Connecting Personality

to Career PathwaysEssential Questions

• What is your personality type?

• How do you think that your personality relates to career?

• Can your career complement your personality and interests?

Personality & Interests

1. Brainstorm 4-5 adjectives that describe your personality

2. List 4-5 of your interests

(hobbies, extra-curricular activities, etc.)

As you watch the short video clip, listen for

how each of the individuals were led to

their particular jobs.

How does your personality & interests connect

with career paths?

• There are many theories about how people choose their careers.

• John Holland believed that your personality is the primary influence on

career choice (Brown, 2012, p. 30).

Daydreaming?

• Holland believed that these daydreams can help predict which kinds of

careers people will choose in the future (Brown, 2012, p. 30).

What do you d a yd r e a m about?

R I A S E C

• According to Holland, there are 6 different personality types:

The Re a l i s t i c Personality Type

• Likes to work with animals, tools, or machines; generally avoids social activities like

teaching, counseling, nursing, and informing others;

• Has good skills in working with tools, mechanical drawings, machines or animals,

• Values practical things you can see and touch -- like plants and animals you can

grow, or things you can build or make better; and

• Sees self as practical, mechanical, and realistic.

(Jones, n.d.)

The I nve s t i g a t i ve Personality Type

• Likes to study and solve math or science problems; generally avoids leading,

selling, or persuading people;

• Is good at understanding and solving science and math problems;

• Values science; and

• Sees self as precise, scientific, and intellectual.

(Jones, n.d.)

The A r t i s t i c Personality Type

• Likes to do creative activities like art, drama, crafts, dance, music, or creative

writing; generally avoids highly ordered or repetitive activities;

• Has good artistic abilities -- in creative writing, drama, crafts, music, or art;

• Values the creative arts -- like drama, music, art, or the works of creative

writers; and

• Sees self as expressive, original, and independent.

(Jones, n.d.)

The S o c i a l Personality Type

• Likes to do things to help people -- like, teaching, nursing, or giving first aid, providing information; generally avoids using machines, tools, or animals to achieve a goal;

• Is good at teaching, counseling, nursing, or giving information;

• Values helping people and solving social problems; and

• Sees self as helpful, friendly, and trustworthy.

(Jones, n.d.)

The E n t e r p r i s i n g Personality Type

• Likes to lead and persuade people, and to sell things and ideas; generally avoids activities that require careful observation and scientific, analytical thinking;

• Is good at leading people and selling things or ideas;

• Values success in politics, leadership, or business; and

• Sees self as energetic, ambitious, and sociable.

(Jones, n.d.)

The C o nve n t i o n a l Personality Type

• Likes to work with numbers, records, or machines in a set, orderly way;

generally avoids ambiguous, unstructured activities

• Is good at working with written records and numbers in a systematic, orderly

way;

• Values success in business; and

• Sees self as orderly, and good at following a set plan.

(Jones, n.d.)

The Holland CodeWhat if I have characteristics of few different personality types?

• It is likely that you have characteristics in each of these personality types.

• However, it’s likely that you identify more closely with a few of them than

all of the others.

• According to Holland, results of interest and personality tests can tell us

which personality types most closely describes us (Brown, 2012).

• The top 3 personality types, in order from most descriptive to least

descriptive, is your Holland code.

Now What?

• Holland’s personality types match up with all of the different job choices available to you

(O*NET, n.d.)

Example: Holland code for a high school teacher

Your Task…

1. Go back to our class’ wiki page

2. Go to the “SDS & Career Info Research Module”

3. Complete the webquest with the directions provided in order to find your

Holland code and to explore careers that match your personality.

References

Brown, D. (2012). Career information, career counseling, and career development (10th ed.). New York: Pearson Education, Inc.

Jones, L. (n.d.). Holland's Six Personality Types. The Career Key. Retrieved November 20, 2014, from http://www.careerkey.org/choose-a-career/holland-personality-types.html#.VG5xeVstBjp

National Center for O*NET Development. 25-2054.00. (n.d.). O*NET OnLine. Retrieved November 20, 2014, from http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/25-2054.00