Work-related Interests

The Work-related Interests maps a candidate’s interests in order to advise on study and career choice. The Work-related Interests charts both a candidate’s interests and the tasks and sectors that align with them. With this questionnaire, all types of career questions at every level can be mapped. This questionnaire has been positively evaluated by COTAN.

There are two variants of the Work-related Interests: Adaptive and Normative.

Application
The Work-related Interests questionnaire can be applied to all questions in which it is important to learn more about a person’s interests. Because the administration time of this questionnaire is very short, its application is highly versatile. Examples of applications are coaching and career advice. In addition, you can easily combine the questionnaire with other questionnaires, without the candidate spending hours filling in questionnaires.

Scientific basis
Research has shown that the widely used Holland Model for vocational interests can be supplemented with a new factor, namely interest in ICT. That is not surprising: Holland formulated the model with six types of vocational interests in 1958. At that time, the ICT sector did not have the ubiquitous form it has today. Research shows that ICT constitutes a stand-alone factor and can be added as an interest area to the model. The “Holland Plus model” that we now use in the Work-related Interests therefore has the following seven scales: Realistic, Intellectual, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional, ICT.

Sectors
In addition to mapping interests, the Work-related Interests reports on the forty sectors that align with these interest areas. In this way, the questionnaire quickly makes clear which occupations may be a good fit.

Tasks
Finally, the questionnaire provides insight into the types of tasks that align with someone’s interests: a career or study choice can, after all, also be based on the specific tasks involved in a particular job. The Work-related Interests distinguishes the following tasks:

Social tasks: Assisting, Resolving conflicts, Persuading people, Motivating, Maintaining contact, Guiding people, Helping customers, Negotiating, Consulting with colleagues, Influencing people, Advising people, Teaching, Leading, Delivering courses or training.

Mental tasks: Being creative, Reading, Writing, Thinking strategically, Analyzing, Calculating, Planning, Organizing, Gathering information.

Supporting tasks: Scheduling work activities, Managing resources and objects, Rostering, Administrative tasks, Setting up projects.

Motor tasks: Working with one’s hands, Operating large machines, Driving vehicles, Working with machines, Repairing machines, Working with electronic devices, Working with computers, Physical exertion, Repairing electronic devices.

Language
NL | EN | DE | FR
Norm group
Advice (N=6474)
Time
5 minutes
Credits
115

Language
NL | EN | DE | FR
Norm group
Advice (N=1054)
Time
10–20 minutes
Credits
70
Reliability
Factors = 0.93
Sectors = 0.83