The document discusses Holland's theory of six personality types: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional. Each type is described in 1-2 sentences focusing on their preferences, abilities, and values. For example, the Realistic type prefers working with objects and tools, has mechanical or athletic abilities, and values tangible things. The document aims to help readers understand Holland's theory by providing brief descriptions of each personality type.
4. MY VALUES The fit between your values and the rewards in the job affects how happy you are in your job. Also how well you perform on the job is affected by how happy you are with the job. So, when exploring careers, it is useful to look at your values because using your values in your work will satisfy you and perhaps enhance your job performance.
5. VALUES CONCEPTS Making use of my abilities Treated fairly by the business Busy all the time Opportunity for advancement Give directions and instructions to others Provide feeling of accomplishment Pay compares well with co-workers Co-workers easy to get along with Try out my own ideas Work alone Never be pressured to do things against my beliefs Recognition for the work I do Make my own decisions Steady employment Do things for others Supervisors back me up to management Supervisors who train workers well Do something different every day Good working conditions Plan my own work; little supervision
6. Bobilator decision sheet What about an occupation is important to you? Is it important because you are familiar with its name? Because you know someone who works in the occupation? Because you can make lots of money? Step 1: aLook at the occupations listed in the first column. aThink about what workers in these occupations might do. aWith only the name of the occupation provided, rate your interest in them from 1 to 10. 1 is the least interesting and 10 is the most interesting. aPut your ratings in the column labeled Step 1.
7. Step 2: aStudy the information provided for each occupation. aRank them from 1 to 10 based on your interest in the occupation. aPut your rankings in the column labeled Step 2. 1. Bobilator…………….……... Human services 2. Gastronomist……………... Hospitality and tourism 3. Extricator………………….. Health science 4. Arbologist…………............ Agriculture, food, and natural resources 5. Husher……………………… Education and training 6. Wrencher…………………... Architecture and construction 7. Knowleologist…………….. Education and training 8. Encodologist……………… Information technology 9. Imagizer…………….……… Arts, Audio/Visual technology, and Communication 10. Haulassister………............ Transportation, distribution, and logistics
8. Step 3: How important is money to you? aCheck the salary ranges for the occupations. aRank your occupations again from 1 to 10. aPut your rankings in the column labeled Step 3. 1. Bobilator…………………… $14,220-$37,300/annual 2. Gastronomist……………... $22,870-$51,620/annual 3. Extricator…......…………… $60,930-$145,000/annual 4. Arbologist…………………. $29,600-$82,120/annual 5. Husher.…………………….. $12,070-$26,680/annual 6. Wrencher…………..………. $24,400-$63,150/annual 7. Knowleologist…………….. $29,240-$56,580/annual 8. Encodologist……..……….. $33,310-$90,020/annual 9. Imagizer…………..………... $31,190-$95,170/annual 10. Haulassister………………. $15,210-$43,620/annual
9. Step 4: How easy will it be to find a job? aReview the number of job openings there will be each year. aThink about all the information that has been provided. aRank your occupations again from 1 to 10. aPut your rankings in the column labeled Step 4. 1.Bobilator 109 job openings each year 2.Gastronomist 76 job openings each year 3.Extricator 17 job openings each year 4.Arbologist 2 job openings each year 5.Husher 30 job openings each year 6.Wrencher 87 job openings each year 7.Knowleologist 706 job openings each year 8.Encodologist 78 job openings each year 9.Imagizer 1 job openings each year 10. Haulassister 432 job openings each year
32. R - Realistic Personality 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 have little need for conversation. They prefer working with objects, tools, machines or animals, often in an outdoor setting. The realistic person usually has mechanical or athletic abilities and values concrete things or tangible personal characteristics like money, power, status, etc. Realistic people sometimes get so absorbed in putting things right that they can forget about everything else.
33. I. - Investigative Personality The investigative type deals with the "real world" of things, but at a distance. These individuals prefer observing, learning, investigating, analyzing and evaluating data instead of getting their hands on things. They seek to understand and control physical, biological or cultural phenomena. When involved with people, they tend to focus on ideas. They often have scientific and mathematical abilities and value intellectual pursuits. Wherever they are, they collect information and analyze the situation before making a decision. Their curiosity sometimes leads them to explore their ideas to the exclusion of all else.
34. A. - Artistic Personality The artistic type is creative, but not necessarily with paint and canvas. These individuals express creativity not only with material objects but with language, form, data or other systems as well. Creative people see possibilities beyond the usual. They would rather create ideas than study them. They like variety and are not afraid to experiment, often disregarding rules. The artistic type usually has artistic, innovative or intuitional abilities. They enjoy language, art, or music, and value aesthetic qualities. Their ideas don't always please others, but opposition doesn't discourage them for long.
35. S. - Social Personality The social personality prefers working with people to inform, train, develop, cure or enlighten them. Sensitive to people's moods and feelings, these individuals enjoy company and make friends easily. Their level of caring may range from one person to the entire human race. Their relationships with people depend on their ability to communicate both verbally and nonverbally, listening as well as speaking. Their empathy and ability to intuit emotional cues help them to solve problems sometimes even before others are aware of them. They can pull people together and generate positive energy for a good cause. They have abilities in the areas of interpersonal relations and teaching. Their main values focus on social and ethical concerns. The social personality types sometimes focus on people concerns to the exclusion of all else. They sometimes appear "impractical," especially to the realistic types.
36. E. - Enterprising Personality The enterprising person enjoys working with people to attain organizational goals or economic gain. This person is a leader who initiates projects but often gets others to carry them out. They have strong interpersonal and persuasive abilities and value political and economic achievement. Instead of doing research, these people rely on intuition about what will work. They may strike an observer as restless and irresponsible since they often drop these projects after the job is underway. But many activities would never get off the ground without their energizing influence. They need to be a part of the "in crowd," but since their relationships center around tasks, they may focus so dynamically on the project that the personal concerns of others (and even their own) go unnoticed.
37. C. - Conventional Personality The conventional person also is task oriented but prefers to carry out tasks initiated by others. They enjoy working with data in an ordered, explicit, systematic way. Since they are careful of detail, these individuals keep the world's records and transmit its messages. They obey rules and they value order in the world of data. They often have clerical, computational and business system abilities and value business and economic achievement. Their sense of responsibility keeps the world going as they focus on the tasks at hand to the exclusion of all else.