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Business Initiatives

Specific interest area · O*NET

Business Initiatives is a specific interest area in the O*NET database, part of the Enterprising Holland family. O*NET describes it as: "Work involves creating strategic plans or taking actions to expand an organization's business or market share." It is scored for 891 occupations, which average 1.55 out of 7 on the Occupational Interest scale.

How it's measured

O*NET scores each occupation on this interest on a 0–7 Occupational Interest (OI) scale, where higher means the work more strongly rewards this interest. The figures here are those occupation-level scores — a description of what kind of work each job involves, not a ranking of which job is better, harder, or higher-paid.

Economy-wide average 1.55 / 7 Mean across all 891 scored occupations
Range across occupations 1.00–6.82 Lowest to highest occupation score (spread 5.82)
Prevalence vs. other interests 44th pct Where this interest's average ranks among all O*NET interest dimensions

Occupations that fit this interest best

The occupations that score this interest strongest on the 0–7 scale.

Occupation Score
Chief Executives 6.82
Marketing Managers 6.42
Sales Managers 6.25
Search Marketing Strategists 6.25
General and Operations Managers 6.03
Investment Fund Managers 6.03
Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products 6.03
Advertising and Promotions Managers 5.97
Financial Managers 5.97
Fundraising Managers 5.71
Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes 5.51
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 5.51
Sales Engineers 5.36
Real Estate Brokers 5.31
Architectural and Engineering Managers 5.26
Public Relations Managers 5.16
Advertising Sales Agents 5.11
Financial and Investment Analysts 5.11
Online Merchants 5.11
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 5.06
Supply Chain Managers 5.06
Medical and Health Services Managers 4.96
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 4.92
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 4.87
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 4.78

Occupations that fit this interest least

The occupations that score this interest weakest — where the work rarely rewards it.

Occupation Score
Signal and Track Switch Repairers 1.00
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing 1.00
Stonemasons 1.00
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters 1.00
Surgical Assistants 1.00
Surgical Technologists 1.00
Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders 1.00
Tapers 1.00
Teaching Assistants, Special Education 1.00
Terrazzo Workers and Finishers 1.00
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders 1.00
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1.00
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1.00
Tile and Stone Setters 1.00
Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters 1.00
Tire Builders 1.00
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners 1.00
Tool and Die Makers 1.00
Tree Trimmers and Pruners 1.00
Upholsterers 1.00
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 1.00
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 1.00
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 1.00
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing 1.00
Word Processors and Typists 1.00

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

  • O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Business Initiatives." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/interests/business-initiatives

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Business Initiatives. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/interests/business-initiatives

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-business-initiatives,
  title  = {Business Initiatives},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/interests/business-initiatives}
}

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