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Career Development Center KUC 328 | 898-2500 | mtsu.edu/career. Joe Tucibat Career Advisor. Interest Types & Career Clusters. Picking Majors, Choosing Careers. Holland Types. R ealistic I nvestigative A rtistic S ocial E nterprising C onventional. Realistic. Likes fixing things
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Career Development Center KUC 328 | 898-2500 | mtsu.edu/career Joe Tucibat Career Advisor
Interest Types &Career Clusters Picking Majors, Choosing Careers
Holland Types • Realistic • Investigative • Artistic • Social • Enterprising • Conventional
Realistic • Likes fixing things • Interested in using tools • Doesn’t like theories • Likes “hands-on” work
Investigative • Likes scientific theory • Might even like math! • Independent and intellectual
Artistic • Likes creativity (Music, Art, Writing, Speaking) • Deep thinker • Lots of imagination
Social • Really, really likes to be around people • Wants to help, heal or educate • Others might come to them for help with problems/situations
Enterprising • Likes to be leader • Good at persuasion • Ambitious
Conventional • Likes to stay organized, might keep records and inventories • Likes working with numbers, or might like spreadsheets • Prefers structure and structured tasks
Realistic Majors ~~At MTSU~~ Computer Information Systems Agriculture/Agribusiness/Pre-Forestry Animal Science ~~At Vocational/Tech Schools~~ Building Trades and Construction Transportation Operations Investigative Majors Anything in natural sciences Animal Science and Ag Aerospace-- Technology Pre-Med and Nursing Pre-Pharmacy and other pre-pro Medical Technology Computer Science Psychology & other social sciences
Artistic Majors Social Sciences (Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology) Journalism Recording Industry Philosophy Art English Speech/Theatre, ORCO Political Science Foreign Languages Public Relations Social Majors Social Work Education Psychology (Counseling) Education Nursing
Enterprising Majors Accounting Marketing Economics Finance Management Entrepreneurship Aerospace– Administration Industrial/Organizational Psychology ORCO Public Relations Recording Industry Conventional Majors Aerospace– Flight Dispatch Accounting (Not CPA) Business Admin
Which Career Clusters relate to your interest type? What majors relate to those Career Clusters? 1. Write down your two top interest types. 2. Under each of your top interest types, write one, two or three names of Career Clusters that relate to that type. 3. Write the names of two Career Clusters that are the most interesting to you. 4 and 5: Write down the names of majors that will help you learn skills you would use in each of those two clusters.
For more info and assistance KUC 328 | 898-2500 | mtsu.edu/career • Interest Inventories • Information about your “type” • Information about the careers related to your • “type” • Job Openings • Resumes and Interviewing Skills Interest Exploration: Joe Tucibat