Each of these letters represents a personal interest category. The columns you have the most check marks in show where your interests are the strongest. Listed below are some jobs related to each interest type.

• Sell cars

• Make a speech

• Be the boss of other

• workers

• Start a club

• Save money

• Sell things

• Lead a meeting

• Take charge of a project

• Sell magazines door to door

	Keep detailed records
	Operate business machines
	Organize a work area
	Take telephone messages
	Attend to details
	Balance a budget
	Use a word processor
	Proofread a document
	Create a filing system

Now, go back to the sections. Add up how many boxes you checked in each section and fill in the totals for each in the space provided below.

In its annual Labor Day survey for 1999, the Gallup Poll indicated that over 50 percent of Americans are dissatisfied with their jobs. In another Gallup survey, two thirds of a group of adults said if they were starting all over, they would try to get more information about their career options.

Whether you’re starting your first job, planning your career, reentering the job market, or considering your next career, it’s important to get to know yourself through self-assessment.

Here’s your chance to take the first step in finding out which occupations allow you to best use your strengths and talents. Pick up a pen or pencil and take the quiz right now.