People with Social interests like work activities that assist others and promote learning and personal development. They prefer to communicate more than to work with objects, machines, or data. They like to teach, to give advice, to help, or otherwise be of service to people.

The social 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

• Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians
• Bailiffs
• Bartenders**
• Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity**
• Child Care Workers
• Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, and Coffee Shop
• Crossing Guards
• Demonstrators and Product Promoters**
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant
• Funeral Attendants
• Home Health Aides
• Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan**
• Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants
• Manicurists and Pedicurists**
• Receptionists and Information Clerks***
• Security Guards
• Tour Guides and Escorts
• Transportation Attendants, Except Flight Attendants and Baggage Porters**
• Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers
• 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

• Animal Control Workers
• Correctional Officers and Jailers**
• Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics
• Flight Attendants**
• Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers**
• Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants
• Occupational Therapist Aides
• Occupational Therapist Assistants
• Personal and Home Care Aides
• Physical Therapist Aides
• Physical Therapist Assistants
• Private Detectives and Investigators**
• Police, Fire, and Ambulance Dispatchers
• Psychiatric Aides
• Radio and Television Announcers**
• Real Estate Sales Agents**
• Social and Human Service Assistants
• 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

• Animal Trainers
• Barbers**
• Dental Assistants
• Dental Hygienists
• Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors
• Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop**
• Interpreters and Translators**
• Insurance Sales Agents**
• Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
• Medical Assistants
• Orthotists and Prosthetists
• Personal Financial Advisors
• Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
• Psychiatric Technicians
• Public Address System and Other Announcers
• Recreation Workers
• Residential Advisors
• Teacher Assistants

** 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

• Adult Literacy, Remedial Education, and GED Teachers and Instructors
• Audiologists
• Child, Family, and School Social Workers
• Dietetic Technicians
• Education Administrators, Elementary and Secondary School
• Education Administrators, Preschool and Child Care Center/Program
• Educational, Vocational, and School Counselors
• Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
• Farm and Home Management Advisors
• Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
• Medical and Public Health Social Workers
• Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
• Mental Health Counselors
• Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Vocational Education
• Occupational Therapists
• Physical Therapists
• Podiatrists
• Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education
• Radiation Therapists
• Recreational Therapists
• Registered Nurses
• Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Vocational Education
• Self-Enrichment Education Teachers
• Social and Community Service Managers
• Special Education Teachers, Middle School
• Special Education Teachers, Preschool, Kindergarten, and Elementary School
• Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
• Speech-Language Pathologists
• Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors
• Training and Development Specialists
• Vocational Education Teachers Postsecondary
• Vocational Education Teachers, Middle School
• Vocational Education Teachers, Secondary School

** 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**
• Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary
• Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators**
• Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary
• Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary**
• Athletic Trainers
• Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary**
• Clergy
• Directors, Religious Activities and Education
• Economics Teachers, Postsecondary
• English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary **
• Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary**
• Graduate Teaching Assistants
• Health Educators
• History Teachers, Postsecondary
• Instructional Coordinators
• Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates**
• Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary**
• Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
• Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
• Physics Teachers, Postsecondary**
• Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary
• Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary
• Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary

** 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.