Jobs vs. Careers
Something you do mainly to earn money, often short-term.
👉 What is a job?
The total number of broad career fields.
👉 What are six?
This trait describes people who are outgoing and gain energy from others.
👉 What is extraversion?
The R in RIASEC stands for this personality type.
👉 What is Realistic?
Your natural abilities and things you are good at.
👉 What are strengths?
A long-term path of connected jobs that build skills in one area.
👉 What is a career?
This career field includes doctors, nurses, and medical researchers.
👉 What is Health Science Technology?
Being kind, compassionate, and understanding shows this trait.
👉 What is agreeableness?
People who like solving problems and analyzing information fit here.
👉 What is Investigative?
Things you enjoy and care deeply about.
👉 What are interests or passions?
Mowing lawns could be this OR part of a career path like landscaping.
👉 What is a job or a career?
Smaller categories that help organize careers within fields.
👉 What are career clusters?
Being organized and using a planner shows this trait.
👉 What is conscientiousness?
This type enjoys creativity and flexible work.
👉 What is Artistic?
The “sweet spot” for choosing a career combines skills, personality, and this.
👉 What are passions/interests?
Babysitter, camp counselor, and preschool teacher are connected by these.
👉 What are similar skills?
This cluster includes banker, accountant, and mortgage broker.
👉 What is Finance?
This trait describes people who worry a lot or react quickly to stress.
👉 What is negative emotionality?
Careers like teaching, nursing, and counseling fit this type.
👉 What is Social?
A test that helps match personality traits to careers.
👉 What is the Holland RIASEC Test?
Jobs you do while in school can help you build these for the future.
👉 What are skills and experience?
True or False: A career can fit into more than one cluster.
👉 What is true?
Curious, imaginative people often show this trait.
👉 What is open-mindedness?
This personality type loves details, numbers, and organization.
👉 What is Conventional?
True or False: If you don’t have passions, you can’t find a good career.
👉 What is false?