Conventional
The organisers: records, procedures, numbers and getting details right
Conventional interests are for work with clear procedures and standards: keeping records, handling money, organising information, making systems run. People high on this type like knowing what good looks like, prefer order to improvisation, and take satisfaction in accuracy. The name is Holland's and says nothing about the person; the type runs through finance, administration, law and logistics.
The activities it describes
- Keeping accurate records and accounts
- Following and improving procedures
- Handling money, claims and payroll
- Organising files, data and inventory
- Checking and proofreading
- Running the systems an organisation depends on
Twenty UK jobs
Each links to its National Careers Service profile, with pay, hours and routes in.
| UK job title | Mapped from the O*NET occupation |
|---|---|
| Accounting technician | Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks |
| Bookkeeper | Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks |
| Payroll administrator | Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks |
| Legal secretary | Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants |
| Office manager | First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers |
| Admin assistant | Office Clerks, General |
| Proofreader | Proofreaders and Copy Markers |
| Auditor | Accountants and Auditors |
| Tax adviser | Tax Preparers |
| Stock control assistant | Stockers and Order Fillers |
| Credit controller | Bill and Account Collectors |
| Insurance claims handler | Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks |
| Librarian | Librarians and Media Collections Specialists |
| Archivist | Archivists |
| Paralegal | Paralegals and Legal Assistants |
| Database administrator | Database Administrators |
| Mortgage adviser | Loan Officers |
| Finance officer | Financial Clerks, All Other |
| Licensed conveyancer | Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers |
| Medical secretary | Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants |
Types that combine with it
- Enterprising (CE): order in the service of business, such as finance and management accounting.
- Realistic (CR): order with things, such as logistics and quality control.
- Investigative (CI): order with information, such as data administration and compliance.
Your three highest areas make your code; twenty Holland codes and UK jobs lists the commonest codes with jobs for each.
Sources and licence
Interest types from Holland's RIASEC model as used by the O*NET Interest Profiler; UK job titles mapped by hand from O*NET occupations with this type as the first letter of their interest code, and linked to the National Careers Service (Department for Education) job profiles.
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