OCCUPATIONAL INTERESTS AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

An attempt was made in the present investigation Aim: Occupational Interests among high school students. Objective: To assess the future occupational interest levels among high school students with reference to occupations and the professions of the accountancy. Sample: The sample selected for the study is 120 high school students, those who are studying in the schools of Mahabubnagar town in Telangana State. Tool: Occupational interests scale developed by Achala Umapathy and Mary Paul (1972) was administered. Conclusion: High school students have preferences of their occupational interests' in the accountancy and administrative & managerial workers.

Why I became a respiratory physician with an occupational interest

In Why I became a respiratory physician with an occupational interest David Fishwick briefly explores the early influence of his lighthouse-keeper grandfather, work under Tony Pickering, and combined interest in respiratory and occupational medicine.

A preliminary examination of occupations and interests in Australia

This paper analyses the interest content of all 1016 Australian occupations. These were classified according to vocational interests (i.e. outdoor, practical, scientific, creative, business, office, people contact, health, community, and computing), educational qualifications, and skill level, as well as in terms of the six Holland (RIASEC) types. Just over half of all occupations in Australia involve a practical interest. Creative interest was the least common occupational interest (9.2% of occupations). Some 80% of occupations covered more than one interest content, and in four instances, as many as six interests. Practical and people contact interests were negatively correlated (r = −.50). Occupational interest categories were consistent with the Holland types except that outdoor and practical interests in Australia did not correlate meaningfully with realistic. Occupational interests were related to educational requirements and skill levels. Outdoor and practical occupations were focused at the lower skill levels. Scientific and computing included the highest skill levels.