Holland Occupational Codes Career Assessment Tools
Career assessment tools include career exploration classroom activities, visual aids, internet resources, resource books and manuals, CD-ROMS, and databases.
Teachers, counselors, parents, adults, teens, youth, middle school students, children, and kids use career assessment tools to match Holland Occupational Codes, interests, abilities, and skills to careers or college majors. Find resources sorted by Grade Levels.
Extra benefits: The Toolkits are reproducible. You can make as many copies as you need.
According to the Instructional Resource Center (IRC), the Impact of Visual Media on Learning: What the Research Says Report –
We better remember information when it's represented and learned both visually and verbally. Linked verbal and visual information helps us make connections, understand relationships and recall related details.
“We learn more, faster and retain it longer if we use image-rich curriculum.”
“As human beings our brains are wired for images. 1
We process pictures and images 60,000 times faster than text.” 1
Students recalled information better when it was presented in a visual form (Cowen, 1984; Baggett, 1979)
“Visual Learning is about absorbing information from illustrations, photos, diagrams, graphs, symbols, icons and other visual models. It is about making sense of complex information quickly—literally able to comprehend ideas at a glance.” 3
“People generally remember about twice as much when they see and hear something, than when they only see or hear it.” 2
“Long before children can read—or even speak many words—they are able to assimilate visual information with ease.” 3
“Visual Learning is a powerful teaching tool, both for kids who are natural visual/spatial learners, and for children with limited language proficiency. In fact, by using Visual Learning strategies, we can increase the learning potential of all children.” 3
“Educators agree that visual learning is an essential part of teaching comprehension, thinking, and writing. Visual texts engage both hemispheres of the brain and translate easily across cultures, education levels and age groups.”4
1 Effective Teaching with Classroom Video. DVD. School Media Inc., 2004.
2 Education Department of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. TELEVISION goes to SCHOOL: The Impact of Video on Student Learning in Formal Education. New York: EDC/Center for Children and Technology, January 2004.
3 Murphy, Stuart J. Stuart J. Murphy MathStart®. 07 Oct. 2004. Stuart. 03 Feb. 2005 < http://www.stuartjmurphy.com/visual.html
4 Cornish, Jim. "Visual Literacy: Making sense of complex information"Connected Newsletter February 2005: 18-19.
5 Nilakanta, Rema and Clifford J. Ehlinger. A Report on the Impact of Motion Media on Adult and K-12 Learning. Cedar Rapids, Iowa: National Film Market, September 2003.
Instructional Resource Center (IRC) 5120 Cleveland Street, Suite 100) Virginia Beach, VA 23462) Office:(757) 473-5124) Fax: (757)473-5143) http://www.ms.vbschools.com/
Types of Holland Code Toolkits
Holland Occupational Code career tools -
Are for kids,children,middle school students, and adults who learn best using visual resources
Are excellent tools for visual learners.
Introduce career planning models.
Are supplements to career self assessment tests.
Show the relationships between interests, abilities, skills, and occupations.
Provide the following career information - overview, education requirements and licensing info, college search, skills, duties, outlook, advancement opportunities, earnings, working conditions, and information on professional organizations.
Outline the following college information – location, degree of urbanization, enrollment, costs, type of school (certificate, community college, or four year), public or private, and major areas of study.
The Unlock the Treasure Chest - Do You Have the Keys? Guide to Career Planning is a step-by-step guide to explore careers and college majors. Use the guidebook to pinpoint your interests, abilities, skills, talents, and values.
Discover who you really are and KNOW 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.
Endorsement for Unlock the Treasure Chest - Do You Have the Keys? Guide to Career Planning
Dr. Frank J. Minor of Career Dimensions wishes to acknowledge and congratulate Dr. Mary E. Askew for her contributions to the profession of career and education planning and counseling.
Dr. Mary E. Askew has developed a career development planning process as outlined in her eBook Unlock the Treasure Chest - Do You Have the Keys? Guide to Career Planning that addresses the needs of students and adults in career transition…My way of summing up Dr. Askew’s approach to career development planning as shown in her eBook is as follows:
Career Planning is an on going, continuous process throughout your life span. If you are taught the steps needed for career planning and if you are equipped with the appropriate tools and information, you will discover that you are a multi-potential person with many career options and are able to self-manage your career and education exploration, planning and goal setting....
As time goes by and your life roles and responsibilities change, reassess and take stock of your life situation and be willing to adapt your career to these changes.
Frank J. Minor, Ph.D. CEO, Career Dimensions Inc. Associate Professor, Emeritus, Saint Anselm College, New Hampshire Associate Adjunct Professor, Retired, Columbia University, Teachers College, Graduate School for Counseling Psychology, NYC
Read the complete endorsement from Dr. Frank Minor, CEO of Career Dimensions, Inc.
Holland Codes Reference Books are career tools that provide in-depth information on Holland Career Planning Model and Holland Occupational Codes resources.
Dictionary of Holland Occupational Codes is the major reference book for Holland Codes and occupations. The Dictionary of Holland Occupational Codeslists Holland Codes for 12,860 Occupations.
Holland Career Materials: A Practitioner's Guide is a book that provides proactical applications for the Holland Code Career Model. The Holland Career Materials: A Practitioner's Guide discusses -
Introduction to Holland RIASEC Model
Relationship to other career theories, e.g. Cognitive Information Processing (CIP)
Detailed descriptions, comparisons, and uses of the four SDS forms (R,E, CP, and CE)
Other Holland Code career guidance materials
Making Vocational Choices presents the fundamentals of the Holland Code Career Model. Making Vocational Choices has information on -
Explanation of vocational behavior)
Practical ideas to help people select jobs, change jobs, and attain vocational satisfaction)
Explanation of six personality types: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social Enterprising, and Conventional)
Listing of personality type activities, skills, talents, model environments, and person-environment interactions
