EXPLORING CAREERS
The ASVAB Career Exploration Guide for Participants
, TABLE OF CONTENTS Ricky
I’m considering serving in the National
Guard or pursuing an ROTC scholarship
after high school. The ASVAB CEP helped
LET’S GET STARTED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 PART 2: me find out which military path I want to
EXPLORE CAREERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 go for and my job interests in the future.
PART 1: Instructions for Using the OCCU-Find . . . . . . . 11
LEARN ABOUT YOURSELF. . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Realistic Occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Skills and Abilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Investigative Occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Take the FYI (Find Your Interests). . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Artistic Occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Understanding Your FYI Scores . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Social Occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Interest Area - Realistic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Enterprising Occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Interest Area - Investigative . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Conventional Occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Interest Area - Artistic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Interest Area - Social . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Interest Area - Enterprising . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
PART 3:
Interest Area - Conventional . . . . . . . . . . 7
PLAN YOUR FUTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Work Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Make a Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Types of Employers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How to Get There . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
PULLOUT (Back of the Book)
FYI (Find Your Interests)
The ASVAB Career Exploration Program includes a validated
aptitude test and interest assessment. The results are used to guide
career exploration using our career planning tools. ASVAB CEP is
the only career planning resource that allows students to explore
multiple paths to success — college, work-based learning, the
Military, and the Federal Government — in one place.
i
,LET’S GET STARTED. The ASVAB CEP is designed to
help you:
Dear ASVAB CEP Participant, ACTION STEPS • Discover your strengths and interests
Maybe you already know exactly what you’d • Uncover different types of jobs,
like to do after high school or maybe you LEARN about yourself — your some you may have never heard of
have no idea. Either way, the ASVAB Career interests, skills, and values
Exploration Program (CEP) is here to help you • Pinpoint skills required for various jobs
navigate the career exploration process.
EXPLORE careers — find out • Find out about different education and
The ASVAB CEP helps you to discover career what it takes to get the types of training options
options you might like and all the different paths
jobs you like
you can take to get those jobs. • Map out how to get where you
want to go
Career planning is a lifelong process, and PLAN your future — outline
the good news is you’re at the best part, the steps toward getting the skills • Find your dream job
beginning. Even better news, you don’t have to
have every single step planned out right now, and qualifications you need
and the first step is simple — Start exploring!
And don’t worry, you are not alone. Your parents,
teachers, and mentors are available to guide
and support you.
WANT MORE? Everything in this guide, and so much more, is
asvabprogram.com available online. Things are organized so you
can easily find what’s most important to you.
Log in to explore careers that align with your
skills and interests, using the access code
provided on your ASVAB Summary Results
sheet. Find and compare the details about the
careers that interest you most so you can
decide what you’ll need to do to get the job
of your dreams.
You can find your access code on your
ASVAB Summary Results sheet.
1
, LEARN ABOUT YOURSELF
PART 1:
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
In addition to your interests, your skills and 2. ASVAB Tests
abilities influence your career choices. You can You receive a score for each of eight tests that
start identifying your skills and abilities now. Think make up the ASVAB. Descriptions of each
about what you do well. Are there school subjects specific ASVAB test are provided on the back
in which you get particularly good grades? How of the ASVAB Summary Results sheet.
advanced are your computer skills? Do you speak
Anna a foreign language? Identifying your skills and 3. Military Entrance Score/Armed
I decided to take the ASVAB test mainly abilities can help you find occupations in which Forces Qualification Test (AFQT)
because I am a very indecisive person. I you may be successful. Skills and abilities are not The AFQT score is derived from four
wanted to see what kind of options were fixed. Although you may not have the skills for a ASVAB subtests: Arithmetic Reasoning
still available to me. I still do feel like I am certain job now, you can work toward developing (AR), Mathematics Knowledge (MK),
still set on a path for more STEM-related them through education, training, and/or Paragraph Comprehension (PC), and Word
fields. experience. You can do many things to strengthen Knowledge (WK). An AFQT score is what
your skills and abilities or develop new ones. the Military will use to determine enlistment
eligibility. However, each Service, and each
military job, has different requirements, so
Your ASVAB Results
qualifying AFQT scores can fluctuate.
Your ASVAB scores provide one measure of
your skills and abilities. Your ASVAB scores, Each military Service calculates Service-
combined with information about your interests, specific composite scores to determine jobs
achievements, and other test results, may help for which you qualify.
you select appropriate occupations for career
exploration. As you explore careers, you can Test Scores
compare your skills with the skill requirements of
occupations you are interested in. The Career Exploration Scores and ASVAB Test
Scores are reported as percentile scores and
The ASVAB Summary Results standard scores.
This sheet reports many scores. (See example on
the following page.) On the left of the ASVAB Percentile Scores
Summary Results sheet, you will find different The percentile scores shown on your sheet
types of scores. indicate how well you did in relation to others in
your grade, but they are not the same as percent
1. Career Exploration Scores correct. For example, a percentile score of 65
You will receive three Career Exploration would mean that you scored the same as or
Scores. Each of these scores is made up of a better than 65 percent of students in your grade
combination of some of the individual ASVAB who took the test. These scores are the ones you
tests. The Verbal Skills score includes Word will use for career exploration.
Knowledge and Paragraph Comprehension.
The Math Skills score includes Arithmetic
Reasoning and Mathematics Knowledge. The
Science and Technical Skills score includes
General Science, Electronics Information, and
Mechanical Comprehension. These scores
You may not have the skills for show your current strengths and can help you
figure out how much you will need to do to
a certain job now, but you can get the training and skills you need for a job
often learn them. that interests you.
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The ASVAB Career Exploration Guide for Participants
, TABLE OF CONTENTS Ricky
I’m considering serving in the National
Guard or pursuing an ROTC scholarship
after high school. The ASVAB CEP helped
LET’S GET STARTED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 PART 2: me find out which military path I want to
EXPLORE CAREERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 go for and my job interests in the future.
PART 1: Instructions for Using the OCCU-Find . . . . . . . 11
LEARN ABOUT YOURSELF. . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Realistic Occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Skills and Abilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Investigative Occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Take the FYI (Find Your Interests). . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Artistic Occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Understanding Your FYI Scores . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Social Occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Interest Area - Realistic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Enterprising Occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Interest Area - Investigative . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Conventional Occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Interest Area - Artistic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Interest Area - Social . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Interest Area - Enterprising . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
PART 3:
Interest Area - Conventional . . . . . . . . . . 7
PLAN YOUR FUTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Work Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Make a Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Types of Employers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How to Get There . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
PULLOUT (Back of the Book)
FYI (Find Your Interests)
The ASVAB Career Exploration Program includes a validated
aptitude test and interest assessment. The results are used to guide
career exploration using our career planning tools. ASVAB CEP is
the only career planning resource that allows students to explore
multiple paths to success — college, work-based learning, the
Military, and the Federal Government — in one place.
i
,LET’S GET STARTED. The ASVAB CEP is designed to
help you:
Dear ASVAB CEP Participant, ACTION STEPS • Discover your strengths and interests
Maybe you already know exactly what you’d • Uncover different types of jobs,
like to do after high school or maybe you LEARN about yourself — your some you may have never heard of
have no idea. Either way, the ASVAB Career interests, skills, and values
Exploration Program (CEP) is here to help you • Pinpoint skills required for various jobs
navigate the career exploration process.
EXPLORE careers — find out • Find out about different education and
The ASVAB CEP helps you to discover career what it takes to get the types of training options
options you might like and all the different paths
jobs you like
you can take to get those jobs. • Map out how to get where you
want to go
Career planning is a lifelong process, and PLAN your future — outline
the good news is you’re at the best part, the steps toward getting the skills • Find your dream job
beginning. Even better news, you don’t have to
have every single step planned out right now, and qualifications you need
and the first step is simple — Start exploring!
And don’t worry, you are not alone. Your parents,
teachers, and mentors are available to guide
and support you.
WANT MORE? Everything in this guide, and so much more, is
asvabprogram.com available online. Things are organized so you
can easily find what’s most important to you.
Log in to explore careers that align with your
skills and interests, using the access code
provided on your ASVAB Summary Results
sheet. Find and compare the details about the
careers that interest you most so you can
decide what you’ll need to do to get the job
of your dreams.
You can find your access code on your
ASVAB Summary Results sheet.
1
, LEARN ABOUT YOURSELF
PART 1:
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
In addition to your interests, your skills and 2. ASVAB Tests
abilities influence your career choices. You can You receive a score for each of eight tests that
start identifying your skills and abilities now. Think make up the ASVAB. Descriptions of each
about what you do well. Are there school subjects specific ASVAB test are provided on the back
in which you get particularly good grades? How of the ASVAB Summary Results sheet.
advanced are your computer skills? Do you speak
Anna a foreign language? Identifying your skills and 3. Military Entrance Score/Armed
I decided to take the ASVAB test mainly abilities can help you find occupations in which Forces Qualification Test (AFQT)
because I am a very indecisive person. I you may be successful. Skills and abilities are not The AFQT score is derived from four
wanted to see what kind of options were fixed. Although you may not have the skills for a ASVAB subtests: Arithmetic Reasoning
still available to me. I still do feel like I am certain job now, you can work toward developing (AR), Mathematics Knowledge (MK),
still set on a path for more STEM-related them through education, training, and/or Paragraph Comprehension (PC), and Word
fields. experience. You can do many things to strengthen Knowledge (WK). An AFQT score is what
your skills and abilities or develop new ones. the Military will use to determine enlistment
eligibility. However, each Service, and each
military job, has different requirements, so
Your ASVAB Results
qualifying AFQT scores can fluctuate.
Your ASVAB scores provide one measure of
your skills and abilities. Your ASVAB scores, Each military Service calculates Service-
combined with information about your interests, specific composite scores to determine jobs
achievements, and other test results, may help for which you qualify.
you select appropriate occupations for career
exploration. As you explore careers, you can Test Scores
compare your skills with the skill requirements of
occupations you are interested in. The Career Exploration Scores and ASVAB Test
Scores are reported as percentile scores and
The ASVAB Summary Results standard scores.
This sheet reports many scores. (See example on
the following page.) On the left of the ASVAB Percentile Scores
Summary Results sheet, you will find different The percentile scores shown on your sheet
types of scores. indicate how well you did in relation to others in
your grade, but they are not the same as percent
1. Career Exploration Scores correct. For example, a percentile score of 65
You will receive three Career Exploration would mean that you scored the same as or
Scores. Each of these scores is made up of a better than 65 percent of students in your grade
combination of some of the individual ASVAB who took the test. These scores are the ones you
tests. The Verbal Skills score includes Word will use for career exploration.
Knowledge and Paragraph Comprehension.
The Math Skills score includes Arithmetic
Reasoning and Mathematics Knowledge. The
Science and Technical Skills score includes
General Science, Electronics Information, and
Mechanical Comprehension. These scores
You may not have the skills for show your current strengths and can help you
figure out how much you will need to do to
a certain job now, but you can get the training and skills you need for a job
often learn them. that interests you.
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