The Career Decision Making Tools is a digital tutorial and step-by-step guide to explore careers and college majors.
Use the course to pinpoint -
Interests
Abilities
Skills
Talents
Values
Discover who you really are and understand your likes, dislikes, and interests.
Match your likes, interests, skills, and personality styles to careers.
Find training programs that are a match to the careers that they are interested.
Succeed in planning a career.
This course will motivate you as you explore careers and college majors.
The Career Decision Making Tools is used in conjunction with Holland Codes career tests -
Awareness, Assessment, and Knowledge Parent, Teacher, and Adult Guide outlines the process of selecting a career assessment. The selection process includes –
The Guide to Career Exploration and Planning is for teens or adults who need a manual that will guide them through the steps of career planning process.
The topics included in the Guide are -
The Self Directed Search is one of the most respected and widely used career planning instrument in the world.
The NEW fifth edition of the SDS is designed to help clients learn about themselves and their career options. Whether they are college students choosing a major, veterans entering the civilian job market, or adults pursuing a career change, clients can use the SDS to learn more about occupations that match their interests, abilities, and personalities.
Like its predecessors, the SDS 5th Edition is based on John Holland’s theory that both people and work environments can be classified according to six basic types: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional. These personality types are known collectively as the Holland RIASEC model.
The SDS asks questions about the individual’s aspirations, activities, competencies, and level of interest in different occupations. From the responses, the SDS generates a three-letter Summary Code, which can be used to help the individual find his or her educational and occupational matches.
This
easy-to-use, comprehensive career exploration tool asks questions about the individual’s aspirations, activities, competencies, occupations, and other self-estimates. The resulting three-letter Summary Code, which designates the three personality types an individual most closely resembles, can then be used to help the individual find his or her occupational match. Features and benefits
Applies to all stages of life. The components of the SDS 5th Edition can be used together for educational planning and career development, as well as leisure and retirement planning.
Includes brand-new normative data. Normative data were derived from a nationally representative sample of 1,739 students and adults.
Is well studied and psychometrically sound. The SDS is one of the most thoroughly studied career assessment tools: the SDS results has been used in more than 1,500 studies.
Sets the standard for career assessment. Used by more than 35 million people worldwide, the SDS was originally written by John Holland, the creator of the popular RIASEC theory of vocational personality.
Uses a continually updated occupations resource. SDS Summary Codes are linked to occupations found in the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) database, a major occupational site used by consumers and professionals.
The New! The Occupations Finder-Revised Edition has a list of 1,309 occupations matched to Holland Codes.
Self Directed Search has the following assessments and Finders -
There are two versions – the RIASEC Version and the Children’s Version.
The RIASEC Version is for Middle School students and uses the Self-Directed Search Career Explorer.
The Children’s Version is for elementary students and uses poster activity.
RIASEC MODEL
Children’s Model
·A = ARTISTIC
·A = ARTS
·E = ENTERPRISING
·B = BUSINESS
·C = CONVENTIONAL
·O = OFFICE
·S = SOCIAL
·P = PEOPLE
·I = INVESTIGATIVE
·S = SCIENCE
·R = REALISTIC
·T = TECHNICAL/ TOOLS
Holland Codes for Kids Career Posters
The Holland Codes for Kids Career Program uses self-by-step activities, career games for Kids, and kids activities for career choices to highlight Holland Codes or Colors to Careers Codes. On each web page, you choose the careers that you like or are interested in.
At the end of the career poster exercise, you summarize your results. The Summary Sheet identifies your Holland Codes.
The Holland Codes for Kids Career Program comes with a Career Model, Holland Code Descriptions, and Color Key. The Holland Codes for Kids Career Program is an excellent tool to introduce you to career exploration, Holland Codes, and Careers. The graphics hold your attention as you identify your career interests.
Over three hundred (300)Colors to Careers Posters feature graphics, Holland Codes, and Colors to Careers Codes. The Colors to Careers Posters are Easy Scoring. You sort the posters quickly according to likes and dislikes. At the end of the poster sorting exercise, you will have your Holland Code and Colors to Careers Code. The posters are an excellent way to explore careers. The poster shows you’re the relationship between Holland Codes, Color-to Careers Codes, and careers.
Career Posters comes with -
Children Version
Leaders Version
RIASEC Version
Photo Posters
Poster Card Instruction Sheet-2009 – Photo Version
Poster Card Instruction Sheet-2009 – RIASEC Version
Poster Card Instruction Sheet-2009 – Children Version
Promotional Starter Kit
Use the Starter Kit to promote the Holland Codes for Kids Program.
The Starter Kit helps teachers, counselors, and parents prepare for a Paint Careers With Colors System. The Starter Kit has the following items –
News Release
Flyers for children
Flyers for teachers, counselors, and parents
Tent Cards
Name Tags
Stickers for Tent Cards and Name Tags
The flyers and News Release help to advertise the Program.
The News Release advertises the beginning of the Holland Codes for Kids Program. Send out the News Release prior to starting the system.
The Children’s and Adult’s Flyers provide information about the Holland Codes for Kids Program.
Use Name Tags and Tent Cards to identify children, students, teachers, counselors, or parents.
Individuals place stickers on Name Tags and Tent Cards. The Stickers lists the 6 Holland Codes. When the children or students have completed the Career Poster Exercise, they will be instructed to place the correct labels on their Name Tags and Tent Cards. The Stickers identify each individual’s Holland Codes.
Career Resource Guide
The Career Resource Guide (Internet Resources for Teachers, Counselors, Parents, Adults, and Teens) includes additional information from the following areas –
Holland Code Career Assessment Activities
Awareness, Assessment, and Knowledge Resources
Career Exploration Sites
The Career Resource Guide (Internet Resources for Teachers, Counselors, Parents, Adults, and Teens) covers -
1. Look at Exploring Careers Web Sites
Curriculum
Career Information
Science Career Group
Specific Careers — Science
2. Look at Exploring Careers Books
Guide to Unlock Your Potential Curriculum
This Guide to Unlock Your Potential Curriculum provides strategies –
To motivate students to expand their knowledge of themselves and the world of work
To empower students with the skills, knowledge, and support they need to enhance their career and personal development
To encourage the discovery and refinement of students’ work values,
interests and skills, as well as their academic and career planning
The contents of the Guide to Unlock Your Potential Curriculum are -
1. Outline
2. Introduction
3. Career Exploration
Three Steps Within the Career Planning and Exploration Process
Step One: Awareness, Knowledge and Assessment
Step Two: Education and Occupational Exploration
Step Three: Career Planning
4. Bibliography
5. Appendix
Career Exploration and Planning
Areas Influencing Career Planning and Exploration
Expanded List of Areas Influencing Career Planning and Exploration
Career and Vocational Knowledge
Different Occupational Areas
Career Exploration Exercise Results
Additional Career Websites
Unlock Your Treasure – Children
The Children’s version of the Unlock Your Treasure Chest Guide to Career Exploration is used in conjunction with the Self Directed Search Career Explorer and the Holland Codes for Kids (Children's and RIASEC Version).
The Unlock Your Treasure Chest Guide to Career Exploration has 3 sections:
Guide to Exploring Careers
Internet Resources for Teachers, Counselors, Parents, Adults, Kids and Children
Visual Aids or Screenshots from the Unlock the Treasure Chest Guidebook
The Unlock Your Treasure Chest Guide to Career Exploration is for kids and children who need a manual that will guide them through the steps of exploring careers.
The topics included in the Unlock Your Treasure Chest Guide to Career Exploration are:
Learning about Yourself
Find the Secret Code
Understand the Secret Code – The Holland Code
Find Your Career Group
Identify Careers Using Paint Careers With Colors System
Identify Careers Using the Self Directed Search Career Explorer
Explore Careers Using Career Web Sites
Explore Career Using Career Books
Training Manual
The Training Manual provides detailed step-by-step
instructions to administer and implement the different aspects of the
Paint Careers With Colors System. The Training Manual covers the following areas –
1. Introduction (For Parents, Teachers, & Counselors)
2. Paint Careers With Colors System –
Self Directed Search Form R Assessment and Occupation Finder for Veterans and Military Personnel
Designed specifically to help veterans transition to civilian life, the Veterans and Military Occupations Finder
works in conjunction with the SDS Form R 5th Edition Assessment Booklet
to help match an individuals Summary Code to both military and civilian
positions.
Two indexes link military occupations to civilian occupations
The Military Occupations Index lists current Military Occupational Classifications (MOCs) from each of the five branches of military: Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marines, and Navy.
Each MOC includes a corresponding two-letter Holland Occupational Code (HOC).
The Military to Civilian Occupations Crosswalk Index lists MOCs from each of the five branches along with corresponding civilian occupations and two-letter HOCs.
Using these two indexes, users can locate HOCs for military occupations and their corresponding civilian occupations. This allows users to better understand how they might apply the skills and abilities that they developed in the military to civilian occupations with similar requirements.
All-in-One Career Guidance Package
Select an all-in-one package -
Assessments - Interests, personality, skills, and values
College bases based upon name of school, location of school, region
in the USA, type of school, size and cost, major areas of study
Career database - Career job finder, career job descriptions, career portfolio, and resume tutorial
Read about an all-in-one career exploration guidance programs for veterans: My Career Profile.
My Career Profile - A Holland Career Self Assessment Test
The My Career Profile Guidance System comes with the following career tests -
My Interests Inventory
My Values
Inventory
My Skills Inventory
My Personality Inventory
Self-Analysis System
1. My Interests Inventory
The My Interests Inventory generates a 3-letter Holland Codes and provides Interest Level Scores for the six (6) Holland Personality Types.
Research a Career Tool
Use the Research a Career database to find information on 1200+ occupations. Each Occupational List provides information on -
Overview
Job
duties
Skills
Values
Outlook
Earnings
Advancement
Working Conditions
Interest (Holland Codes) Scores
Areas of Study
Training or Educational Levels
School Search Tools
The Research a Career Tool allows you to research careers by name or Industry Group. The Industry Groups are -
Architecture &
Engineering
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media
Building and Ground Cleaning and Maintenance
Business and Financial Operations
Community and Social Services
Computer, Information Technology and Mathematics
Construction and Extraction
Education, Training and Library
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry
Food Preparation and Serving
Healthcare Practitioners and Technology
Healthcare Support
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair
Legal
Life, Physical, and Social Science
Management
Veterans/ Military
Office and Administrative Support
Personal Care and
Service
Production
Protective Service
Sales and Related
Transportation and Materials
Moving
School ToolThe Interests, Skills, Values, and Personality Inventories generate School Lists. The School Tool obtains school from a database of 6000+ post-secondary institutions. The School Tool searches for schools according to the following criteria -
Name of School
Location of School
Region in the USA
Type of School
Size and Cost
Major Areas of Study
All career and school lists can be printed and saved for future reference.
2. My Values Inventory
Find out the things that are important to you, for example -
Helping Society
Artistic Creativity
Helping Others
Independence
Prestige
Risk Taking
Stability
Working Outdoors
3. My Skills Inventory
Know the things that you are good at, for example -
Communication Skills
People Skills
Problem Solving Skills
Management Skills
Creative and Artistic Skills
Scientific Skills
4. My Personality Inventory
Discover your Personality. My Personality Inventory assesses your personality, matches occupations to your Personality, and generates Occupational Lists.
for Elementary/ Middle School Career Awareness and Career Exploration
The elementary career education printable worksheets are VISUAL learning techniques, and career test for kids that use colors to represent Holland Codes .
The career education printable worksheets clarify
thoughts, integrate new knowledge, and promote critical thinking. New
concepts are more thoroughly and easily understood.
The worksheets organize and analyze information. Children, youth, and adults -
See how Holland Codes are connected to careers
Realize how careers can be grouped and organized
The Holland Codes for Kids System also improves –
Attention Span and Concentration: holds audience's attention and helps people absorb information
Memory Skills and Understanding: improves ability to absorb information
Speed of Learning: reduces the time it takes to complete career tests.
Use the career education printable worksheets at -
Schools
Boys and Girls Clubs
YMCA/ YWCA Programs
Afterschool Programs
Kids Go To Work Days
Career Days
Summer School Programs
The Holland Codes for Kids System has an excellent printable worksheets and a career test for ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS and for other people -
Who are In ESL/GED programs
Who have limited reading ability
Who have limited knowledge of English
Who are developmentally delayed
Who are learning disabled
Who have special needs
Who have limited access to education
Who are chronically unemployed
In 2013, Hollandcodes.com will launch a NEW virtual Holland Codes for Kids career awareness center for elementary and middle school students.
The Holland Codes for Kids Program has the following items -
Careers Posters
Color Key
Printable worksheets
Poster Analyzer
Starter Kit
Career Resource Guide
Guide to Unlock Your Potential
Unlock Your Treasure Chest Guide to Career Exploration
Training Manual
Flash Cards and Bingo Cards
Additional Information Registration Form
Virtual Kid Career Test System videos
Holland Codes for Kids Model
There are two versions – the RIASEC Version and the Children’s Version.
The RIASEC Version is for Middle School students and uses the Self-Directed Search Career Explorer.
The Children’s Version is for elementary students and uses poster activity.
RIASEC MODEL
Children’s Model
·A = ARTISTIC
·A = ARTS
·E = ENTERPRISING
·B = BUSINESS
·C = CONVENTIONAL
·O = OFFICE
·S = SOCIAL
·P = PEOPLE
·I = INVESTIGATIVE
·S = SCIENCE
·R = REALISTIC
·T = TECHNICAL/ TOOLS
Holland Codes for Kids Career Posters
The Holland Codes for Kids Career Program uses self-by-step activities, printable worksheets, career games for Kids, and kids activities for career choices to highlight Holland Codes or Colors to Careers Codes. On each web page, you choose the careers that you like or are interested in.
At the end of the career poster printable worksheets, you summarize your results. The Summary Sheet printable worksheet identifies your Holland Codes.
The Holland Codes for Kids Career Program comes with a Career Model, Holland Code Descriptions, and Color Key. The Holland Codes for Kids Career Program is an excellent tool to introduce you to career exploration, Holland Codes, and Careers. The graphics hold your attention as you identify your career interests.
Over three hundred (300)Colors to Careers Posters feature graphics, Holland Codes, and Colors to Careers Codes. The Colors to Careers Posters are Easy Scoring. Using printable worksheets, you sort the posters quickly according to likes and dislikes. At the end of the poster sorting exercise, you will have your Holland Code and Colors to Careers Code. The posters are an excellent way to explore careers. The poster shows you’re the relationship between Holland Codes, Color-to Careers Codes, and careers. Career Posters comes with -
Children Version
Leaders Version
RIASEC Version
Photo Posters
Poster Card Instruction Sheet-2009 – Photo Version
Poster Card Instruction Sheet-2009 – RIASEC Version
Poster Card Instruction Sheet-2009 – Children Version
Printable worksheets
Promotional Starter Kit
Use the Starter Kit to promote the Holland Codes for Kids Program.
The Starter Kit helps teachers, counselors, and parents prepare for a Paint Careers With Colors System. The Starter Kit has the following items –
News Release
Flyers for children
Flyers for teachers, counselors, and parents
Tent Cards
Name Tags
Stickers for Tent Cards and Name Tags
The flyers and News Release help to advertise the Program.
The News Release advertises the beginning of the Holland Codes for Kids Program. Send out the News Release prior to starting the system.
The Children’s and Adult’s Flyers provide information about the Holland Codes for Kids Program.
Use Name Tags and Tent Cards to identify children, students, teachers, counselors, or parents.
Individuals place stickers on Name Tags and Tent Cards. The Stickers lists the 6 Holland Codes. When the children or students have completed the Career Poster Exercise, they will be instructed to place the correct labels on their Name Tags and Tent Cards. The Stickers identify each individual’s Holland Codes.
Career Resource Guide
The Career Resource Guide (Internet Resources for Teachers, Counselors, Parents, Adults, and Teens) includes additional information from the following areas –
Holland Code Career Assessment Activities
Awareness, Assessment, and Knowledge Resources
Career Exploration Sites
The Career Resource Guide (Internet Resources for Teachers, Counselors, Parents, Adults, and Teens) covers -
1. Look at Exploring Careers Web Sites
Curriculum
Career Information
Science Career Group
Specific Careers — Science
2. Look at Exploring Careers Books
Guide to Unlock Your Potential Curriculum
This Guide to Unlock Your Potential Curriculum provides strategies –
To motivate students to expand their knowledge of themselves and the world of work
To empower students with the skills, knowledge, and support they need to enhance their career and personal development
To encourage the discovery and refinement of students’ work values,
interests and skills, as well as their academic and career planning
The contents of the Guide to Unlock Your Potential Curriculum are -
1. Outline
2. Introduction
3. Career Exploration
Three Steps Within the Career Planning and Exploration Process
Step One: Awareness, Knowledge and Assessment
Step Two: Education and Occupational Exploration
Step Three: Career Planning
4. Bibliography
5. Appendix
Career Exploration and Planning
Areas Influencing Career Planning and Exploration
Expanded List of Areas Influencing Career Planning and Exploration
Career and Vocational Knowledge
Different Occupational Areas
Career Exploration Exercise Results
Additional Career Websites
Unlock Your Treasure – Children
The Children’s version of the Unlock Your Treasure Chest Guide to Career Exploration is used in conjunction with the Self Directed Search Career Explorer and the Holland Codes for Kids (Children's and RIASEC Version).
The Unlock Your Treasure Chest Guide to Career Exploration has 3 sections:
Guide to Exploring Careers
Internet Resources for Teachers, Counselors, Parents, Adults, Kids and Children
Visual Aids or Screenshots from the Unlock the Treasure Chest Guidebook
The Unlock Your Treasure Chest Guide to Career Exploration is for kids and children who need a manual that will guide them through the steps of exploring careers.
The topics included in the Unlock Your Treasure Chest Guide to Career Exploration are:
Learning about Yourself
Find the Secret Code
Understand the Secret Code – The Holland Code
Find Your Career Group
Identify Careers Using Paint Careers With Colors System
Identify Careers Using the Self Directed Search Career Explorer
Explore Careers Using Career Web Sites
Explore Career Using Career Books
Training Manual
The Training Manual provides detailed step-by-step
instructions and printable worksheets to administer and implement the different aspects of the
Paint Careers With Colors System. The Training Manual covers the following areas –
1. Introduction (For Parents, Teachers, & Counselors)
2. Paint Careers With Colors System –
3 Ways To Choose a Right Career Test For Your Child or Student
Holland Career Self Assessment Tests
Features Of Career Self Assessments Tests
Printable Worksheets
4. Guide To Exploring Careers – For Children
Learning About Yourself
Day One: Meet Your Guides and Get Your Map
Day Two: Meet John Holland, a Great Explorer
Day Three: Find The Secret Code
Day Four: Understand The Secret Code – The Paint Careers With Colors Code
Day Five: Find Your Career Group
Day Six: Get Your Holland Code.
Day Seven: Get Your Career List
Day Eight: Look at Exploring Careers Web Sites
Day Nine: Look at Exploring Careers Books
5. Career Posters – Keys To Explore Holland Codes, Paint Careers With Colors Codes, and Careers
6. Day Ten: Look at Career Posters
7. Paint Careers With Colors Career Posters
Preparation For Career Poster Printable Worksheets
Sorting By Likes And Dislikes
Summary Sheet
Final Review
Highest Code Letters
8. Starter Kit
9. Visual Aids Or Screenshots For Teachers, Counselors, Or Parents
10. Flash Cards
Flash Cards and Bingo Cards Sets
The purpose of the Flash Cards and Bingo Cards are to help the students:
Discover their interests, abilities, and skills.
Find out what makes their personality tick.
Explore careers with middle school students, children, and kids.
