The Holland Code Career Series is part of the Delta College Counseling, Advising, and Career ServicesTaking One Step at a Time Program -. In the Holland Code Career Series, there are
Are rugged, robust, practical, physically strong, and frequently aggressive in outlook; such people usually have good physical skills, but sometimes have trouble expressing themselves in words, or in communicating their feelings to others. They like to work outdoors, and with things rather than ideas or with people. Realistic people have the following characteristics -
Hands-on people who enjoy exploring things, fixing and making things with their hands
Express themselves and achieve primarily through their bodies rather than through words, thoughts, or feelings
Usually independent, practical-minded, strong, well-coordinated, aggressive, conservative, rugged individual
Like the challenge of physical risk, being outdoors, using tools and machinery
Prefer concrete problems rather than abstract ones
Solve problems by doing something physical
Realistic individuals are capable and confident when using their bodies to relate to the physical world. They focus on things, learn (by hands on) and have little need for conversation. Because of their ease with physical objects, they are often good in emergencies. Their ability to deal with the physical world often makes them very independent. They sometimes get so absorbed in putting things right that they can forget about everything else.
Rewards
One unique reward of most Realistic jobs is that life appears relatively simple and straight forward, and the worker can quickly see the results of his or her labor. The mechanic who is working on a car can see at the end of the job that the car now functions. The carpenter building a house has the quiet satisfaction of seeing the house take shape. The forester harvesting logs can watch the pile of logs grow and can quickly see the speed with which materials are being produced. In general, Realistic jobs normally look at life as not being complicated by intricate problems between people, organizations, nor by troublesome choices between conflicting philosophies.
Most people can be categorized as one of the six personality types labeled Realistic (R), Social (S), Artistic(A), Conventional(C), Investigative(I), and Enterprising(E). Look at your three highest scores. You now have a three-letter code that can be switched around to get additional occupations. The John Holland theory suggests that you should explore several variations of your three-letter code. You are able to come up with six variations of this three-letter code. Most of you will find many occupations which precisely match your profile. For example, RAC can become CAR, CRA, ARC, RCA or ACR.
Sample List Of Realistic Careers
Accountant & Auditor Embalmer Millwright
Agriculture Engineer: Nursery Manager
Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Appliance Repairer Optician
Steve Cooper Counseling/Advising & Career Services Delta College Room D 132 1961 Delta Road University Center, MI 48710 Phone: (989) 686-9078 Fax: (989) 667-2228 careercenter@delta.edu http://www.delta.edu/careercenter
Major/Career Connections/ Matching Your Interests to Majors and Careers
University College, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Advising Center created Holland Code information called the Major/Career Connections/ Matching Your Interests to Majors and Careers. Six career interest themes are described below. Choose a theme that corresponds to your dominant interests and click to get a list of IUPUI majors and careers that match that interest theme.
1. "R" - Realistic Cluster Sheet - Persons who enjoy activities that involve primarily mechanical and physical abilities. You will find them in interest areas such as construction, health and fitness, sports and recreation, repair, technology and other related activities. People in this category may also like working with tools or their hands, and enjoy adventurous nature and outdoor activities.
2. "I" - Investigative Cluster Sheet - Persons who enjoy gathering, analyzing, and interpreting information, and uncovering new facts or theories. They tend to have a strong scientific, curious orientation. They prefer academic or research environments that will allow them to develop ideas, and enjoy working alone rather than in groups.
3. "A" - Artistic Cluster Sheet - Persons who value aesthetic qualities and have need for self-expression. This type also includes those who enjoy being spectators (rather than participants) of the arts and art activities. People in this category are as likely to express this interest through leisure and recreational activities as they are through professional practice.
4. "S" - Social Cluster Sheet - Persons who like to work with others in a helping relationship, usually through teaching, instructing, advising, counseling, or customer service. They prefer social environments that will allow them to interact regularly with people, work in groups or teams, and solve problems through sharing thoughts and feelings.
5. "E" - Enterprising Cluster Sheet - "Born leaders." Competitive by nature, these persons like to manage, direct, or persuade others in a business or corporate setting. They seek positions of leadership, power and status and enjoy guiding others toward specific organizational goals and economic success. They are also most likely to take personal and financial risks.
6. "C" - Conventional Cluster Sheet - Persons who enjoy activities centered around the detail, organization, and accuracy of data. They often enjoy mathematical and data management activities and can be found in occupations such as (but not limited to) accounting, investment banking, and insurance.
You can explore IUPUI majors and how they relate to careers in 3 different ways:
The R type usually has mechanical and athletic abilities, enjoys working outdoors and likes to work with tools and machines. The R type generally prefers to work with people or things more than ideas.
Dr. Rebecca A. Emery Director of Career Services Salisbury University Career Services Office 1101 Camden Ave., GUC 133 Salisbury, MD 21801 Phone: 410-543-6075 Fax: 410-546-6910 Info Phone: 410-543-6075 raemery@salisbury.edu Salisbury University
I'm practical, active, have good physical skills, and I like to work outside and create things with my hands. I prefer to deal with things rather than ideas or people. Sometimes I have difficulty in expressing ideas in words or in communicating my feelings to others. My political and economic ideas are fairly conventional.
Bucks County Community College Career Services lists information about Holland Code Personality Types characteristics, strengths, and preferences. The Holland Code Personality Types are matched to careers and BCC college majors.
Realistic describes an individual who is a thing/body person. Realistic individuals like to use their hands/eyes to explore things and achieve. These are people who are stable, frank, active and like athletics or mechanical activities. They prefer to work with things like machines, tools, objects, plants, and animals and tend to be down-to-earth and practical.
Realistic individuals are capable and confident when using their bodies to relate to the physical world. They focus on things, learn through their hands and eyes to explore and achieve, and have little need for conversation. They are often good in emergencies because of their ability with physical objects. Their ability to deal with the physical world often makes them very independent, practical minded, strong, well coordinated, aggressive, and conservative. Realistic people enjoy risk, excitement, being outdoors, concrete problems, money, and like working with tools, machinery, objects, plants and animals. They express themselves and achieve primarily through their bodies rather than through words, thoughts, and feelings. Realistic people sometimes get so absorbed with getting things right that they can forget about everything else. These individuals prefer concrete rather than abstract problems and solve problems by doing something physical.
Chef Apprentice[Career Description] for Cook, Chef, Baker, Foodservice production supervisor, Kitchen manager, Garde manager chef, Lead cook, or Pastry Chef
Biology[Career Description] for Biologist (with additional education) and Related Biology Careers
Communications: Cinema/Video[Career Description] for Broadcast Technician, Producer, Film maker, Video producer, Digital Animator, and Audio Production
Computer Network Technology[Career Description] for Network Technician, Network Administrator, and Sales Support
Mandy Reilly Director, Career Services Bucks County Community College 275 Swamp Road Newtown, PA 18940 215-968-8196 reillym@bucks.edu http://www.bucks.edu/careerservices/index.html
Holland Codes and Careers Lists
Your First Day at Work
The University of Iowa University Counseling Service developed the Self-Directed Career Exploration Handbook. The Your First Day at Work comes from the Self-Directed Career Exploration Handbook, a career information web site. The Your First Day at Work provides activities and worksheets. Use the activities before you complete a college major search. The areas reviewed are:
An overview of the Holland Career Model
Typical work activities
Environmental characteristics
Personality traits
Related occupations
Here is a sample:
Realistic Work Activities: Working with things or objects; machines; outdoor work; technical activities; engineering; etc.
Realistic Environment Characteristics: Foster technical competencies, mechanical abilities, and the use of ones body and/or hands on work. Encourage people to view the world in simple, tangible, and traditional ways. Reward people for conventional values and goods; money, power and possessions. These people usually have good physical skills and like to work outdoors or with machines.
Realistic Occupations: Skilled trades, such as electrician, radio operator, tool-and-die maker, cook. Technical, such as nuclear reactor technician and aeronautical engineer. Some service occupations, such as truck driver, mail carrier, and police officer. Mechanical or physical work, such as construction or athletics.
Self-Directed Career Exploration Handbook Your First Day at Work, p. 12-16 University Counseling Service 3223 Westlawn S. The University of Iowa Iowa City IA 52242-1100 Tel: (319) 335-7294 FAX: (319) 335-7298 University of Iowa University Counseling Service
One of the most important keys to successful career management is knowing how your career interests match with the world of work and what academic programs are available.
Careers and Six Basic Types
John Holland, a career specialist, developed a theory that people and careers can be characterized by six basic "types". These "types", or Holland Codes, are commonly referred to as RIASEC to reflect the first letter in each of the themes.
R for Realistic
S for Social
I for Investigative
E for Enterprising
A for Artistic
C for Conventional
Your Holland theme code will generally consist of three letters that correspond to your first, second, and third strongest preferences or interests.
The table below lists basic career types according to Holland's theory, and the equivalent HCC Career Cluster for each career type is also shown.
*From: Real People Real Jobs, by David H. Montross, Zandy B. Leibowitz, and Christopher J. Shinkman
The following table describes people and their preferred work environments according to Holland's Theory of Careers and Basic types:
Realistic Type - Strong mechanical, psychomotor, and athletic abilities; honest; loyal; like the outdoors; prefer working with machines, tools, plants, and animals. Preferred Work Environment - Structured; clear goals and lines of authority; work with hands, machines, or tools; casual dress; focus on tangible results; engineering, military, skilled trades
Tonya Osmond, LCPC Assistant Director, Career and Employment Counseling Howard Community College Counseling & Career Services 10901 Little Patuxent Pkwy, L-140 Columbia, MD 21044 (Ph.) 410. 772.4840 / (Fax) 410.772.4499 tosmond@howardcc.edu Howard Community College Career Services
Holland Codes and Transferable Skills Lists
The Holland Career Model tells the relationship between Holland Codes and Transferable Skills. Transferable Skills web sites are career planning web sites that outline information on transferable skills. Transferable Skills are marketable job skills. Transferable Skills checklists help you outline your experiences and skills obtained from various jobs, volunteer work, hobbies, sports, or other life experiences.
People, Data, and Things Checklist
Don Clark created the People, Data, and Things Checklist. The People, Data, and Things Checklist placed the transferable skills in three broad categories people, data information, and things.
Here is a sample from the People, Data, and Things Checklist:
Big Dog's HRD Page donclark@nwlink.com Created January 20, 1997 Last update May 23,2000.
Get more information about skills, read about the My Career Profile.
VocRehab People, Data, and Things Checklist
VocRehab created the Data, People, & Things Checklist. The Data, People, & Things Checklist is a detailed checklist of skills related to Holland Codes. The Data, People, & Things Checklist lets you rate your skills from 0 to 8. Here is a sample of the the Data, People, & Things Checklist:
Data Level Description
0 Synthesizing
Integrating analyses of data to discover facts and/or develop knowledge concepts or interpretations.
1 Coordinating
Determining time, place, and sequence of operations or action to be taken on the basis of analysis of data; executing determinations and/or reporting on events.
People Level Description
0 Mentoring
Dealing with individuals in terms of their total personality in order to advise, counsel, and/or guide them with regard to problems that may be resolved by legal, scientific, clinical, spiritual, and/or other professional principles.
1 Negotiating
Exchanging ideas, information, and opinions with others to formulate policies and programs and/or arrive jointly at decisions, conclusions, or solutions.
Things Level Description
0 Setting Up
Preparing machines (or equipment) for operation by planning order of successive machine operations, installing and adjusting tools and other machine components, adjusting the position of work piece or material, setting controls, and verifying accuracy of machine capabilities, properties of materials, and shop practices. Use tools, equipment, and work aids, such as precision gauges and measuring instruments. Workers who set up one or a number of machines for other workers or who set up and personally operate a variety of machines are included here.
1 Precision Working
Using body members and/or tools or work aids to work, move, guide, or place objects or materials in situations where ultimate responsibility for the attainment of standards occurs and selection of appropriate tools, objects, or materials, and the adjustment of the tool to the task require exercise of considerable judgment.
Source:
Career Handbook Second Edition: Data/Information, People, Things Data, Information, People, and Things Data, Information, People, and Things
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Skills Information Division
Human Resources Partnerships Directorate
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
112 Kent Street
Place de Ville, Tower B, 21st Floor
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0J9
Telephone: (819) 934-8451
Email: noc-cnp@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca
Last Updated : 2004/4/13
Reproduced with the permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada
2006
Plan Your Education - Ohio Degrees at a Distance by Interest Patterns
Ohio Learning Network developed the People, Data, and Things Checklist career planning web site. OhioLearns linked Holland Code interest categories to OhioLearns Interest Categories/ Degrees & Certificates Areas.
Here is a sample from the Ohio Learning Network developed the <People, Data, and Things Checklist:
Holland Code Interest Categories
From World-of-Work, ACT
Realistic: Combines characteristics of practicality, hands-on problem solving, action orientation, focused on producing tangible results.
OhioLearns! Interest Categories
Technical: Includes careers related to Agricultural/Forestry; Transportation Operations, Computer /Information Sciences Specialties; Construction & Maintenance; Crafts; Mechanical & Electrical Specialties; Manufacturing Processing
George Steele, Ph.D. Director of Educational Access Ohio Learning Network 2455 North Star Road, Suite 200 Columbus, OH 43221-3468 gsteele@oln.org Phone: (614) 995-3240 x604 FAX: 995-3450 Ohio Learning Network
To do a college major search, view the Plan Your Education career information web page.
Holland Codes and Career Exploration Activities
South Dakota Career Aware 2004 Series
The South Dakota Career Aware 2004 Series is a career exploration web site used to explore Holland Codes and careers. The South Dakota Labor Market Center has created the South Dakota Career Aware 2004 Series, a set of career exploration activities for students from grades 3 to 4. When you get the Holland Code from an assessment, use activity set to match Holland Codes to careers. With the activities, students explore different Holland Codes. Within each Holland Code group, the students learn careers facts and complete interesting activities.
Career Aware from South Dakota Career Aware Booklet
Labor Market Information Center
South Dakota Department of Labor
PO Box 4730
Aberdeen, SD 57402-4730 South Dakota Labor Market Center
Telephone: 1-800-592-1881 or 605-626-2314
FAX: 605-626-2322
Will Smith Coordinator, Career Services The Ohio State University at Marion 1465 Mount Vernon Avenue Marion, Ohio 43302-5628 Phone: (740) 725-6344 Fax: (740) 725-6133 E-mail: smith.4818@osu.edu Email: careers@osu.edu Web: The Ohio State University Majors
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