50 Best Jobs for Your Personality

Part III ________________________________________________________________________________

The 20 Conventional Jobs with the Most Openings

Job Annual Openings

1. Of! ce Clerks, General ........................................................................................................765,803


2. Receptionists and Information Clerks................................................................................334,124


3. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks ................................................................286,854


4. Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive ...........................................................239,630


5. Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants ........................................................235,314


6. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and
   Scienti! c Products .............................................................................................................156,21 5


7. Tellers .................................................................................................................................146,077


8. Shipping, Receiving, and Traf! c Clerks .............................................................................138,967


9. Accountants and Auditors .................................................................................................134,463


10. Bill and Account Collectors ...............................................................................................118,709


11. Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators .............................................................81,885


12. Social and Human Service Assistants .................................................................................80,142


13. Medical Secretaries .............................................................................................................60,659


14. Pharmacy Technicians .........................................................................................................54,453


15. Loan Of! cers .......................................................................................................................54,237


16. Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan .............................................................................54,060


17. Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks ......................................................................52,735


18. Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks .................................................................42,246


19. Loan Interviewers and Clerks ..............................................................................................40,217


20. Medical Records and Health Information Technicians ........................................................39,048

The Best Jobs for Each Personality Type

with a High Percentage of Workers Age

16 –24

In the following lists, we sorted the best 50 jobs for each personality type and included only

those that employ the highest percentage of workers age 16–24. Workers in this age bracket

make up 14.1 percent of the workforce, and jobs in the lists that follow include at least 10

percent of these workers.

! ough young workers are employed in virtually all major occupations, and therefore

in settings associated with all six personality types, you may notice that the jobs for the

Realistic, Conventional, and Artistic personality types are considerably “younger” than those

for the Investigative and Enterprising personality types.! is largely refl ects the fact that