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Advising Blackboard Career Services Computer Services Disability Services Educational Resources & Counseling Email Tools & Instructions Libraries Catalog Libraries Special Collections Phonebook Register/Look Up Grades (TOUR) Software Downloads Tulane Email Accounts Resources: The Holland Inventory Dr. John Holland created a system of placing people's interests into groups. He believed every person's interests fit into at least one group and most fit into two or three groups. Your personal combination of Holland groups is your Holland Code. To begin discovering careers that match your interests, find your Holland Code by completing the Career Interest Checklist below. CAREER INTEREST CHECKLIST* *Adapted from Knowing Your Holland Code, Utah State Occupational Information Coordinating Committee, Form #71994 and the Indiana Career and Postsecondary Advancement Center. Print this list out and check any of the activities that might be enjoyable or interesting to you. In general, marking more activities provides more useful results. 1. Typing reports or entering data 2. Leading group activities 3. Reading art and music magazines 4. Carpentry and other building projects 5. Using a chemistry set 6. Making new friends 1. Keeping detailed records 2. Working on a sales campaign 3. Designing clothes 4. Decorating rooms 5. Doing puzzles or playing word games 6. Going to church 1. Word processing 2. Talking to salespeople 3. Acting in or helping to put on a play 4. Working with animals 5. Advanced math 6. Helping the elderly 1. Working nine to five 2. Being elected class president 3. Learning foreign languages 4. Cooking 5. Physics 6. Attending sports events 1. Using a cash register 2. Talking to groups of people 3. Drawing or painting 4. Fixing cars 5. Astronomy 6. Belonging to a club 1. Using office equipment 2. Buying clothes for a store 3. Writing stories or poetry 4. Fixing electrical appliances or repairing household items 5. Flying airplanes or learning about aircraft 6. Teaching children 1. Filing letters and reports 2. Talking to people at a party 3. Going to concerts or listening to music 4. Wildlife biology 5. Creating a project for a science fair 6. Studying people in other lands 1. Working with a budget and preparing financial reports 2. Selling insurance 3. Playing music 4. Putting together model kits or craft projects 5. Working in a lab 6. Helping people solve personal problems Add up your interests to find your Holland Code Count all the number 1's you've checked; put that total on the line next to "1's= C". Repeat this for numbers 2 through 6. Notice, each number corresponds with a letter. Write the letters of your three highest numbers in the space provided below. 1's = C______________ 2's = E______________ 3's = A______________ 4's = R______________ 5's = I______________ 6's = S______________ THIS IS YOUR HOLLAND CODE: __________________ (The letters representing your three highest numbers) Learn about your Holland groups and careers that match Conventional • Investigative • Artistic • Social • Enterprising • Realistic Match the letters in your Holland Code to the first letters in the Holland groups listed above. For example, "S-A-R" matches the Social, Artistic and Realistic groups. Now, click the links above using your personalized code to find careers that match your interests. Conventional people like to work with data, have clerical or numerical ability and attend to detail. They usually enjoy following other people's instructions. Accountant/Auditor Bank Teller Bookkeeper Broadcast Tech. Computer Operator Court Reporter Credit/Loan Clerk Dispatcher Electronics Assembler Expeditor/Production Controller General Office Clerk Legal Assistant Library Assistant Medical Record Tech. Payroll Clerk Postal Clerk Proofreader Receptionist Secretary Tax Preparer Transcriptionist Underwriter Webmaster   Investigative people like to observe, investigate, learn, analyze, evaluate or solve problems. Actuary Agricultural Scientist Anthropologist Biological Scientist Chemist Chiropractor Computer Programmer Dentist Drafter Economist Engineer Geologist Hazardous Materials Technician Market Research Analyst Meteorologist Nurse Practitioner Optometrist Pharmacist Physician Psychologist Speech Pathologist Statistician Surgical Technician Systems Analyst Veterinarian   Artistic people have artistic, innovative or intuitive abilities. They usually like to work in an unstructured situation, using their imagination or creativity. Actor Advertising Agent Architect Archivist and Curator Artist Choreographer Commercial Artist Composer Director Fashion Designer Graphic Artist Industrial Designer Interior Designer Landscape Architect Musician Merchandise Displayer Photographer   Social people like to work with people. They like to inform, enlighten, help, train, develop or cure people. They may also be skilled with using language and words. Air Traffic Controller Athletic Trainer Clergy Cosmetologist Counselor Dental Hygienist Dietician Elementary/Middle/High School Teacher Health Administrator Historian Home Health Aide Law Enforcement Officer Librarian Loan Officer Mail Carrier Medical Assistant Nurse Personnel Manager Physical Therapist Podiatrist Radio/TV Broadcaster Radiologic Technician Recreation Guide Respiratory Therapist Social Worker   Enterprising people also like to work with people, but they like to influence, persuade or perform. They like to lead or manage for organizational goals or economic gain. Auto Salesperson Brokerage Clerk Business Executive/Manager Chef/Dinner Cook Compliance Officer Customer Service Rep. Database Administrator Detective/Investigator Emergency Medical. Tech. Financial Manager Flight Attendant Funeral Director Hotel/Motel Manager Insurance Agent Interpreter/Translator Lawyer Legislator Marketing/Public Relations Manager Occupational Therapist Park Ranger Real Estate Agent Reporter Restaurant Manager Security Guard Travel Agent Urban Planner Writer or Editor   Realistic people have athletic or mechanical ability. They prefer to work with objects, machines, tools, plants or animals. They usually like to work outdoors. Aircraft Mechanic Appraiser Auto Mechanic Bricklayer Building Maintenance Carpenter Computer Repairer Construction Manager/Laborer Dental Lab Technician Electrician Engineering Tech. Farmer or Rancher Firefighter Fish/Game Warden Floral Designer Groundskeeper Heating/Cooling Mechanic Jeweler Machinist Mechanical Engineer Office Machine Repairer Optician Pilot/Flight Engineer Plumber/Pipefitter Robotics Technician Sound Engineer Truck Driver Welder Zookeeper
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