1. Holland Code ► Gary Brackett

2. The Holland Code ► Let us assist you in matching your interests to jobs by:  Identifying abilities, interests, and personal qualities ► Students, rate your top three choices of the following category topics

3. Six Distinct Categories Definitions will follow this slide Realistic Investigative Artistic Social Enterprising Conventional

4. Holland Code ► After viewing the definitions of the characteristics: ► Write down the first letter of each of three categories (in order of preference) ► Ex. R for Realistic

5. Realistic Characteristics ► Athletic or mechanical ability ► Likes to:  Work with machines, tools  Work with plants or animals  Work or be outside

6. Investigative Characteristics ► Likes to  Observe  Learn  Investigate  Analyze  Evaluate  Solve problems

7. Artistic Characteristics ► Artistic, innovative, or intuition abilities ► Likes to:  Work in unstructured situations  Use imagination and creativity

8. Social Characteristics ► Likes to:  Work with people  Enlighten people  Inform people  Train people  Cure people  Skilled with words

9. Enterprising Characteristics ► Managing and organizational abilities may focus on financial issues ► Likes to:  Work with people  Influencing  Persuading  Performing  Leading  Managing

10. Conventional Characteristics ► Clerical and Numerical abilities ► Likes to:  Work with data  Follow instructions  Carry out detailed tasks

11. Holland Code ► What three letters define your Holland Code? ► Do you need to review these characteristics one more time to help decide? ► RIS, AEC, CSI, SAR, ICE, ESA, AIC, RAE, CIR, ERS….???

12. Holland Code Resources ► This exercise can be performed online at www.careersmarts.co m/holland.htm www.careersmarts.co m/holland.htm www.careersmarts.co m/holland.htm ► Or at www.nycareerzone.org /graphic/assessment/in des.jsp www.nycareerzone.org /graphic/assessment/in des.jsp www.nycareerzone.org /graphic/assessment/in des.jsp ► These websites offer career suggestions based upon your code