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Professional Advising

Specific interest area · O*NET

Professional Advising is a specific interest area in the O*NET database, part of the Social Holland family. O*NET describes it as: "Work involves providing expert advice, coaching, and counseling on topics such as careers, educational opportunities, and educational and professional development." It is scored for 891 occupations, which average 1.80 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 1.80 / 7 Mean across all 891 scored occupations
Range across occupations 1.00–7.00 Lowest to highest occupation score (spread 6.00)
Prevalence vs. other interests 61st 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
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 7.00
Rehabilitation Counselors 6.24
Training and Development Specialists 6.24
Mental Health Counselors 6.00
Credit Counselors 5.88
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists 5.83
Directors, Religious Activities and Education 5.83
School Psychologists 5.83
Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors 5.83
Healthcare Social Workers 5.77
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 5.77
Marriage and Family Therapists 5.72
Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes 5.71
Training and Development Managers 5.71
Genetic Counselors 5.66
Instructional Coordinators 5.66
Farm and Home Management Educators 5.55
Personal Financial Advisors 5.49
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists 5.44
Education Teachers, Postsecondary 5.38
Clergy 5.23
Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists 5.23
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 5.22
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary 5.22
Health Education Specialists 5.17

Occupations that fit this interest least

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

Occupation Score
Slaughterers and Meat Packers 1.00
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing 1.00
Stonemasons 1.00
Structural Iron and Steel Workers 1.00
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters 1.00
Surveying and Mapping Technicians 1.00
Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders 1.00
Tapers 1.00
Terrazzo Workers and Finishers 1.00
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders 1.00
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, 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
Tire Repairers and Changers 1.00
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners 1.00
Tool and Die Makers 1.00
Upholsterers 1.00
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 1.00
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 1.00
Wellhead Pumpers 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. "Professional Advising." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/interests/professional-advising

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Professional Advising. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/interests/professional-advising

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-professional-advising,
  title  = {Professional Advising},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/interests/professional-advising}
}

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