Holland Code

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Holland Code

• Gary Brackett

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The Holland Code

• Let us assist you in matching your interests to
  jobs by
• Identifying abilities, interests, and personal
  qualities
• Students, rate your top three choices of the
  following category topics

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Six Distinct CategoriesDefinitions will follow
this slide
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Holland Code

• After viewing the definitions of the
  characteristics
• Write down the first letter of each of three
  categories (in order of preference)
• Ex. R for Realistic

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Realistic Characteristics

• Athletic or mechanical ability
• Likes to
• Work with machines, tools
• Work with plants or animals
• Work or be outside

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Investigative Characteristics

• Likes to
• Observe
• Learn
• Investigate
• Analyze
• Evaluate
• Solve problems

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Artistic Characteristics

• Artistic, innovative, or intuition abilities
• Likes to
• Work in unstructured situations
• Use imagination and creativity

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Social Characteristics

• Likes to
• Work with people
• Enlighten people
• Inform people
• Train people
• Cure people
• Skilled with words

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Enterprising Characteristics

• Managing and organizational abilities may focus
  on financial issues
• Likes to
• Work with people
• Influencing
• Persuading
• Performing
• Leading
• Managing

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Conventional Characteristics

• Clerical and Numerical abilities
• Likes to
• Work with data
• Follow instructions
• Carry out detailed tasks

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Holland Code

• What three letters define your Holland Code?
• Do you need to review these characteristics one
  more time to help decide?

• RIS, AEC, CSI, SAR, ICE, ESA, AIC, RAE, CIR,
  ERS.???

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Holland Code Resources

• This exercise can be performed online at
  www.careersmarts.com/holland.htm
• Or at www.nycareerzone.org/graphic/assessment/inde
  s.jsp
• These websites offer career suggestions based
  upon your code