Employment Information Worksheet/Activity
Activity: The Interests and Skills Checklist
Jobs can be divided into six groups, based on the kinds of tasks you perform each day.
The purpose of this inventory is to find out:
what you like to do related to each of these six groups, what you think you have skill to do, and
what kind of work experience you’ve had in or out of a correctional facility.
PART I
For the questions in each of the six groups, put a check mark in front of each activity that you think you would
like to do. Similarly, put a check mark in front of each skill that you think you have. Finally, in the Work
Experience section for each group, list any work experience you have ever had that relates to the kinds of
activities listed in that group.
GROUP 1
Typical Activities:
Repairing equipment, cars, or houses
Making things with your hands
Driving or operating a machine or vehicle
Doing painting or construction work
Working with plants, shrubs, or farm crops
Typical Skills (Check any that you think you have):
I am:
Able to figure out what’s wrong with a machine or equipment and fix it
Able to build beautiful structures or objects with your hands and tools
Able to drive a vehicle without accidents
Able to work with plants, shrubs, trees to get them started or maintain
them
Able to paint, wallpaper, or clean a building or house
Work Experience (List work experiences or kinds of training you have had either in or
outside of correctional facilities related to this group):
1.
2.
3.
(TOTAL SCORE FOR GROUP 1: )
GROUP 2
Typical Activities (Check any that you think you would like):
Able to paint, wallpaper, or clean a building or house
Solve math problems
Develop a plan or design for doing something
Read and study manuals and books
Study biology
Play chess
Typical Skills (Check any that you think you have):
I am:
Good at math
Good at science
Good at logical thinking
Good at solving technical problems
Good at reading
Work Experience (List work experiences or kinds of training you have had either in or outside of
correctional facilities related to this group)
(TOTAL SCORE FOR GROUP 2 : )
GROUP 3
Typical Activities (Check any that you think you would like):
Writing a short story or poem
Painting or sketching a picture
Taking beautiful photographs
Making beautiful things for a crafts show
Enjoying or participating in good music
Typical Skills (Check any that you think you have):
I am:
Good at creating artistic objects or presentations
Good at some form of music
Good at design of clothes, houses, or gardens
Good at doing computer graphics
Work Experience (List work experiences or kinds of training you have had either in or outside of
correctional facilities related to this group)
(TOTAL SCORE FOR GROUP 3: )
GROUP 4
Typical Activities (Check any that you think you would like):
Teaching children or adults how to do something
Caring for people who are sick
Taking care of children (as in a daycare center)
Assisting others by taking care of personal needs (cutting
hair, serving food, for example)
Assisting people in need due to hunger, fire, storm, or other
disasters
Typical Skills (Check any that you think you have):
I am:
Good at talking with people
Good at taking care of people
Good at knowing how to express yourself through
words or action
Good at helping others with their needs and problems
Good at teaching
Work Experience (List work experiences or kinds of training you have had either in or outside of
correctional facilities related to this group)
(TOTAL SCORE GROUP 4 : )
GROUP 5
Typical Activities (Check any that you think you would like):
Selling products or services to other people
Managing or leading people
Taking responsibility for a project or for other people
Starting a new idea, product, or service
Convincing others to do or buy something
Typical Skills (Check any that you think you have):
I am:
Talking to people with ease
Being able to make a product or service sound appealing
Managing or leading other people
Persuading other people to do things your way
Make a business or project grow and be successful
Work Experience (List work experiences or kinds of training you have had either in or outside of
correctional facilities related to this group)
(TOTAL SCORE FOR GROUP 5 :_____)
GROUP 6
Typical Activities (Check any that you think you would like):
Organize things in a logical way
Keep accurate records or files
Remember and handle detail
Do clerical work
Keep accurate track of money
Typical Skills (Check any that you think you have):
I am:
Use a computer
File accurately
Record facts and numbers accurately
Prepare good business letters
Work Experience (List work experiences or kinds of training you have had either in or outside of
correctional facilities related to this group)
(TOTAL SCORE FOR GROUP 6 : )
Part II
Instructions:
1. Go back to each of the six groups and count the number of check marks in that group, including
Activities, Skills, and Work Experience. Put that number in the space at the end of each group that says
“TOTAL SCORE FOR GROUP X.
2. Put those six totals in the spaces below:
Group 1:
Group 2:
Group 3:
Group 4:
Group 5
Group 6:
3. On the graph below, put a dot across from the total for each of the six clusters. Then connect the
dots with a line in order to see the profile of the scores:
Group 1(R) 2 (I) 3(A) 4(S) 5(E) 6(C)
*Turn page to reference results:
A low flat profile may indicate a lack of social environment, self-deception, defused
identity, immaturity, and inexperience