7. Mechanical An interest in applying principles to practical situations by the use of machines or hand tools.

8. Industrial An interest in repetitive, concrete, organized activities done in a factory setting.

9. Business Detail An interest in organized. Clearly defined activities requiring accuracy and attention to details, primarily in an office setting.

10. Selling An interest in bringing others to a particular point of view by personal persuasion, using selling and promotion techniques.

11. Accommodating An interest in catering to the wishes and needs of others usually on a one-to-one basis.

12. Humanitarian An interest in helping others with their mental, spiritual, social, physical, or vocational needs.

13. Leading-Influence An interest in leading and influencing others by using high-level verbal or numerical abilities.

14. Physical Performing An interest in physical activities performed before an audience.

15. Your options again… Protective Mechanical Plants & Animals Artistic Scientific Accommodating Business Detail Selling Industrial Physical Performance Humanitarian Leading-Influencing

16. Interest Profiler Assessment 6 Categories

17. Realistic People with realistic interests like work activities that include practical, hands on problems, and solutions. They enjoy dealing with plants, animals, and real world materials, like wood, tools, and machinery. They enjoy outside work. Often people with realistic interests do not like occupations that involve paper work or working closely with others.

18. Artistic People with Artistic interests like work activities that deal with the artistic side of things, such as forms, designs, and patterns. They like self-expression in their work. They prefer settings where work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

19. Social People with social interests like work activities that assist others and promote learning and personal development. They prefer to communicate more than to work with objects, machines, or data. They like to teach, give advise, to help or otherwise be of service to people.

20. Enterprising People with enterprising interests like work activities that have to do with starting up and carrying out projects, especially business ventures. They like persuading and leading people and making decisions. They like taking risks for profit. These people prefer action rather than though.

21. Conventional 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 rather than work in which you have to judge things by yourself. These people like working where the lines of authority are clear.

22. Your options again… Protective Mechanical Plants & Animals Artistic Scientific Accommodating Business Detail Selling Industrial Physical Performance Humanitarian Leading-Influencing

23. Today’s Assignment: 100 Points Instructions: The Website: Look at your career interest profile and find your top 3 categories. On the WOIS website, click on each of these 3 categories and find your favorite 2 jobs for each category. Determine which of the 6 jobs is your favorite Which is the best route to get to this career? Go to www.wois.org Log in using your user ID and password. (I have these if you cannot remember.