Enterprising
The persuaders: selling, managing, negotiating and starting things
Enterprising interests are for work that persuades, leads and takes risks for reward: selling, managing, negotiating, representing, running a business. People high on this type like influencing outcomes and other people, are comfortable with competition and uncertainty, and are often bored by work valued only for its accuracy. The type spans sales, management, law, marketing and politics.
The activities it describes
- Selling products, services and ideas
- Managing people, shops, hotels and projects
- Negotiating deals and contracts
- Representing clients and causes
- Starting and growing a business
- Planning events and campaigns
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 |
|---|---|
| Estate agent | Real Estate Sales Agents |
| Solicitor | Lawyers |
| Barrister | Lawyers |
| Marketing manager | Marketing Managers |
| Marketing executive | Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists |
| Retail manager | First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers |
| Business development manager | Sales Managers |
| Recruitment consultant | Human Resources Specialists |
| Hotel manager | Lodging Managers |
| Restaurant manager | Food Service Managers |
| Retail buyer | Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products |
| Events manager | Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners |
| Stockbroker | Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents |
| Insurance broker | Insurance Sales Agents |
| Advertising account executive | Advertising Sales Agents |
| Management consultant | Management Analysts |
| Public relations officer | Public Relations Specialists |
| Sales manager | Sales Managers |
| Sales representative | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing |
| Financial adviser | Personal Financial Advisors |
Types that combine with it
- Conventional (EC): business with order, such as finance, buying and operations.
- Social (ES): leading people for people, such as management in health, schools and charities.
- Artistic (EA): selling what is made, such as advertising, publishing and producing.
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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