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THE HOLLAND CODE: A Tool for Career Planning

THE HOLLAND CODE: A Tool for Career Planning. Today’s Goals. Understand the Holland Code Take the Interest inventory on Naviance Determine how careers can be matched with interests and skills. Questions:. What interests and skills does a carpenter probably have?

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THE HOLLAND CODE: A Tool for Career Planning

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  1. THE HOLLAND CODE: A Tool for Career Planning

  2. Today’s Goals • Understand the Holland Code • Take the Interest inventory on Naviance • Determine how careers can be matched with interests and skills

  3. Questions: • What interests and skills does a carpenter probably have? • What career would be good for a person who likes to work with people and be in charge?

  4. What is the Holland Code? • Dr. John Holland developed a theory that people’s interests and work environments can be loosely classified into six broad areas. • They can be combined in many different ways. • You can use your unique combination of interests to find a career that matches.

  5. Realistic (the Do-ers) • Athletic or mechanical ability • Prefer to work with objects, machines, tools, plants or animals or to be outdoors • Good motor coordination • Career possibilities: • Mechanic • Carpenter • Chef • Bus driver • Electrical engineer • Optician • Welder

  6. Investigative (the Thinkers) • Like to observe, learn, investigate, analyze, evaluate or solve problems • Scientific orientation • Task oriented • Career possibilities: • Anthropologist • Biologist • Chemist • Computer Programmer • Dentist • Meteorologist • Psychologist

  7. Artistic (the Creators) • Artistic, innovating or intuitional abilities • Like to work in unstructured situations using imagination and creativity. • Career possibilities: • Actor/Actress • Architect • Dancer • Music Teacher • Graphic Designer • Photographer • Writer/Editor

  8. Social (the Helpers) • Like to work with people • Enjoy healing, developing, training, or enlightening others • Skilled with words • Career possibilities: • Athletic trainer • Chaplain • Dietician • Elementary School Teacher • Clergy • Registered Nurse • Business Teacher

  9. Enterprising (the Persuaders) • Work with people • Good verbal skills • Strong leaders • Persuasive • Concerned with power, status, leadership • Ambitious, confident • Career possibilities: • Advertising manager • Financial planner • Credit analyst • Office manager • Stock Broker • Journalist • Lawyer

  10. Conventional (the Organizers) • Like to work with data • Have clerical or numerical ability • Carry out tasks in detail • Follow through on instructions • Orderly, dependable • Career possibilities: • Accountant • Business teacher • Cashier • Financial Analyst • Clerk • Kindergarten teacher • Legal secretary • Telephone operator

  11. Summary The Holland Code is a method of classifying interests into six broad categories.

  12. Review 1. Which of the Holland codes would describe each of the following occupations? (Realistic, Enterprising, Artistic, Conventional, Investigative, or Social) • Secretary Dancer • Chemist Nurse • Carpenter Lawyer 2. Will people fit into only one category?

  13. Answers to Review Questions • 1.Which of the Holland codes (Realistic, Enterprising, Artistic, Conventional, Investigative, or Social) would describe each of the following occupations? • Secretary (Conventional) • Dancer (Artistic) • Chemist (Investigative) • Nurse (Social) • Carpenter (Realistic) • Lawyer (Enterprising) 2. Will people fit into only one category? NO

  14. Find Your Holland Code! Part I • Open Mozilla Firefox • Log on to Naviance • (WHS homepage  Counseling  Naviance) • Click on “Tasks Assigned to Me” • Click on “Career Interest Profiler” Part II • Complete the Career Worksheet with your results

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