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Industrial & Organisational : Introduction : Personnel psychology : Organizational psychology : Work environment

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Occupational interests are preferences people have for activities that go with different occupations. So for example if you enjoy outdoor environments and nature and manual tasks you might be more suited to being a forester than an office worker.

[edit] Measurement

Assessment is generally achieeived with the use of occupational interest inventories. These include:

• Kuder Preference Record
• Strong Interest Inventory
• Strong Vocational Interest Blank

[edit] See also

• Vocational maturity