I’m getting a little burned out as an exhibit manager and I’m thinking about switching careers. But how do I find out which careers, if any, better suit my interests?

A good way to identify what careers are best suited to you is to take a survey known as the Strong Vocational Interest Inventory (SVII). Developed in 1927 by psychologist E. K. Strong, the SVII analyzes your interests and compares them with those from a baseline of more than 50,000 people in a wide variety of careers, all of whom report a high degree of job satisfaction.

The inventory, which will take you about 30 minutes to complete, is based on the idea that people’s skills, values, and interests put them in one or more of six categories: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional. Based on your responses, SVII uncovers which area(s) you fall into and what occupations related to that area you might be the happiest in. If you’re more the Social type, you’d lean toward a people-skill-related job, such as social worker, while Enterprising occupations would include human-resources director.

The SVII is available online — for a fee — on several Web sites. For more information, search online for “Strong Vocational Interest Inventory,” or look for a counselor in your area that can administer and interpret it for you. Once you take the SVII, you may start to find where, to paraphrase Emerson, you’ll love to put your labor.