Holland Code Descriptions
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100

Creative, open, inventive, original, perceptive, sensitive, independent and emotional, like work with people and sharing emotions. Like to work with ideas and things.

What is Artistic (Creating)?

100

Architects plan and design houses, factories, office buildings, and other structures.

What is an IA job?

100

Social workers help individuals, groups, and families prevent and cope with problems in their everyday lives. Clinical social workers diagnose and treat mental, behavioral, and emotional problems.

What is an SE job?

200

Like to observe than act, understand in formation rather than to persuade, prefer individual work.

What is Investigative (Thinking)?


200

Aerospace engineers design, develop, and test aircraft, spacecraft, satellites, and missiles. In addition, they create and test prototypes to make sure that they function according to design.

What is an RI job?

200

Actuaries analyze the financial costs of risk and uncertainty. They use mathematics, statistics, and financial theory to assess the risk of potential events, and they help businesses and clients develop policies that minimize the cost of that risk.

What is an IEC job?

300

Usually careful, conforming, conservative, conscientious, and self-controlled; prefers to work in structured environments.

What is Conventional (Organizing)?

300

Graphic designers create visual concepts, using computer software or by hand, to communicate ideas that inspire, inform, and captivate consumers. They develop the overall layout and production design for applications such as advertisements, brochures, magazines, and reports.

What is an AE job?

300

Biochemists and biophysicists study the chemical and physical principles of living things and of biological processes, such as cell development, growth, heredity, and disease.

What is an RIA job?

400

Good talkers, use skill to lead others, value power and money. like to work with people and data

What is Enterprising (Persuading)?

400

Court reporters create word-for-word transcriptions at trials, depositions, administrative hearings, and other legal proceedings. Simultaneous captioners provide similar transcriptions for television or for presentations in other settings, such as press conferences and business meetings, for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.

What is an EC job?

400

Chiropractors evaluate and treat patients' neuromusculoskeletal system, which includes nerves, bones, muscles, ligaments, and tendons. They use spinal adjustments and manipulation, as well as other clinical interventions, to manage patients’ health concerns, such as back and neck pain.

What is an RIS job?
500

Usually assertive and competitive, usually prefer to work a problem by doing something. They like concrete approaches to problem solving rather than cultural and aesthetic areas.

What is Realistic (Building)?

500

Human resources managers plan, coordinate, and direct the administrative functions of an organization. They oversee the recruiting, interviewing, and hiring of new staff; consult with top executives on strategic planning; and serve as a link between an organization’s management and its employees.

What is an SE job?

500

Environmental engineers use the principles of engineering, soil science, biology, and chemistry to develop solutions to environmental problems. They work to improve recycling, waste disposal, public health, and water and air pollution control. They also address global issues, such as unsafe drinking water, climate change, and environmental sustainability.

What is an RIC job?

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