Holland Codes
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Holland Codes are personality types created by psychologist John L. Holland [1], [2], [3], [4]as part of his theory of career choice. Holland's (1985) Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) is the name of the test he created to measure an individual's type and match it with a list of career choices that would theoretically be good for that individual.
Holland mapped these types into a hexagon which he then broke down into the RIASEC job environments :
- Realistic - practical, physical, hands-on, tool-oriented
- Investigative - analytical, intellectual, scientific, explorative
- Artistic - creative, original, independent, chaotic
- Social - cooperative, supporting, helping, healing/nurturing
- Enterprising - competitive environments, leadership, persuading
- Conventional - detail-oriented, organizing, clerical
Holland argues that 2-3 types dominate in each person.
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[edit] Example Professions
The following lists contain examples of professions that typify persons dominant within a category.
[edit] Doer (Realistic)
Working with your hands, tools, machines, and things; practical, mechanically inclined, and physical:
driver
- Architect
- Astronaut
- Athlete
- Chef
- Computer science
- Driver
- Engineer
- Firefighter
- Gardener
- Information technology
- Instructional technology
- Martial arts
- Mechanic/Automobiles
- Mechanical engineering
- Musician
- Outdoor education/Summer camp counselor
- Paramedic
- Pharmacy
- Physical therapy
- Pilot
- Veterinarian
- Visual effects
- Police Officer
[edit] Thinker (Investigative)
Working with theory and information, analytical, intellectual, scientific:
- Computer science
- Economist
- Engineer
- Mathematics
- Pharmacy
- Physician/Medical school
- Professor (all fields)
- Psychologist
- Psychiatrist
- Science
- Surgeon
[edit] Creator (Artistic)
Non-conforming, original, independent, chaotic, creative:
- Actor/Performance
- Art therapy
- Artist
- Author/ Poet
- Dance therapy
- Expressive therapy
- Library and information science[1]
- Music therapy
- Musician
- Painter
- Lawyer
[edit] Helper (Social)
Cooperative environments, supporting, helping, healing/nurturing:
- Art therapy
- Counselor
- Dance therapy
- Education
- Instructional technology
- Martial arts
- Music therapy
- Nurse
- Physician
- Professor
- Psychologist
- Psychiatrist
- Social Work
- Teacher
- Theology
- Trainer (Industry)
- Speech-Language Therapist
- Audiologist
- Occupational Therapist
[edit] Persuader (Enterprising)
Competitive environments, leading, persuading, selling, dominating, promoting, status:
- Administration
- Academic administration
- Business/MBA
- Communications
- Insurance
- Investment Banker
- Journalism
- Law / Politics
- Marketing / Advertising
- Management
- Management Consultant
- Public Health
- Publishing
- Public relations
- Public policy
- Real Estate
- Retail
- Stockbroker
- Telemarketing
- Salesmen
[edit] Organizer (Conventional)
Precise, perfect attention to detail, orderly, organizing, status:
- Accountant
- Actuary
- Administration
- Academic administration
- Banking/ Investment bank
- Business/MBA
- Clerk
- Computer science
- Copy Editing
- Electrical engineering
- Engineer
- Finance
- Information technology
- Instructional technology
- Payroll
- Proofreader
- Receptionist
- Retail
- Secretary
- Statistics
- Technical writer
[edit] See also
- Career
- Career development
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- Personality psychology
[edit] Notes
- ^ Scherdin, M. J. : Discovering Librarians: Profiles of a Profession, p. 108. American Library Association, 1994.
[edit] References
- Holland, John. L. (1997). Making Vocational Choices: A Theory of Vocational Personalities and Work Environments. Psychological Assessment Resources Inc.
- Holland, John. L. (1996). Dictionary of Holland Occupational Codes. Psychological Assessment Resources Inc.
[edit] External links
General:
- The Career Key
- CareerPath.com
- Holland's Self Directed Search
- Holland Code Resources
- CareerZone
- North Carolina SOICC
College and university career centers:
