Holland Codes
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Holland Codes are career types created by psychologist John L. Holland [link], [link], [link], [link].
Holland mapped these types into [a hexagon] which he then broke down into [the RIASEC job environments]:
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- Realistic - practical, physical, hands-on, tool-oriented
- Investigative - analytical, intellectual, scientific
- Artistic - creative, original, independent, chaotic
- Social - cooperative, supporting, helping, healing/nurturing
- Enterprising - competitive environments, leadership, persuading
- Conventional - detail-oriented, organizing, clerical
Contents
Realistic
Working with your hands and things, practical, mechanically inclined, physical, tool-oriented:- Agriculture
- Animation
- Archaeology
- Architect
- Art
- Astronaut
- Athlete
- Chef
- Dance
- Dentist
- Driver
- Engineer
- Film
- Firefighter
- Gardener
- Graphic design
- Martial arts
- Mechanic/Automobiles
- Mechanical engineering
- Musician
- Outdoor education/Summer camp counselor
- Paramedic
- Painter
- Performing arts
- Pharmacy
- Photography
- Physical therapy
- Pilot
- Sports medicine
- Surgeon
- Veterinarian
- Visual arts
- Visual effects
Investigative
Working with theory and information, analytical, intellectual, scientific:- Computer science
- Economist
- Engineer
- Mathematics
- Pharmacy
- Physician/Medical_school
- Professor (all fields)
- Psychologist
- Psychiatrist
- Science
Artistic
Non-conforming, original, independent, chaotic, creative: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)
Enterprising
Competitive environments, leading, persuading, selling, dominating, promoting, status:- Actor
- Administration
- Academic administration
- Business/MBA
- Communications
- Insurance
- Journalism
- Law / Politics
- Marketing / Advertising
- Management
- Management consulting
- Public Health
- Publishing
- Public relations
- Public policy
- Real Estate
- Retail
- Telemarketing
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
- Library and information science
- Payroll
- Proofreader
- Receptionist
- Retail
- Secretary
- Statistics
- Technical writer
See also
- Career
- Career development
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
- Occupation and employment's effect on identity
- Personality psychology
References
External links
General:- [Holland's Self Directed Search]
- [NC Careers]
- [Ohio Learning Network]
- [CareerZone]
- [Minnesota Careers]
- [North Carolina SOICC]
- [The Arbitrary Nature of Holland's RIASEC Types: A Concentric-Circles Structure]
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