Holland Code
Career Cluster 1
Career Cluster 2
Jobs
Holland Code
100

These people enjoy working with animals, being outdoors, working with their hands and tools. They enjoy manual and mechanical activities.

REALISTIC - “DOERS”

100

This cluster includes careers in planning and managing the movement of people, materials, and goods by road, pipeline, air, rail, and water.

TRANSPORTATION

100

This cluster includes careers in designing, producing, exhibiting, performing, writing, and publishing multimedia content, including visual and performing arts and design, journalism, and entertainment services.

Arts, Audio/Video Tech, Communication

100

PRINCIPAL - belongs to this career cluster

Education & Training

100

CHEMIST belongs to this career cluster

Science, Tech, Engineering & Math

200

These people enjoy helping others, volunteering, teaching, training, solving personal problems for others and being caregivers. They value service to others, fairness, and understanding. They are friendly, trusting, helpful, and kind. They enjoy working with others especially in a team environment.

SOCIAL - “HELPERS”

200

This career cluster may involve working with plants, animals, working to conserve natural resources or protect the environment.

Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

200

This cluster includes careers in designing, planning, managing, building, and maintaining the built environment.

Architecture & Construction

200

VINTER (WINE MAKER) belongs to this career cluster

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources

200

The type of school you would go to to get an AA (Associate’s Degree)

COMMUNITY COLLEGE

300

These people enjoy creative work in the areas of art, performance, dance, writing, and music. Free expression is very important. They value beauty, imagination, and creativity. They are independent, open, and can be unconventional.

CREATIVE - “ARTISTS”

300

This cluster includes careers in planning, organizing, directing, and evaluating business functions.

Business Management and Administration

300

This cluster includes careers that provide family and individual services such as counseling and mental health, personal care, and consumer advice.

Human Services

300

MAYOR belongs to this career cluster

Government & Public Administration

300

A veterinarian needs to earn this kind of degree

DOCTORATE

400

These people like to lead others, make decisions, and influence what others do. They value success, taking responsibility, and initiative. They are ambitious, out-going, self-confident and enthusiastic.

ENTERPRISING “INFLUENCERS”

400

This cluster includes careers involving money matters, investment planning, banking, insurance, and business management.

FINANCE

400

This cluster includes careers in planning, managing, and providing education and training services and related learning support services, including administration and library services.

Education & Training

400

SURGEON belongs to this career cluster

HEALTH SCIENCE

400

A dental hygienist needs this kind of degree

Associate (AA)

500

These people like to figure out problems, search for facts, and work with ideas. They value accuracy, achievement, and independence. They are curious, intellectual, somewhat reserved, and precise.

INVESTIGATIVE - “THINKERS”

500

This cluster includes careers in the management, marketing, and operations of restaurants and other food services, lodging, attractions, recreation events, and travel-related services.

Hospitality & Tourism

500

This cluster includes careers related to the design, development, support, and management of hardware, software, Internet, multimedia, and systems integration services.

Information Technology

500

JUDGE belongs to this career cluster

Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security

500

Name difference between a job and career

short-term vs. long term

Differences in advancement

requirements/education

passion

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