INVENTORIES
It’s All About You!
Career Planning
Selfassessment is
the first step
of the career
planning
process.
Self Assessment
• During a self-assessment you gather information about
yourself in order to make an informed career decision.
• A self-assessment should
include a look at the following:
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values,
interests,
personality and
skills.
Values
• The things that are
important to you, like
achievement, status, and
autonomy
• If you don't take your
values into account when
planning your career,
there's a good chance
you'll dislike your work
and therefore not succeed
in it.
Interests
• What you enjoy doing, i.e. playing golf, taking
long walks, hanging out with friends
Personality
• A person's individual traits, motivational drives, needs,
and attitudes
• Based on work by Jung
• Eight personality types
• extroverts,
• introverts,
• thinking,
• feeling,
• sensing,
• intuitive,
• judging, and
• perceptive.
Skills
• The activities you are good at, such as writing,
computer programming, teaching
• Also look at what you enjoy doing
To help you discover and connect you who are with what you will
do in life and work; you will complete a VALUES Inventory and an
INTERESTS Inventory
GRADE 11 INVENTORIES
Holland Interest Inventory
• A system of matching
interests with one or
more of six types:
realistic, investigative,
artistic, social,
enterprising, and
conventional.
Holland Interest Inventory Website
http://www.brunswick.k12.me.us/bhs/guidance/
Careerdocs/Holland%20SelfAssessment.pdf
Holland Personality Types
Realistic (R)
People who like nature,
or athletics, or tools and
machinery.
Investigative (I)
People who are very
curious, like to
investigate or analyze
things
Artistic (A)
People who are very
artistic, imaginative, and
innovative.
Social (S)
People who are drawn to
helping, teaching, or
serving others.
Enterprising (E)
People who like to start up
projects or organizations,
and/or influence or
persuade people.
Conventional (C)
People who like detailed
work, and like to complete
tasks or projects.
Everyone has some level of each type, but generally there are 2-3 that are more significant
than the others.
CHARACTERISTICS & POSSIBLE
CAREER CHOICES
Realistic types prefer to deal with Things.
• A person with a Realistic Personality tends to be frank,
practical, focused, mechanical, determined, or rugged.
• Examples of Realistic Abilities include manipulating tools,
doing mechanical or manual tasks, or doing athletic
activities.
• Examples of Realistic Holland Code Careers include
Craftsman, Fitness Trainer, Optician, Policemen, Fire Fighter,
and Physical Education Teacher.
• Possible Realistic College Majors are Justice Studies, Fire
Science, Athletic Training, Martial Arts, Corporate Fitness,
and Physical Education.
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Investigative types prefer to deal with Things and
Ideas.
• A person with a Investigative Personality tends to
be analytical, intellectual, reserved, independent,
and scholarly.
• Examples of Investigative Abilities include working
with abstract ideas and intellectual problems.
• Examples of Investigative Holland Code Careers
include Biologist, Chemist, Historian, Researcher,
Doctor, and Mathematician.
• Possible Investigative College Majors are Botany,
Engineering, Forestry Science, Physics, and Foreign
Languages.
Artistic types prefer to deal with Ideas and People.
• A person with an Artistic Personality tends to be Complicated,
Original, Impulsive, Independent, Expressive, and Creative.
• Examples of Artistic Abilities include using imagination and
feelings in creative expression .
• Examples of Artistic Holland Code Careers include Artist,
Musician, Actor/ Actress, Designer, Writer, and Photographer.
• Possible Artistic College Majors are Art, Theater, Graphic
Design, Music, Journalism, and Communication.
Social types prefer to deal with People.
• A person with a Social Personality tends to be
Helping, Informing, Teaching, Inspiring, Counselling,
and Serving.
• Examples of Social Abilities include interacting with
people and concerned with the welfare of people.
• Examples of Social Holland Code Careers include
Teacher, Clergy, Coach, Therapist, Nurse, Counsellor,
and Sociologist.
• Possible Social College Majors are Nursing, Christian
Education, Counselling, Biblical Studies, Social
Science, and Education.
Enterprising types prefer to deal with Data and People.
• A person with an Enterprising Personality tends to be:
Persuasive, Energetic, Sociable, Adventurous, Ambitious,
and Risk-taking.
• Examples of Enterprising Abilities include leading,
managing, and organizing.
• Examples of Enterprising Holland Code Careers include
Manager, Producer, Lawyer, Business/ Marketing,
Executive, Entrepreneur, and Principal.
• Possible Enterprising College Majors are Pre-Law, Business
Management and Administration, International Business,
and Political Science.
Conventional types prefer to deal with Data and
Things.
• A person with a Conventional Personality tends to
be Careful, Conforming, Conservative,
Conscientious, Self-controlled, and Structured.
• Examples of Conventional Abilities include ordering
activities paying attention to details.
• Examples of Conventional Holland Code Careers
include Accountant, Banker, Editor, Office Manager,
Librarian, and Reporter.
• Possible Conventional College Majors are Business,
Accounting, and Management.
Compatible Work Environments
Personality Type
Most Compatible
Compatible
Realistic
Realistic
Investigative &
Conventional
Investigative
Investigative
Realistic & Artistic
Artistic
Artistic
Investigative &
Social
Social
Social
Artistic &
Enterprising
Enterprising
Enterprising
Social &
Conventional
Conventional
Conventional
Enterprising &
Realistic
Health Field Examples Using Holland
Interest Inventory
So what do the results tell you?
Once you have tallied your Holland interests and
discovered your top 3 themes, occupations that
might interest you are provided at:
http://www.promisingfutures.com/allaccess/car
eer_planning/interest_inventory/interest_invent
ory.htm
LIFE VALUES
“Cheshire Puss”, asked Alice, “Would you tell me,
please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That
depends a good deal on where you want to go,” said
the Cat. “I don’t much care where,” said Alice. “Then
it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat.
http://www.cvs.k12.mi.us/careers/pdfs/LIFE%20VALU
ES%20INVENTORY%205_01_08_1%20(2).pdf
Why is it Important to Understand
your Values?
• Your values are made up of everything that has
happened to you in your life and include
influences from: your parents and family, your
religious affiliation, your friends and peers, your
education, your reading, and more. Effective
people recognize these environmental influences
and identify and develop a clear, concise, and
meaningful set of values/beliefs, and priorities.
Once defined, values impact every aspect of your
life.
Understand your Values Continued
• You demonstrate and model your values in
action in your personal and work behaviors,
decision making, contribution, and
interpersonal interaction.
• You use your values to make decisions about
priorities in your daily work and home life.
• Your goals and life purpose are grounded in
your values.
To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of
children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends,
to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a
healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has
breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!
Ralph Waldo Emerson
LIFE VALUES CATEGORIES
“Learning without reflection is a waste, reflection without learning is
dangerous.” – Confucius
REFLECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. To what extent do these results describe you? (Were the
results an accurate portrait of you?) Why or why not?
Provide evidence using information from your learning
experiences and the descriptors of the 6 personality types.
Were there any surprises? Give details.
2. To what extent were you surprised regarding the number of
values the inventory asked about?
3. Do your two inventory results support one another in the
area of values (Holland Inventory under Characteristics lists a
value associated with the personality type)? If there was a
difference, what could explain this? If they were compatible,
do you agree?
4. List your three top categories from the Holland
Inventory (use the first initial…RIC, SAE, etc.) AND
list at least five careers that interest you.
5. Where do your top 3 values show themselves in
your schooling, and your relationships with family,
friends and community.
6. What was the most significant thing you learned
about yourself from completing these inventories?
The journey between what you once were and who you are now
becoming is where the dance of life really takes place.
Barbara DeAngelis
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
During Mentorship classes inventories dealing with PERSONALITY or
SKILLS will NOT be completed.
ADDITIONAL INVENTORIES
Personality Inventory
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgiwin/jtypes1.htm
Skills Inventory
http://www.d.umn.edu/careers/inventories/skill
s_test_intro.html
HELPING STUDENTS DISCOVER AND
CONNECT WHO THEY ARE WITH WHAT
THEY DO IN LIFE AND WORK
Prepared for Mentorship Program at Dr. E.P. Scarlett
June 2011
By Pamela Singletary