2024年3月20日发(作者：电脑桌面主题)

Holland's Theory of Career Choice

The Career Key is based on John Holland's theory of vocational choice. At its

simplest, this theory proposes that "Birds of the same feather flock together." In other

words, people like to be around others who have similar personalities. In choosing a

career, it means that people choose jobs where they can be around other people who

are like them.

It is the best known and most widely researched theory on this topic. It is used by

many career counselors. Understanding it will help you make sense of your Career

Key scores and how they are related to career choice.

Holland's theory can be summarized in six statements:

1. In our culture, most person are one of six personality types: Realistic,

Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional.

2. People of the same personality tend to "flock together." For example, Artistic

people are attracted to making friends and working with Artistic people.

3. People of the same personality type working together in a job create a work

environment that fits their type. For example, when Artistic persons are

together on a job, they create a work environment that rewards creative

thinking and behavior -- an Artistic environment.

4. There are six basic types of work environments: , , , , , and .

5. People who choose to work in an environment similar to their personality type

are more likely to be successful and satisfied:

For example, Artistic persons are more likely to be successful and satisfied if

they choose a job that has an Artistic environment, like choosing to be a dance

teacher in a dancing school -- an environment "dominated" by Artistic type

people where creative abilities and expression are highly valued.

6.

6. How you act and feel at work depends to a large extent on your workplace

environment. If you are working with people who have a personality type like

yours, you will be able to do many of the things they can do, and you will feel

most comfortable with them. How is this related to the scores you receive on

the Career Key?

7. It means that you probably should choose an occupation whose type is the

same as, or similar to, your personality type. For example, imagine that your

highest score on the Career Key is for the Realistic type. Looking at the table

below, you can see that the most compatible job environment is Realistic. This

would suggest that you choose from the jobs that are in the Realistic group. Or,

you might choose from the jobs that fall in the Investigative or Conventional

category.

Compatible Work Environments

Your Personality Type Most Compatible

Realistic

Investigative

Artistic

Social

Enterprising

Conventional

Compatible

Investigative & Conventional

Realistic & Artistic

Investigative & Social

Artistic & Enterprising

Social & Conventional

Enterprising & Realistic

Most people, in reality, are a combination of types -- like Realistic-Investigative, or

Artistic-Social. Therefore, you will probably want to consider occupations in more

than one category.

If your two strongest personality types are Realistic and Social, Investigative and

Enterprising, or Artistic and Conventional -- .

In summary, you are most likely to choose a satisfying job if you choose one that fits

your personality type.