People with Enterprising interests like work activities that have to do with starting up and carrying out projects, especially business ventures. They like persuading and leading people and making decisions. They like taking risks for profit. These people prefer action rather than thought.

The enterprising occupations listed below are organized into groups that require about the same amount of education, training, and experience. Click on the education level that fits your current needs or future level of training and exprience, then click on the title to see further information on each occupation.

• Little or no preparation needed
• Some preparation
• Medium preparation
• Considerable preparation
• Extensive preparation

Little or no preparation needed

• Baggage Porters and Bellhops
• Bailiffs**
• Bartenders
• Cashiers**
• Cooks, Short Order**
• Counter and Rental Clerks**
• Demonstrators and Product Promoters
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers**
• Door-To-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers
• Driver/Sales Workers
• Fishers and Related Fishing Workers**
• Funeral Attendants**
• Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants**
• Manicurists and Pedicurists
• Models**
• Receptionists and Information Clerks**
• Security Guards**
• Service Station Attendants**
• Telemarketers
• Tour Guides and Escorts**
• Transportation Attendants, Except Flight Attendants and Baggage Porters
• Waiters and Waitresses**

** The occupation was assigned to the group based on its second highest interest area.
*** The occupation was assigned to the group based on its third highest interest area.

Some preparation

• Bill and Account Collectors**
• Flight Attendants
• Gaming and Sports Book Writers and Runners
• Gaming Dealers
• Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks**
• Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping**
• Loan Interviewers and Clerks**
• New Accounts Clerks**
• Parts Salespersons
• Private Detectives and Investigators
• Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks**
• Real Estate Sales Agents
• Retail Salespersons
• Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
• Tax Preparers**
• Transit and Railroad Police
• Travel Agents
• Travel Guides

** The occupation was assigned to the group based on its second highest interest area.
*** The occupation was assigned to the group based on its third highest interest area.

Medium preparation

• Advertising Sales Agents
• Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes
• Athletes and Sports Competitors
• First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
• First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand
• First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Non-Retail Sales Workers
• First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Personal Service Workers
• First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Production and Operating Workers
• First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Retail Sales Workers
• First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Transportation and Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators
• Gaming Managers
• Gaming Supervisors
• Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists
• Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop
• Insurance Sales Agents
• Lodging Managers
• Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials
• Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products

** The occupation was assigned to the group based on its second highest interest area.
*** The occupation was assigned to the group based on its third highest interest area.

Considerable preparation

• Administrative Services Managers
• Chefs and Head Cooks
• Compensation and Benefits Managers
• Construction Managers
• Financial Examiners
• First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
• First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Police and Detectives
• Food Service Managers
• Funeral Directors
• Human Resources Managers
• Industrial Engineers
• Industrial Production Managers
• Law Clerks
• Loan Counselors
• Loan Officers
• Management Analysts
• Marketing Managers
• Medical and Health Services Managers
• Meeting and Convention Planners
• Opticians, Dispensing
• Paralegals and Legal Assistants
• Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
• Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers
• Public Relations Specialists
• Purchasing Agents and Buyers, Farm Products
• Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products
• Purchasing Managers
• Sales Managers
• Training and Development Managers

** The occupation was assigned to the group based on its second highest interest area.
*** The occupation was assigned to the group based on its third highest interest area.

Extensive Preparation

• Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers
• Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
• Coaches and Scouts
• Computer and Information Systems Managers
• Directors, Religious Activities and Education**
• Economists**
• Education Administrators, Postsecondary
• Engineering Managers
• Industrial-Organizational Psychologists**
• Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
• Lawyers
• Natural Sciences Managers**
• Occupational Health and Safety Specialists**
• Sales Engineers
• Ship Engineers**

** The occupation was assigned to the group based on its second highest interest area.
*** The occupation was assigned to the group based on its third highest interest area.