Finding the right career assessment

Finding the right career assessment is a priority in looking for a career or college major. The right career assessment identifies your interests, abilities, and skills. Look for career assessments that are -

• Low to moderate cost
• Tested, proven, and dependable
• Excellent resources

Here are two examples of recommended career assessments.

The Self-Directed Search is -

• Easy to use - Complete the career assessment in 30 minutes
• Tested, proven, and dependable - Used by over 22 million people worldwide
• An excellent, introductory resource - Self-Directed Search gives you a two or three-letter RIASEC or Holland code that tells the relationship between job personalities, key characteristics, college majors, hobbies, abilities, and careers. The Self-Directed Search Form R Occupations Finder has a list of 1,309 occupations matched to Holland Codes.

The Career Explorers Guidance System is -

• Easy to use - on-line
• Comprehensive - Contains more than five assessments that allows you to match your personality, interests, values, leisure time activities, and skills to careers
• Tested, proven, and dependable - developed by a university
• An excellent, extensive resource - Build a career portifolio, access a database of career resources, explore careers, gather information, narrow your options, and create Personal Reports

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Holland Codes Reference Books

There are four Holland Codes Reference Books that provide in depth information on Holland Codes and occupations.

50 Best Jobs for Your Personality is useful for -

• Career Exploration
• College Major Exploration
• Career Planning
• Career Transition
• Occupational Information
• Career Counseling
• Career Assessment
• Career Decision-Making
• Holland Codes

50 Best Jobs for Your Personality is the following information -

• Holland Code Personality Assessment
• Holland Codes matched to Best Job Lists with Highest Pay, Fastest Growth, and Most Openings
• Holland Codes matched to Best Jobs sorted by Education, e.g. Associates' Degree, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctoral Degree, and Job Training
• Holland Codes matched to Best Jobs with a High Percentage of Women and Men
• Holland Codes matched to Best Jobs with a High Percentage of Workers Ages 16-24 or Ages 65 and Over
• Holland Codes matched to Best Jobs with a High Percentage of Part-Time or Self-Employed Workers

Dictionary of Holland Occupational Codes is the major reference book for Holland Codes and occupations. The Dictionary of Holland Occupational Codes lists Holland Codes for 12,860 Occupations.

Holland Career Materials: A Practitioner's Guide is a book that provides practical applications for the Holland Code Career Model. The Holland Career Materials: A Practitioner's Guide discusses -

• Introduction to Holland RIASEC Model
• Relationship to other career theories, e.g. Cognitive Information Processing (CIP)
• Detailed descriptions, comparisons, and uses of the four SDS forms (R,E, CP, and CE)
• Other Holland Code career guidance materials

Making Vocational Choices presents the fundamentals of the Holland Code Career Model. Making Vocational Choices has information on -

• Explanation of vocational behavior
• Practical ideas to help people select jobs, change jobs, and attain vocational satisifaction
• Explanation of six personality types: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social Enterprisiing, and Conventional
• Listing of personality type activities, skills, talents, model environments, and person-environment interactions

Holland Codes Assessments

Holland Code assessments use Holland personality styles to link vocational interests to job families. Assessments use a two or three-letter RIASEC or Holland code. Different Holland Code assessments provide information on the relationship between job personalities and key characteristics, college majors, hobbies, abilities, and related careers.

Holland Code assessments are -

• Self-Directed Search
• Career Explorers Guidance System
• Career Interest Inventory
• Career Planner

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Holland Codes CD-ROMS and Downloads

Holland Codes Activity PAKS

Holland Codes Reference Books

What are Holland Codes?

The Holland Code Career Model is a system that classifies jobs into job categories, interest clusters, or work personality environments. In the Holland Model, there are work categories or personalities. The work personalities were Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional.

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Holland Code Assessments

Steps to Explore Careers and College Majors

The Steps to Explore Careers and College Majors include -

• Assessing and identifying Holland vocational interests, abilities, skills, and values
• Exploring career options and
• Identifying college or other forms of post-secondary education (e.g. apprenticeships, colleges, trade schools, etc)

You need to know yourself. You need to discover your interests, abilities, and skills.
You need to have information about careers (working conditions, salaries, and training requirements).
You need to match your interests, abilities, and skills to the right set of occupations.

Finding a career assessment is the first step to understand your interests, abilities, and skills. Look for career assessments that are -

• Easy to use
• Tested, proven, and dependable
• Excellent resources

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What is a Holland Code?

Holland Code Assessments

What is a Blog?

What is a Blog?

A Blog is an on-line journal of comments, links, and postings. You view the listings in reverse chronological order.

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Holland Codes CD-ROMS or Downloads

The Holland Codes CD-ROMS & Downloads

• Are excellent tools for visual learners
• Supplement the Holland Code Assessments
• Introduce Holland Codes and occupations
• Show the relationship between Holland Codes and occupations

The Holland Codes Curriculum CD-ROMS & Downloads go with the Self-Directed Search and the Posters.

Holland Codes Posters CD-ROMS or Downloads are visuals that present Holland Codes and careers. The Posters are useful in sorting careers according to dislikes, likes, and Holland Codes.

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Holland Code Tool Kit

The Holland Codes Activity Packages (PAKS) -

• Are excellent tools for visual learners
• Are supplements to Holland Code Assessments
• Introduce Holland Codes and occupations
• Show the relationships between Holland Codes and occupations

The Holland Codes Activity Packages (PAKS) comes in three sizes - Basic Edition, Intermediate Edition, and Advanced Edition.

Activity PAKS have Holland Code Bingo Cards, Word Puzzles, Exploring Careers and College Majors Career Planning Curriculum, and a set of Self-Directed Search Form R Assessment and Occupational Finder.

Details about the Holland Code Activity PAK are at the Activity PAK web page.

Exploring Careers and College Majors Guidebook

The Exploring Careers and College Majors Guidebook has information about career exploration and planning -

• Holland Codes,
• Careers,
• Assessments,
• Books, and
• Internet resources

Here is the table of contents from the Exploring Careers and College Majors Guidebook -

Steps in Completing the Career Planning and Exploration Process

Step One: Preliminary Assessment

• Types of Career Planning Resources
• Assessments
• Books
• Web Sites
• Manuals
• Powerpoint Presentations
• Internet Career Exploration Resources

Step Two: Educational and Occupational Exploration

• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Career Development Manual
• Career Planning Process
• JobStar: California Job Search Guide
• O'Net - The Occupational Information Network

Step Three: Career Planning

• Resume Writing
• Resume Writing Web Sites
• Preparing for an Interview
• Interview Web Sites

This Guidebook reviews the Holland Code Career Model and other resources.

Career Interests Inventory

The Career Interests Inventory measures six Holland Code Personality Types -

• Realistic
• Investigative
• Artistic
• Social
• Enterprising and
• Conventional

O*NET Career Interests Inventory is a version of Dept. of Labor's O*NET Interest Profile. O*NET Career Interests Inventory is a 6-panel foldout inventory with 180 statements. The inventory takes about 30 minutes to complete. The responses are added; the results are matched to the Holland (RIASEC) Career Model and hundreds of related occupations. The occupations are divided into categories based upon education, preparation, or training requirements.

Have you taken the Career Interests Inventory?

Career Planner

The CareerPlanner test is featured in Richard Bolles's "What Color Is Your Parachute" 2002, 2003, and 2004 editions. The CareerPlanner.com Test is based on the RIASEC system developed by Dr. John Holland.

Unlike many career tests, the CareerPlanner test is frequently updated to show new careers that did not exist a few years ago, including:

• Java Programmer
• Web Master
• Marketing Communications Specialist
• Software Alliance Manager
• Network Specialist
• And more

What are your experiences with the CareerPlanner?

Career Explorers Guidance System

The Career Explorers Guidance System is one of the top three on-line career planning systems in the USA according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers. The system is one of the three most widely used career-planning systems in the USA. (NACE, Summer 2000 Journal of Career Planning & Employment, Page 46).

The Career Explorers Guidance System is

• Easy to use - on-line
• Comprehensive - contains more than five assessments that allows you to match your personality, interests, values, leisure time activities, and skills to careers
• Tested, proven, and dependable - developed by a university
• An excellent, extensive resource - builds a career portifolio, accesses a database of career resources, explores careers, gathers information, narrows your options, and creates personal reports

Self-Directed Search

The Self-Directed Search has been widely used by over 22 million people worldwide. The SDS has been translated into 25 different languages and has been supported by 500 research studies. There are three versions of the Self-Directed Search - Form R, Form E, and Career Explorer.

Get more information about Self-Directed Search.

Welcome to the Holland Codes Blog

This is the first edition of the Holland Codes Blog. This Blog is open to anyone who wants to share information about Holland Code resources.

The purpose of the Holland Codes Blog is to -

• Provide a forum for the discussion of Holland Code resources,
• Post questions concerning Holland Career Model and Holland Code resources,
• List some of the benefits of Holland Code resources, and
• Report information on newly published Holland Code resources.

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