Introduction to OAESIS - Job Interest Inventory

OÆSIS^® Job Interest Inventory

by Dr. Othman Mohamed

OÆSIS^®  is a job interest inventory which is constructed based on the career development theory and principle that people are influenced about the choice of their job occupations within their comfort of being in an environment which they like.  Job occupations in the real world can occur in an outdoor or an indoor environment.  Also, the premise is that people would like to choose a job initially that can meet the homeostasis of an outdoor or an indoor environment.  Nevertheless, job occupations in these environments can also be categorize into specialization area orientations such as Artistic; Enterprising; Scientific; and Social.  In fact, the Outdoor and Indoor environment too can specify its own generic specialization area orientations. 

Also, there is a relationship between job occupational preferences with the personality of the individual.  It is normal for specific individuals to choose job occupations that are consistent with their personality portrait and environment.   Hence in OÆSIS, the description of an occupational environment may also provide indication of portrayal about the nature of personality depicting the individual.

The acronym OÆSIS^® conveys a meaningful opportunity, hoping toward an eventful job search and career destination:

O = Outdoor

A = Artistic

E = Enterprising

S = Scientific

 I = Indoor

S = Social

OCCUPATIONAL INTEREST ENVIRONMENT

It is envisage that given the nature of the variety of jobs in reference with their job descriptions in this post modern world with an ongoing advancement in information technology, many old jobs such as clerical positions, typist, typesetter are now probably non existence.  New job occupations such as incorporating nano technology, bio technological advancements, information technology will be a norm depicting the employment market in the coming generation.  OÆSIS^® posits that the categorization of the outdoor and indoor homeostasis conceptualization of occupational environment is the most appropriate descriptive boundaries that can assist potential job seekers in an effort toward realizing their job interests.  The occupational specialization area orientation describes the best possible portrait about the activities and the working environment related with the specific occupational category. 

PERSONALITY ENVIRONMENT

Individuals tend to choose job occupations that are consistent with their personality portrait and such characteristics often depict their liking for a specific environment.  Hence in such circumstances, there is a tendency that individuals with such like personality would also tend to congregate in similar environments.  The working environment thus is reflective about the likable activities that are usually associated with specific jobs setting in similar environment.  The attraction such job activity and setting has upon individuals permits them toward a comfort zone and may thus sustain further their possible satisfaction about the job occupation that they have chosen as a career.

It goes without saying that each individual may also have a dominant personality, depicting their prime interest and trait that influences their daily activities. In OÆSIS^®, the initial personality categorization may depict the individual as either an outdoor or an indoor type; and then followed by the next dominant personality types of either as Artistic, Enterprising, Scientific, or Social.

The OÆSIS^® Job Interest Environment provides the description of the various specific categorization such as Artistic, Enterprising, Scientific, Social, Outdoor, and Indoor occupational and personality environments possible in regard the principle that trigger on the construction about the inventory.

Readers and visitors to this BrainIQ generator web blog are encourage to self reflect about their job interest and probably consider the personality descriptions to ascertain about the likable similarities.