- protective services occupations
- religion
- sales occupations
- services occupations
- social sciences
- social welfare
- sport and recreation occupations
- teaching and related occupations
- writing
Interpreting the clients’ profile may take place at three levels:
- individual analysis of the high and low scores;
- considering the entire configuration of the scores for the Basic Interests
Scales in relation to the broad occupational groups and concrete occupations,
jobs and professions; - integrating the two above levels with all additional information on the client
to offer highly individualized counselling.
The results obtained in completing the questionnaire allow scores expressed in percentiles
(high, medium, low), standard scores, quotas of correspondence and ranks.
As mentioned, the correspondence scores compare the Basic Interests profile with other
two group criteria:
- 17 fields of academic education and
- 32 vocational clusters (with 189 subcategories for male patterns of interest
and 89 for female).
The first three positions – with the highest degree of correspondence – are described and
presented in detail. The hierarchy obtained by this means of comparison is not an
evaluation of aptitudes and abilities of the client for these fields, but only a reflection of
the client’s interests.
The comparison is useful in choosing the initial training and continuing, as well as in
planning one’s personal career.
Using the Dictionary of Occupational Titles – DOT (similar to the Classification of
Occupations in Romania – COR) – one can identify precise names for occupations,
professions and jobs that should match pretty well the client’s pattern of interests very
well.