Enterprising interests

What this kind of work looks like

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

• Managing people, teams or a business
• Starting new business initiatives
• Selling and negotiating
• Marketing and advertising
• Speaking in public
• Leading or advising people in politics or law

Jobs where this comes first

The O*NET® database scores every job on all six interest areas. Enterprising comes first for 100 of the 923 jobs it scores. These are the ones where it scores highest. Each link opens the job on O*NET OnLine.

• Public Relations Managers
• Advertising and Promotions Managers
• Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes
• Advertising Sales Agents
• Marketing Managers
• First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services
• Fundraising Managers
• Spa Managers
• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
• Chief Executives
• Media Programming Directors
• Chief Sustainability Officers

In tech

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

• Information Technology Project Managers
• Computer and Information Systems Managers

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 Enterprising 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
• Conventional: organizing data, records and processes

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