Explore Career Paths Using O’NET and RIASEC Tests

 

Step One: O’NET, The Occupational Information Network

After completing a Holland Codes or RIASEC career test, match your interests to potential careers using the ONET.

The O’NET web address is – http://online.onetcenter.org.  The Occupational Information Network provides the following information –

• Occupational profiles
• Labor market information
• Links to the dot classification systems
• Location of 1,100 occupations using skill requirements or key words
• Worker Characteristics and Requirements
• Experience Requirements
• Occupation Requirements, Specifics and Characteristics

 Use the Occupational Outlook Handbook and the O’NET, The Occupational Information Network to gather information about potential careers.

Here is a great ONet and Interests tool – http://www.onetonline.org/find/descriptor/browse/Interests/  Links to an external site.

Here are careers based upon RIASEC/ Holland Codes:

Realistic Careers. — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Investigative Careers. — Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

Artistic Careers. — Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

Social Careers. — Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

Enterprising Careers. — Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

Conventional Careers. — Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Download our Activity Sheet for Career Exploration!!!

Choosing the Best Career Test: A Complete Guide

 

Our Table Highlights the Key Features!

To review and get more information, here are links to our career test information pages:

• Personality career test for college students and adults: Myers Briggs Type Indicator career test (MBTI)
• Career test for Elementary students or Reading Impaired: Picture Interest Survey
• RIASEC career tests for high school students, college students and adults: RIASEC Inventory and Strong Interest Inventory
• Transferable skills career test for high school students, college students and adults: Transferable Skills Scale

If you need help choosing the right career test, the Explore Careers and College Majors is an excellent choice. It offers comprehensive guidance to help you make an informed decision! The Career Guidance System covers personality, interests, skills and values connecting the results to careers, college majors and training programs.

Mission Possible

Mission Possible!!! Build awareness of what matters to you the most.

There are two paths - your interests or your skills. Your interests are what you like doing. Your skills are what you are good at!

These are the two paths that you can take on the road to destiny your destiny.

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RIASEC and Transferable Skills Scale Overview 2025

Time to discover your strengths and interests. Match your talents to future careers and training programs. Careerplans4all.com has tests, videos, graphics, downloads and much, much, more! 

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Get strategies to help you make wise career decisions about careers, colleges/ universities, trades and apprenticeships.

 

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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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".

Pinterest uses graphics to optimize learning!

Pinterest uses graphics to present and display career and social media information. 

Pinterest allows users to visually share, and post images or videos.

Here are examples of infographics that are on the Hollandcodes.com Pinterest page.     

• The Career Awareness Infographic gives facts about careers and college majors.

 

• The Holland Codes Infographic displays information about Holland Codes.

 

• The Media Generation Infographic provides facts about the need for the convergence of media technology and career development.

Download the NACE Pinterest fact sheet.

How to Sign Up for Pinterest

To Sign-Up for Pinterest, use the Wikihow How to Sign Up for Pinterest article - http://www.wikihow.com/Sign-Up-for-Pinterest.

See a wide variety of career and social media graphics at the Hollandcodes.com Pinterest page.