Holland Personality TypesRIASEC: 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

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.

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