Sneak Peek at RIASEC Inventory!

The RIASEC Inventory gives you a fast and informative way to explore occupations based on your interests. The inventory is a valid way to explore different career options.

Online RIASEC version –

• Takes only 10-15 minutes to complete
• Uses Holland’s RIASEC coding system and latest O*NET national occupational database job titles
• Scores into six interest areas: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional     

The Holland Code inventory, a quick and easy assessment, is perfect for job seekers who have little time to spend on testing and career exploration.

SNEAK PEEK GUIDES

Learn more about the RIASEC Inventory from the following guides –

• Discover Your Identity with RIASEC Inventory Powerpoint
• RIASEC Inventory Test Sample

BONUS ITEMS

With your purchase, you will receive an email giving access to additional videos that cover –

• Registering RIASEC Inventory
• Administering RIASEC Inventory
• Exploring careers
• Generating RIASEC Inventory Report
• RIASEC Administrative Guide
• RIASEC Occupations List

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Need help selecting a career test? Get answers!

                               

Here is a quick overview of our career test features.

	Explore Careers & College Major Syatem	iStart Strong's Interest Inventory	MBTI	Picture Interest Career Survey	My Rainbow Career Finder	Self Directed Search	Strong's Interest Inventory
Format	On-Line	On-Line	On-Line	On-Line	On-Line	On-Line	On-Line
Reading Level	Youth/ Adult	Youth/ Adult	Youth/ Adult	Children/ Reading impaired	Children/ Reading impaired	Youth/ Adult	Youth/ Adult
Holland Codes	X	X		X	X	X	X
Personality Styles	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Interests	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Abilities	X	X	X				X
Skills	X	X	X				X
Values	X	X	X				X
Occupations	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
College Majors	X						X
Search Database	X

Get additional facts!!!

10 Top Career Exploration Tips 2018

for Selecting the Right Career Assessment or Test

Tip 1:  Decide the type of career test that you are interested in!

Are you interested in just a printed or online career test?

and

After taking the career test will you be satisfied with just a career list, or are you looking for more?

Tip 2: Look at a Career Test Rating Chart!

The Test Rating System is -

UU= somewhat useful    UUU = very useful    UUUU = extremely useful

Tip 3: Complete Career Test Checklist.

Instructions: Use the Career Test Checklist to gather the information about career tests.

Format: (Place an "X" to the right of the format of the test.)
Format answers the question how do you take the career test?

•    Printed:       
•    On-line:     
•    Download, Other (Please specify:     )

Tip 4: Understand the three career planning steps.

•    Discover who you really are and understand your likes, dislikes, and interests.
•    Match your likes, interests, skills, and personality styles to careers.


Tip 5: Focus on identifying your strengths.

You become aware of, know, and identify your –

•    Holland Vocational interests
•    Abilities
•    Skills
•    Values
•    Occupations
•    College Majors

Tip 6: Build awareness of your Holland Personality Types/Codes.

The Holland Interest Areas or Codes are –

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

Tip 7: Research potential careers!

During Step 2 Educational and Occupational Exploration,

•    Perform career research.
•    Identify potential careers.
•    Begin narrowing career options.

Tip 8: Gather information about training programs and colleges!

In Step 3 College Major Exploration –

•    Discover possible college majors or training programs
•    Create strategies to put plans into action

Tip 9: Learn about our best, comprehensive, validated, reliable printed or online tests and tools!

The catalog has information about –

•    Printed career tests
•    Online career tests
•    Other career resources


Tip 10: We have a variety of networks to share career information!

Here are ways to connect and share ideas with us.

·       Blogger a

·       Facebook

·       Linkedin

·       Pinterest 

·       Twitter

·       Slideshare

·       Instagram

·       Tumblr

·       YouTube

·       Wordpress

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Are you having trouble setting career goals? In searching for the right career, there are so many options and decisions. Hollandcodes.com has the tools that will help you to make the right career decisions.

Overview

There are three steps in career planning cycle that will help you achieve your career goals and search for a career.

Step One: Get a Clear Career Goal

The first step in search for a job is setting a career goal.

In order to set a career goal, you have to take inventory of yourself to determine what you can offer an employer.

You need to –

• Build awareness, knowledge and understanding of our strengths, interests, abilities, and skills
• List your ambitions, values, education, and experiences
• Determine your job preferences –job duties, salary, geographic location, and work conditions

Step Two: Explore Career Options

In order to identify potential careers, you may use career exploration and social media resources to gather the following occupational information –

• Labor market
• Work industries
• Companies, organizations, or agencies
• Specific careers

Use online career exploration resources to identify potential careers.

Step Three: Overcome Career Roadblocks

When you are trying to reach a career goal, there will always be obstacles. You solve career problems by completing the following steps –

• Identify educational and career planning obstacles
• Create solutions or courses of action
• Set achievable goals
• Resolve conflicts
• Commit to reach our goals

Problem solving should take into consideration personal interests, skills, values, and financial resources. Big problems are broken down into smaller, more manageable steps. Achievable goals result in the production of new competencies, attitudes, and solutions.

As an individual, you:

• Set, formulate, prioritize, and rank goals
• Clearly state our vocational interests, abilities, and values
• Derive plans or strategies to implement the solutions
• Make a commitment to complete the plans
• Understand decision-making processes
• Evaluate the primary choice
• Consider a secondary occupational choice, if necessary

Decision-making processes include:

• Develop a career plan
• Identify potential occupations
• Select appropriate educational programs
• Figure the costs of educational training
• Consider the impact of career decisions

Step Four: Execution

You execute your career plans when you use different strategies –

• Reality testing
• Social Media
• Job Search Strategies – Resume Writing and Interview Preparation

Reality Testing

While implementing and, you translate vocational interests, abilities, and skills into job opportunities. You do reality testing by implementing the following strategies –

• Informational interviewing
• Networking
• Job shadowing
• Internships
• Part-time employment
• Full-time employment
• Volunteer work

We have a variety of different topics that we use different career/ academic advising sessions -

• Selecting Career test
• Different career tests
• Other career topics - social media, resume writing and interviewing

Different Career Tests

We offer assistance with interpreting the following tests -

• RIASEC Inventory
• Self Directed Search
• Strong Interest Inventory
• Online web-based tools

 Get more details about our career and academic coaching...

Make Different Career Choices in 2018

Are you looking for solutions to answer the question "How do I make different career choices"?

Use our three career discovery steps to make right career choices.

Step One: Get a Clear Career Goal

The first step in making career choices is setting a career goal.

In order to set a career goal, you have to take inventory of yourself to determine what you can offer an employer.

You need to –

• Build awareness, knowledge and understanding of our strengths, interests, abilities, and skills
• List your ambitions, values, education, and experiences
• Determine your job preferences –job duties, salary, geographic location, and work conditions

Step Two: Explore Career Options

 In order to make a career choice, you will need to career exploration resources to gather the following occupational information –

• Labor market
• Work industries
• Companies, organizations, or agencies
• Specific careers

Use online career exploration resources to identify potential careers.

 Step Three: Overcome Career Roadblocks

When you are trying to reach your goal, there may be obstacles.  You solve career problems by completing the following steps –

• Identify educational and career planning obstacles
• Create solutions or courses of action
• Set achievable goals
• Resolve conflicts
• Commit to reach our goals

Problem solving should take into consideration personal interests, skills, values, and financial resources. Big problems are broken down into smaller, more manageable steps. Achievable goals result in the production of new competencies, attitudes, and solutions.

As an individual, you:

• Set, formulate, prioritize, and rank goals
• Clearly state our vocational interests, abilities, and values
• Derive plans or strategies to implement the solutions
• Make a commitment to complete the plans
• Understand decision-making processes
• Evaluate the primary choice
• Consider a secondary occupational choice, if necessary

Decision-making processes include:

• Develop a career plan
• Identify potential occupations
• Selecting appropriate educational programs
• Figuring the costs of educational training
• Considering the impact of career decisions.

Step Four: Execution
You execute your career plans when you use different strategies –

• Reality testing
• Social Media
• Job Search Strategies – Resume Writing and Interview Preparation

Reality Testing
While implementing and, you translate vocational interests, abilities, and skills into job opportunities. You do reality testing by implementing the following strategies –

• Informational interviewing
• Networking
• Job shadowing
• Internships
• Part-time employment
• Full-time employment
• Volunteer work

Social Media and Networking Tools
 Networking can help you validate your career choices.  You can use a variety of social media tools to learn and connect with professional associations and potential employers. Major networking social media tools are –

• Instagram
• Twitter
• Linkedin
• Facebook

Ready to begin planning for the New Year...  Need help deciding?  Contact us at explorecareers@gmail.com

Effective Social Media Strategies

Engage, connect, and network with the social media networks or channels that fit your audience.

Social media channels are modes of communication that allow us to access information, to problem solve, and make decisions.  Student engagement with social media channels has evolved through three stages -

• Cross channel
• Multi-Channel
• Omni-Channel

Cross channel is foundational level for social media channels used for a variety of reasons –

• Go on the internet
• Research a topic
• Make a career decision

 We use Multi-Channel, next social media channel level to - 

• Find the optimal channel for each student
• Communicate with students in the best possible way
• Engage the students the way they like to communicate with us

With a Omni-Channel -

• You communicate on any channel that we want at any time  we want in the way we want. 
• The experience is consistent across the channels.

Omni-Channel, highest social media network that provide immediate access to information -

• Career Exploration
• Job Search
• Resume Writing
• Interviewing

Source:  Here are screenshots from the Implementing Effective Social Media Strategies Roundtable Workshop NCDA 2015 Conference.

To get more information about the Implementing Effective Social Media Strategies, send an email with the subject line "Career Social Media NCDA".

Network with Career Social Media Tools

Career Explorers Network –
Teachers, Counselors, Career Professionals, Parents, and Students Partnership

The Career Explorers Network is a meeting place for teachers, counselors, career professionals, parents, and students that use social media and MOOCs.  The network will create a collaborative environment to exchange educational and career development ideas and resources.

To connect and communicate with the Career Explorers Network, use your favorite social media tool. 

****Please use the hashtag #careerexplorer.  A hash tag is simply a way to help us view your messages.

• Email:  hollandcodes@gmail.com

• Blogs –

Blogger - http://hollandcodes.blogspot.com/2013/12/what-are-moocs.html

Igroops - http://bit.ly/1kXGBtX

Wordpress - http://hollandcodes.wordpress.com/2013/12/26/mooc/

• Delicious - https://delicious.com/hollandcodes

****Please use hashtag #careerexplorer.

• Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/careerexploration

****Please use hashtag #careerexplorer.

• Google 

           Web site - https://sites.google.com/site/careerexplorernetwork/home
           Group - https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/career-explorers-network

• Linkedin –

http://ww.linkedin.com/in/drmaryaskew/

Career Explorers Network - http://linkd.in/1dQCjPQ

• MOOC - https://canvas.instructure.com/enroll/BXW7TM - Free enrollment in career development course

• Twitter - https://twitter.com/Momentum4M

****Please use hashtag #careerexplorer.

• YouTube – Share your favorite career awareness, college major, or career planning video – http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsgvJY4-3Imt7pLG3DYFNKw

Using career awareness, digital learning, and social resources, students and adults will -

• Know and value self
• Build self-esteem and confidence
• Identify interests, abilities, and skills
• Build relationships between the school environment and the work force
• Build academic, communication, problem solving, and social skills
• Increase awareness of the need for future jobs skills
• See the connections between learning in school, academic skills, job related skills, and careers
• See career possibilities
• See themselves as a future contributor to the job force
• Build a connection between interests and potential careers

Teachers, counselors, career professionals, and parents -

• Share career awareness, career education, and career development resources
• Help prepare students to compete in global, knowledge based, innovation centered economy
• Get answers to career topics

Teachers, counselors, career professionals, and parents -

• Share career awareness, career education, and career development resources
• Help prepare students to compete in global, knowledge based, innovation centered economy
• Ask questions about career topics

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