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Know Your Personality
Dr. John Holland created a theory and inventory to help describe personality types that can be used to identify occupations that are best suited for a particular personality type, or “Holland Code.”
It is important to remember that, as with any personality inventory, this is only an approximation, and the information that is gathered from this exercise should be used in conjunction with the additional information that is covered in this course. Your Holland Code is only one piece of the puzzle.
Holland created six different personality groups: realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional. Most people and occupations are a combination three of the Holland Codes. The code is determined by the first letter of each group. For example, if you score highest in investigative, followed by social, and then conventional, your Holland Code would be ISC.
(Student Services, 2012)
Holland Codes for occupations can be found on the O*NET site onetonline.org. You can search occupations based on your top three Holland Codes.
Check the items in each column that best describe you, things you can do, and things you would like doing (Student Services, 2012).
1. Farming
2. Advanced math
3. Use your imagination to do something original
4. Work as a volunteer for a charity
5. Convince others to do things your way
6. Work with numbers
7. Be physically active
8. Think abstractly
9. Read fiction, plays, or poetry
10. Teach or train others
11. Initiate projects
12. Set up a system for doing something, and stick with it
13. Work in a lab
14. Analyze data
15. Help people solve personal problems
16. Work with elderly people
17. Promote or spread an idea
18. Write a business letter
19. Plant a garden
20. Read art and music magazines
21. Work on crafts
22. Serve others
23. Lead a group
24. Use word processing software
25. Use your hands
26. Buy clothes for a store
27. Take photographs
Dr. John Holland created a theory and inventory to help describe personality types that can be used to identify occupations that are best suited for a particular personality type, or “Holland Code.”
It is important to remember that, as with any personality inventory, this is only an approximation, and the information that is gathered from this exercise should be used in conjunction with the additional information that is covered in this course. Your Holland Code is only one piece of the puzzle.
Holland created six different personality groups: realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional. Most people and occupations are a combination three of the Holland Codes. The code is determined by the first letter of each group. For example, if you score highest in investigative, followed by social, and then conventional, your Holland Code would be ISC.
(Student Services, 2012)
Holland Codes for occupations can be found on the O*NET site onetonline.org. You can search occupations based on your top three Holland Codes.
Check the items in each column that best describe you, things you can do, and things you would like doing (Student Services, 2012).
1. Farming
2. Advanced math
3. Use your imagination to do something original
4. Work as a volunteer for a charity
5. Convince others to do things your way
6. Work with numbers
7. Be physically active
8. Think abstractly
9. Read fiction, plays, or poetry
10. Teach or train others
11. Initiate projects
12. Set up a system for doing something, and stick with it
13. Work in a lab
14. Analyze data
15. Help people solve personal problems
16. Work with elderly people
17. Promote or spread an idea
18. Write a business letter
19. Plant a garden
20. Read art and music magazines
21. Work on crafts
22. Serve others
23. Lead a group
24. Use word processing software
25. Use your hands
26. Buy clothes for a store
27. Take photographs