| Have you ever undergone a career test? It | | | | environments that match the six kinds of |
| may seem unnecessary to you, and you may | | | | personalities: realistic, investigative, |
| believe that you are fully capable of | | | | artistic, social, enterprising and |
| deciding what the best choice is for you | | | | conventional. |
| career-wise. But if you're like many other | | | | |
| people - me included, and you can't discard | | | | For example, take a look at the artistic |
| taking online personality quizzes or reading | | | | personalities: artistic people enjoy to play |
| horoscopes just to see what they say, it | | | | ideas off each other. When they work |
| might be interesting. But what can such | | | | together in the same work place, they create |
| tests really tell you that you didn't already | | | | an environment where new ideas and 'thinking |
| know? | | | | outside of the box' are welcome. Such |
| | | | artistic environments rewards creative |
| The kind of career tests we are talking about | | | | thinking. |
| here were originally developed by John | | | | |
| Holland. Holland says that our work choice | | | | What Makes Certain People Successful In |
| is an accurate reflection of our | | | | Certain Jobs? |
| personalities. Furthermore, when a person | | | | |
| choose a particular job or profession, he or | | | | Next, Holland says, that a key to a person's |
| she choose it because it suits them and they | | | | success is to work in an environment that |
| want to be around others who are like they | | | | fits their personality. When they work among |
| are. Holland's approach has been taken by | | | | people who think like they do, everyone |
| many job and career counselors and coaches. | | | | achieve better results. For example, those |
| | | | who choose an investigative environment, like |
| Personality And Professional Preferences | | | | a research institution or a police force, |
| | | | like to be around others who understand and |
| Holland identifies six personality types | | | | appreciate the ability to carefully examine |
| which represent clues to choosing our | | | | things and weigh probabilities. Naturally, |
| professions. These are: | | | | and investigative-type person will bloom in |
| | | | this environment, where they are rewarded for |
| - The Investigative Type, | | | | finding things and thinking critically. |
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| - The Conventional Type, | | | | Holland's theory has a pretty high generic |
| | | | level and states that you can not |
| - The Realistic Type, | | | | underestimate the influence of a person's |
| | | | work environment on their professional or |
| - The Artistic Type, | | | | career related success. |
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| - The Social Type and | | | | How Does This Theory Affects Me? |
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| - The Enterprising Type | | | | Now, you may ask; what does all of this mean |
| | | | for you and me? What it means is that it is |
| Birds of a feather swarm together, according | | | | essential that you find an occupation that |
| to Holland. It really makes sense, doesn't | | | | harmonizes with your personality. The path |
| it? For example, those who have a flair for | | | | you opt for, and the environment where you |
| entrepreneurship naturally attach themselves | | | | spend your professional life, has a direct |
| to other entrepreneurs, don't they? And, we | | | | bearing on how successful you will be. |
| all know that artist types always end up | | | | |
| hanging out together. | | | | This is a theory - no more no less - but look |
| | | | closely at yourself and your friends and |
| When people who have analogous personalities | | | | check it out. A theory is nothing more than |
| work together, they create new personality | | | | an idea, but take a close look and see if |
| for their work environment. Because of this, | | | | this one doesn't bear a bit of truth. |
| Holland also identifies six kinds of job | | | | |