Begin with Step Two If You:
- Have a good understanding of your interests, skills, and personality preferences
- Want to create or expand your list of major and career options using the information gathered through self-focus
- Want to make connections between majors and careers
Tasks:
- Use interest themes to make major/career connections
- Use skill preferences to support your career interest themes
- Use personality type to target learning and work environments
We all have individual preferences. Rating your interest and skill preferences is an effective tool for narrowing the scope of careers that match your results. You can use the Internet, books, or career counselors to help you rate your interests and skills. Please note that occupations accommodate a wide variety of personalities, and there are no "perfect types" for any occupation or major. Careers that provide you with opportunities to express and use your preferences will most likely offer you job satisfaction
Holland Interest Themes
Realistic:
Enjoys mechanical, physical, and hands-on activities, and concrete problem solving
Investigative:
Enjoys gathering, analyzing, and interpreting information, and uncovering new facts or theories
Artistic:
Values aesthetic qualities and has a need for self-expression or spectatorship
Social:
Enjoys working with others in a helping relationship (e.g., teaching, social service, and physical caretaking)
Conventional:
Enjoys activities centered on the detail, organization, and accuracy of data
Enterprising:
Enjoys managing, directing, or persuading others in a business or corporate setting; is competitive by nature