John Holland

Gives attention to heredity, environment,influence of career choice  

Vocational Personalities and Work Environments

Center focus of Holland's theory

Number of personalities in Holland's theory

Also categorized in same as personalities

Orientation of Holland's approach

Congruence

Personality and environment must do this for a job to be pleasant

Tools, mechanics, building, down to earth

Investigative

Science, math, medical field, studious

Creative, musical, free thinking

Teaching, work with people, counseling, friendly

Influential, leadership, management of people, self-confident

Organization of information, clerical, record-keeping, detail-oriented

Self-Directed Search or Vocational Preference Inventory 

Career exploration tool used by the United States Employment Services

Difference between the lowest and the highest scores for the six types

High Flat

Low Flat

Well-Differentiated 

Consistency 

Counseling Goal

Find client's personality code 

Counseling Goal

Use educational, occupational, and leisure assessments and databases to find fitting matches

Amundson, N. E., Harris-Bowlsbey, J., & Nile, S. G. (2009). Essential elements of career counseling, processes and techniques. (2 ed., pp. 11-20). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

O*net resource center. (2012, February). Retrieved from http://www.onetcenter.org/

Vocational Identity