10/28/13
Holland Code Paper
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science
The Holland Code Assessment helped me to find my key interests. My top interest was in the conventional area. Before I took the assessment, I had a strong desire to have all the areas of my life structured. I find myself to be “by the book” at times, but I do exercise flexibility when it counts. When it comes to my work as a waitress for BJ’s Restaurants, I have to multitask, which can often be challenging. What makes my job easier is when I have the tables in my station served with a game plan. Whenever I am organized at work, it really makes accomplishing tasks faster and enables me to carry out my restaurant’s reputation of great guest service. I also do bookkeeping part time for my restaurant. From a young age, I had always admired my Mom because she was a Los Angeles city employee for thirty-one years. I liked to hear about her experiences working within the different departments over the years. Even though she has passed on, I feel that she left me a part of her through my desire to work in the human resources and administrative fields. Bookkeeping makes me feel like I do office work for the corporation, and it gives me the feel that I am closer to my career field in the company. A close second interest is in the artistic field. I feel that being creative is a great skill to have because it helps to discover new ideas and new methods of problem solving. I feel that being artistic doesn’t mean you have to know how to draw or paint. In my opinion, I think that art can be expressed though your own personal gifts, such as being a creative writer or being a motivational speaker. I feel that the drawing aspect of life is very important to me because as a child, no matter where I was, I could always pick up a pencil and a piece of paper and visit a different