Holland Codes

Holland Codes

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The Holland hexagon

The Holland hexagon

Holland Codes are career types created by psychologist John L. Holland.

Holland mapped these types into a hexagon which he then broke down into the RIASEC job environments :

  • Realistic - practical, physical, hands-on, tool-oriented
  • Investigative - analytical, intellectual, scientific, explorative
  • Artistic - creative, original, independent, chaotic
  • Social - cooperative, supporting, helping, healing/nurturing
  • Enterprising - competitive environments, leadership, persuading
  • Conventional - detail-oriented, organizing, clerical

Holland argues that 2-3 types dominate in each person.

 Realistic

Working with your hands, tools, machines, and things; practical, mechanically inclined, and physical:

Investigative

Working with theory and information, analytical, intellectual, scientific:

Artistic

Non-conforming, original, independent, chaotic, creative:

Social

Cooperative environments, supporting, helping, healing/nurturing:

Enterprising

Competitive environments, leading, persuading, selling, dominating, promoting, status:

Conventional

Precise, perfect attention to detail, orderly, organizing, status:

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Faith (for Content):