Career path
Surveyors
Make exact measurements and determine property boundaries. Provide data relevant to the shape, contour, gravitation, location, elevation, or dimension of land or land features on or near the earth's surface for engineering, mapmaking, mining, land evaluation, construction, and other purposes.
What this work leans on
PRISM reads 29 signals about how a person thinks, decides and works. These are the ones this path draws on most.
- Attention & InhibitionCentral
Your ability to focus on the relevant signal and resist responding to distractions.
- Investigative InterestsImportant
Your interest in analyzing, researching, and understanding how things work.
- Numerical ReasoningImportant
How you handle quantitative information: ratios, percentages, simple inferences from data.
- Conventional InterestsModerate
Your interest in structured, detail-oriented work with clear procedures and data.
- RecognitionModerate
How much you value visible status, advancement, and being seen for your work.
- OpennessModerate
How drawn you are to new ideas, aesthetic experiences, and unconventional approaches.
All 6 signals above are measured directly in the assessment. See the full method
The basics
- Field
- Technology & engineering
- Job titles you'll see
- Surveyors
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