This document provides information to help individuals discover their career destiny and purpose. It discusses taking assessments to identify personality traits, values, skills, and interests in order to explore potential careers and college majors. These include Holland Codes assessments, personality inventories, and tools to identify transferable skills, motivational gifts and values. The goal is to help people match their talents and preferences to fulfilling careers.

1. UNLOCK YOUR POTENTIAL!
DISCOVER YOUR DESTINY
By Dr. Mary Askew
Holland Codes Resource Center
learning4life.az@gmail.com
http://www.destinyandpurposedevelopment.com

2. GET READY!
It is time to get the right tools to -
• Discover your destiny
• Pursue your passion
• Achieve your goals
• Focus on your visions and
dreams

3. STEP ONE: AWARENESS
AWARENESS
unlocks the door to
the unknown.
AWARENESS
means pinpointing
your interests,
abilities, skills,
talents, and values.
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4. GET THE FACTS!
Know the features that are included in the career test.
Destiny Strong Interest
Features MCP
Development Diary Inventory
Format Printed On-Line On-Line
Holland Codes X X X
Career Lists X X X
Access to on-line
Occupational Information X
resources
Access to on-line
College Majors Lists X X
resources
Access to on-line
College Information X
resources
Motivational Gifts X

5. WHAT IS YOUR PERSONALITY STYLE?
• Adventurous • Predictable
• Strong-Willed • Gentle
• Goal-Oriented • People-Oriented
• Talkative • Quiet
• Leader • Organized
• Outgoing, Popular • Steady
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6. PERSONALITY TRAIT INVENTORIES
Two (2) Personality Trait Inventories are -
• Myers Briggs Type Indicator
• Career Personality Inventory

7. WHAT ARE TRANSFERABLE SKILLS?
Transferable skills are non-job specific skills
that you have acquired during any activity or life
experiences.
Transferable skills for students include campus
and community activities, class projects, and
assignments, hobbies, athletic activities,
internships and summer part-time jobs.
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8. TRANSFERABLE SKILL INVENTORY
A Transferable Skills Inventory is -
• Transferable Skills Scale

9. HOLLAND HEXAGON
Within the Holland’s Hexagon Model,
there were six types of personalities,
environments, areas and codes.
The personalities were –
• Realistic
• Investigative
• Artistic
• Social
• Enterprising
• Conventional Holland Codes Resource Center © 2002

10. HOLLAND CODE ASSESSMENTS
Holland Career Self - Assessment Tests are –
• Self - Directed Search
• Career Interests Inventory
• Picture Interest Career Survey
• RIASEC Inventory
• My Career Profile
• Strong Interest Inventory
Holland Codes Resource Center © 2002

11. VALUES
Our values determine who we are. A value is
any belief that is important to an individual.
Examples of values are -
• Achievement
• Independence
• Recognition
• Relationships
• Support
• Working Conditions Holland Codes Resource Center © 2002

12. VALUES INVENTORY
An example of a career value inventory is
the Career Values Inventory.

13. WHAT ARE MOTIVATIONAL GIFTS?
Motivational gifts are
• Traits
• Motivations,
• Characteristics that are done without any
forethought
• Supernatural and natural instinct
• Drive, or motivation that causes us to behave
and respond characteristically under most
conditions, settings, or situations.
Holland Codes Resource Center © 2002

14. MOTIVATIONAL GIFT INVENTORY
An example of a motivational gift
inventory is the Motivational Gift
Inventory

15. CAREER EXPLORATION
You are beginning your journey to the
second Guidepost – Career Exploration.
In Career Exploration, you will
• Perform career research.
• Identify potential careers.
• Begin narrowing career options.

16. CAREER EXPLORATION & ASSESSMENTS
The following assessments
help you explore careers –
• Self - Directed Search
• Career Interests Inventory
• Picture Interest Career
Survey
• RIASEC Inventory
• My Career Profile
• Strong Interest Inventory

17. COLLEGE EXPLORATION
Next, you are beginning your journey
to the third Guidepost – College Major
Exploration.
In College Major Exploration, you will
• Perform research to identify college
major
• Put what they know into action

18. COLLEGE MAJOR EXPLORATION & ASSESSMENTS
The following assessments
help you explore college
majors –
• Self - Directed Search
• My Career Profile
• Strong Interest Inventory

19. DESTINY DEVELOPMENT DIARY
Use the Destiny
Development Diary to –
• Narrow and refine your
Results
• Create a summary of
results with preferred
occupations & schools.
For more information, visit
http://www.destinyandpurposedevelopment.com