What do you want to be when you grow up?
Not sure
of what you want to be when you grow up?
Many times that depends
on your interests, values, competencies and preferences.
These items directly relate to your career selection and the selection
of your major. Listed below are 6
personality types
(as categorized by Dr. John Holland).
- Follow the pages below
and you will discover your personality
type and an occupation and major that relates to your personality.
- Read
each personality type and select
the one that most accurately reflects your personality.
Page Index:
(Click on links below to view
information about each personality type)
The codes for each personality type are as shown above:
R=Realistic, I=Investigative,
A=Artistic, S=Social,
E=Enterprising, C=Conventional
Realistic
(Click
here if this is one
of your personality types and to gather more information about careers
and majors within this personality group) |
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General Description: "The Doer's"
- The
R type usually has mechanical and athletic abilities, enjoys working
outdoors and likes to work with tools and machines. The R type
generally prefers to work with people or things more than ideas.
Activities:
- Make mechanical repairs
- Organize a hunting, camping or fishing trip
- Plant a garden
- Use metal working or machine tools
- Take a woodworking course
- Work on a car
- Set up a stereo system
Competencies:
- Repair furniture
- Use woodshop power tools such as power saw, lathe or sander
- Read blueprints
- Make simple electrical repairs
- Make simple plumbing repairs
- Change car's oil or tire
- Make scale drawings
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Examples of Careers:
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Investigative
(Click here if this is one
of your personality types and to gather more information about careers
and majors within this personality group) |
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General Description: "The Thinkers"
- The
I type usually has mathematical and scientific abilities, enjoys working
alone and likes to solve problems. The I type generally favors
working with ideas more than with people or things.
Activities:
- Apply
math to practical problems
- Study
scientific theory
- Take
a physics course
- Work
in a research lab
- Take
a statistics course
- Solve
technical problems
- Study
the chemical structure of liquids
- Find
solutions to complex problems
Competencies:
- Use
a computer to study a scientific problem
- Interpret
simple chemical formulas
- Understand
the half-life of a radioactive element
- Use
algebra to solve math problems
- Describe
the function of the white blood cells
- Use
logarithmic tables
- Perform
a scientific experiment or survey
- Understand
why man-made satellites do not fall to earth
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Examples of Careers:
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Artistic
(Click here if this is one
of your personality types and to gather more information about careers
and majors within this personality group) |
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General Description: "The Creators"
- The
A type usually has artistic skills, enjoys creating original work and
has a good imagination. The A type usually enjoys working with
ideas more than things.
Activities:
- Dramatize
an idea or story
- Play
in a band, group or orchestra
- Write
for a magazine or newspaper
- Create
portraits or photographs
- Read
or write poetry
- Take
a course in design
- Act
in a comedy or play
Competencies:
- Write
a speech
- Write
advertising copy
- Sketch
people so they can be recognized
- Design
an advertisement
- Create
an artistic representation
- Act
in a play
- Decorate
a suite of offices
- Do
a painting, watercolor or sculptor
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Examples of Careers:
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Social(Click
here if this is one
of your personality types and to gather more information about careers
and majors within this personality group) |
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General Description: "The Helpers"
- The
S type usually has social skills, is interested in human relationships
and likes to help others with problems. The S type likes to work
with people more than things.
Activities:
- Take
a human relations course
- Work
for charity
- Study
juvenile delinquency
- Take
a self-improvement course
- Study
psychological theory
- Train
others to do a job
- Settle
arguments between others
- Teach
in college or public schools
Competencies:
- Good
at helping others make decisions
- Good
at explaining things to others
- Good
coach for others
- Competent
at entertaining others
- People
seek me out to tell me their troubles
- Good
at making people feel at ease
- Find
it easy to talk with all kinds of people
- Good
at teaching others
- Good
at leading discussions
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Enterprising
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here if this is one
of your personality types and to gather more information about careers
and majors within this personality group)
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General Description:
"The Persuaders"
The E type usually has leadership and speaking abilities, is
interested in economics and politics and likes to be influential.
The E type likes to work with people and ideas more than things.
Activities:
● Take
a course on Leadership
● Learn
strategies for success in business
● Be
a project leader
● Supervise
the work of others
● Meet
important executives and leaders
● Participate
in a political campaign
● Operate
your own business or service
● Attend
a sales meeting
● Make
important decisions
● Influence
others
Competencies:
● Good
at measuring own performance
● Good
at motivating others
● Reputation
of being able to deal with difficult people
● Can
manage a sales campaign
● Can
organize the work of others
● Good
sales person
● Good
debater
● Good
public speaker
● Good
at planning a strategy to achieve a goal
● Know
how to be a successful leader
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Examples of Careers:
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Conventional
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here if this is one
of your personality types and to gather more information about careers
and majors within this personality group) |
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General Description:
"The Organizers"
The C type has clerical and arithmetic ability, prefers working
indoors and likes to organize things. The C type enjoys working
with words and numbers.
Activities:
- Set
up a record-keeping system
- Take
a business course
- Operate
a computer
- Take
an inventory of supplies and products
- Check
paperwork or products for errors or flaws
- Keep
records of expenses
- Write
business letters
- Perform
math calculations in bookkeeping or business
- Operate
business machines
- Fill
out detailed forms
Competencies:
- Good
at gathering information over the phone
- Can
file correspondence and other papers
- Can
post credits and debits
- Can
keep accurate records of payments or sales
- Can
type 40 words per minute
- Can
operate a word processor
- Can
use a computer to to analyze business data
- Can
write business letters
- Good
at making arrangements for a business meeting
- Can
operate a duplicating machine
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Examples of Careers:
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| Realistic (R) |
Investigative (I) |
Artistic (A) |
Social (S) |
Enterprising (E) |
Conventional (C) |
Additional Resources:
-
Click
here for Princeton Review of Majors-(type
in a major and you will get a short description)
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Click
here to find out "What Can I Do With a
Major in......?"
-
Click
here to discover the "SU Mentor
Network." (alumni who have volunteered to help figure out
your major)
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