Conventional interests

What this kind of work looks like

O*NET® OnLine describes work with a lot of Conventional interest like this:

• Organizing information and data
• Following procedures and regulations
• Keeping accounts and financial records
• Working with maths and statistics
• Running office work and information technology
• Keeping human resources processes in order

Jobs where this comes first

The O*NET® database scores every job on all six interest areas. Conventional comes first for 167 of the 923 jobs it scores. These are the ones where it scores highest. Each link opens the job on O*NET OnLine.

• File Clerks
• Billing and Posting Clerks
• Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
• Data Entry Keyers
• Word Processors and Typists
• Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
• Office Clerks, General
• Correspondence Clerks
• Tax Preparers
• Postal Service Clerks
• Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers
• Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks

In tech

Tech roles where Conventional is one of the two strongest areas. Most roles mix several areas, so one can suit you even if it isn’t listed here.

• Document Management Specialists
• Database Administrators
• Clinical Data Managers
• Data Warehousing Specialists
• Actuaries
• Network and Computer Systems Administrators
• Database Architects
• Information Security Analysts

Most people have more than one

These six areas describe kinds of work you might enjoy, not kinds of people. Your results are a mix of all six, so look at your top two or three together rather than at one letter. If Conventional is one of them, the jobs above are a place to start, not a verdict.

The other five areas

• Realistic: hands-on work with tools, machines or things
• Investigative: research, analysis and solving problems
• Artistic: creating, designing and writing
• Social: helping, teaching and caring for people
• Enterprising: leading, persuading and selling

Occupation data from O*NET® 31.0, USDOL/ETA.