Realistic interests

What this kind of work looks like

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

• Designing, building or repairing equipment, materials or structures
• Working with machines, vehicles, tools or electronics
• Building things in construction, woodworking or engineering
• Physical work, on your feet or outdoors
• Growing crops or looking after animals
• Keeping people safe in protective services, or playing sport

Jobs where this comes first

The O*NET® database scores every job on all six interest areas. Realistic comes first for 388 of the 923 jobs it scores. These are the ones where it scores highest. Each link opens the job on O*NET OnLine.

• Furniture Finishers
• Stonemasons
• Tree Trimmers and Pruners
• Upholsterers
• Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
• Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
• Rock Splitters, Quarry
• Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
• Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
• Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
• Terrazzo Workers and Finishers
• Fishing and Hunting Workers

In tech

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

• Computer Hardware Engineers
• Telecommunications Engineering Specialists
• Network and Computer Systems Administrators
• Computer User Support Specialists

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 Realistic is one of them, the jobs above are a place to start, not a verdict.

The other five areas

• Investigative: research, analysis and solving problems
• Artistic: creating, designing and writing
• Social: helping, teaching and caring for people
• Enterprising: leading, persuading and selling
• Conventional: organizing data, records and processes

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