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Holland Personality Types. RIASEC: Helping You Solve The Puzzle. Personality Type vs Holland Code. Personality Type One of six different choices Realistic Investigative Artistic Social Enterprising Conventional Holland Code
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Holland Personality Types RIASEC: Helping You Solve The Puzzle
Personality Type vs Holland Code • Personality Type • One of six different choices • Realistic • Investigative • Artistic • Social • Enterprising • Conventional • Holland Code • A combination of two or three of these personality types to specify job choices
Realistic Personality Type • Described as: • Masculine • Unsociable • Emotionally stable • Avoid artistic and social tasks in addition to those that require intellectual expression
Realistic Personality Careers • People with this personality type prefer jobs in the following fields: • Agriculture • Technical • Skilled-trades • Engineering
Investigative Personality Type • Described as: • Masculine • Unsociable • Scholarly • Introverted • Avoid social situations, but do very well academically and in scientific areas. • Poor leaders
Investigative Personality Careers • People with this personality type prefer jobs in the following fields: • Science and theory • Mathematics • Art • Music
Artistic Personality Type • Described as: • Unsociable • Feminine • Introspective • Impulsive • Typically seek subjective impressions when solving problems • Dislike masculine activities
Artistic Personality Careers • People with this personality type prefer jobs in the following fields: • Music • Art • Theater • Any task that allows for creativity
Social Personality Type • Described as: • Sociable • Cheerful • Responsible • Achieving • Have extremely positive social skills and thrive on social interaction • Do well in relating to those around them
Social Personality Careers • People with this personality type prefer jobs in the following fields: • Education • Psychology • Government • Religion • Community Service
Enterprising Personality Type • Described as: • Persuasive • Extroverted • Aggressive • Self-confident • Are typically described as enthusiastic and impulsive, but also dominant • Have a need for recognition and power
Enterprising Personality Careers • People with this personality type prefer jobs that involve: • Sales • Leadership • Entrepreneurship • Supervising others effectively
Conventional Personality Type • Described as: • Neat • Sociable • Stable • Rigid • Typically place a high value on tasks involving economics and money • Are sociable people, but very conservative
Conventional Personality Careers • People with this personality type prefer jobs in the following fields: • Accounting • Clerical • Computational • Business
So which are you? • Holland Self-Directed Search • Identifies personality type and Holland code • Daydreams • Activity Likes/Dislikes • Occupational Likes/Dislikes • Self-Estimates
Reference Research and analysis of Holland personality types from: Brown, D. (2007) Career information, career counseling, and career development (9th ed.) New York, NY: Pearson Education, Inc.