Holland’s Theory
Holland’s theories of vocational choice, The Holland Occupational Themes refers to a taxonomy of interests based on a theory of careers and vocational choice that was initially developed by American psychologist John L. Holland.
Holland developed the RIASEC model – 6 labels of personalities and environments: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional.
The Holland codes (R-I-A-S-E-C) has served as an essential component of the interests assessment for career development.
The US Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration has been using the RIASEC model in the “Interests” section of its free online database O*NET (Occupational Information Network) since its inception during the late 1990s.
My Next Move & Interest Profiler
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Interest Profiler on the My Next Move helps you find out what your interests are and how they relate to the world of work. You can find out what you like to do!
Interest Profiler asks 60 questions of simple job descriptions and returns the results based on Holland’s interest labels – Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising & Conventional.
Then it provides five Job Zones based on the level of experience, education, and training so you can select a desired level and get the matching career choices.
And then finally it presents the subsequent career info – knowledge, skills and abilities required, desired personality, technology used, education needed and job outlook including salary information.
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