The O*NET Interest Profiler (OIP), one of three career exploration tools developed by the US Department of Labor, is freely distributed from the O*NET site in paper-and-pencil and desktop-computer formats. Respondents are asked to indicate their liking for 180 job-related activities, and their answers are then organized into "Holland" scores reflecting differential preferences for careers described as Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional. John L. Holland's research showed that people and jobs can be described in the RIASEC framework; so the terms Holland scores and RIASEC scores are used interchangeably. Since occupations in the O*NET database are also organized into RIASEC categories, scores from the OIP can be easily matched to careers worthy of exploration.

The Department of Labor has declined to produce a web version of the OIP, so the two versions on the VCC were programmed in-house. The VCC "guest" edition permits automatic or hand scoring, but does not save this information and requires you to enter your scores manually in the Automated Advisor database to search for related occupations.

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