1. The Strong Interest Inventory® Instrument An Assessment of Personalities and Work Environments GS Consultants, 2006. All rights reserved. Strong Interest Inventory is a registered trademark of CPP, Inc.

2. 2 The RIASEC Theory Based on John Holland’s theory of vocational psychology. Six basic personality types. (RIASEC = Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional) There are six corresponding types of work environments. Most people and work environments are combinations of more than one type.

3. 3 R ealistic Investigative Artistic Social Enterprising Conventional The RIASEC Hexagon

4. 4 The RIASEC Categories REALISTIC INVESTIGATIVE ARTISTIC SOCIAL ENTERPRISING CONVENTIONAL The “Doers” The “Thinkers” The “Creators” The “Helpers” The “Persuaders” The “Organizers”

5. 5 Realistic—The “Doers” Realistic people like Fixing/repairing Using tools Heavy equipment The outdoors Building things Realistic environments are Physical Product-driven Manufacturing/industrial Clear in lines of authority Career Motivator: Using physical Skill

6. 6 Investigative people like Conducting research Solving complex problems Theoretical models New ideas Working independently Investigative environments are Research-oriented Scientific Intellectual/academic Unstructured Career Motivator: Analyzing Investigative—The “Thinkers”

7. 7 Artistic people like Conceptualizing Expressing their individuality Writing/composing/performing Designing Working independently Artistic environments are Self-expressive Flexible Aesthetic Idealistic Unstructured Career Motivator: Expressing creativity Artistic—The “Creators”

8. 8 Social people like Helping Encouraging Teaching Counseling/guiding Working collaboratively Social environments are Supportive Cooperative Idealistic Relationship-based Career Motivator: Helping others Social—The “Helpers”

9. 9 Enterprising people like Debating ideas Selling Managing people & projects Taking risks Discussing business Enterprising environments are Competitive Fast-paced Entrepreneurial Profit-oriented Career Motivator: Persuading and influencing Enterprising—The “Persuaders”

10. 10 Conventional people like Organizing information Writing reports Operating computers Managing data Making charts & graphs Conventional environments are Structured Organized Practical Hierarchical Career Motivator: Organizing Conventional—The “Organizers”

11. 11 RIASEC TV Programs

12. GOTS BISs OSS PSSs (personal)

13. 13 Assumptions Underlying the Strong Interest Inventory Measures interests, NOT abilities. Does NOT tell you what you should be. Expands your options, rather than limiting them. Interests are only one factor in career exploration. Most jobs are NOT listed on the Strong. Every organization has places for all 6 RIASEC codes. No RIASEC code is better than any other.

14. 14 The Strong Scales Over 150 scales were used on your Strong Profiles to generate RIASEC codes. The scales range from the very broad to the very specific. Your interests are compared to... People in general Workers in various occupations Highest scales represent your RIASEC code.

15. 15 Your Strong Results

16. 16 Strong College Profile—Page 1 How Your Results are Organized The General Occupational Themes* The Basic Interest Scales* The Occupational Scales* The Personal Style Scales Profile Summary Response Summary *RIASEC Scales

17. 17 Strong Profile—Page 2 Theme Descriptions

18. 18 Strong Profile—Page 2 Prioritized Themes Your Themes are rank ordered compared to your gender. Scores compare you to both males and females.

19. 19 Why is John’s Social theme rated Very High (with a score of 62) when his Realistic theme (with a score of 64) is only rated as High? Themes that look out of order: John

20. 20 How Your Theme Scores Are Computed When answering each question, you receive: +2 pts. = “Strongly Like” +1 pts. = “Like” 0 pts. = “Indifferent” -1 pts. = “Dislike” -2 pts. = “Strongly Dislike”

21. 21 Items on the Social Theme What do these and all of the items on the Social Theme Scale have in common? Taking care of children Social worker Helping others overcome their difficulties HELPING OTHERS

22. 22 Strong Profile—Page 3 The Basic Interest Scales Above is a summary of your top 5 interest areas – from leisure, work, school, and other activities. Notice the theme code letter next to each interest area for clues to possible work areas of interest.

23. 23 Details about The Basic Interest Scales – Page 3

24. 24 Basic Interests represent all areas of our lives... Work Study Leisure Friendships Occupations of family members Books we like to read Favorite kinds of movies Favorite kinds of TV programs Others? Any work interest areas come to mind?

25. 25 Strong Profile—Page 4 The Occupational Scales

26. 26 You get points on the Occupational Scales... This scale compares your likes and dislikes with the responses from people of the same gender who enjoy their occupation. Every time you answer a question the same way that people of your gender, who enjoy their occupation answer it, you receive points. The assumption is that if you like and dislike the same things as people in an occupation, that you, too, may enjoy that work.

27. 27 Occupations in each Theme (Artistic) are rank ordered from most Similar to Dissimilar. The longer the bar, the greater your similarity to workers in the occupation. Place a star * next to any occupation with a score > 49. The Occupational Scales -- Pages 5-7

28. 28 Occupational Scale Scores p. 5-7 >49Very similar 40-48Similar 30-39Mid-range 20-29Dissimilar <20Very dissimilar Here’s how to evaluate the score beside each occupation’s. Remember, any score above 40 should be marked for further career research.

29. 29 Interpreting the Occupational Scales Don’t pay too much attention to specific job titles. Find job titles with scores of 40 or more. Notice the Themes for these jobs, for they may represent the work environments that might be most satisfying to you. Pay special attention to the Themes rather than specific job titles. Our Career Center (10-340) has a huge volume of Holland Theme codes with numerous corresponding job titles.

30. 30 The Personal Style Scales – Page 8 Scores >54 usually identify with descriptors on the right. Scores <46 usually identify with descriptors on the left. Below is a summary of your 5 personal style scales – work style, learning environment, leadership style, risk taking, and team orientation.

31. 31 Do you prefer to work with people or to work alone? How clear are you about this preference? Pay attention to your work style preference when considering various occupations. In terms of people contact, what would an ideal day at work look like for you? Work Style Scale – Page 8

32. 32 Learning Environment Scale (p. 8) What does your learning environment preference say about how you like to learn new tasks – through short- or long-term training? Consider things that you learned in the past, how have you learned best? How clear are you about this preference? What will you do if your learning style preference conflicts with your career interest/goal?

33. 33 Leadership Style Scale p. 8 Project management vs. People management 1.In which direction do you lean? Project or people management? 2.How about in school teams or social organizations – which style do you prefer? 3.Pay attention to this when considering types of work and jobs.

34. 34 Risk-Taking Scale p. 8 Below are 3 kinds of risk-taking. Any other kinds? Physical -- skydiving, bungee jumping, rafting. What else? Financial – buying risky stocks, buying a house. What else? Relationship – entering a new love relationship, breaking up. What else? Which of these are most risky for you?

35. 35 Risk-taking Activity Let’s assume that you have a job paying $110,000/yr. A friend offers you the opportunity to join him in a new venture, a start-up, that lies within your area of expertise. What would need to be in place for you to consider this opportunity and leave your present work?

36. 36 Team Orientation Scale p. 8 What do your Work Style and Team Orientation scales have in common? How are these two scales different? What do these two scales suggest about how you like to do your work?

37. 37 Profile Summary —Page 9

38. 38 Response Summary – Page 9 This section summarizes how you responded to the questions on the assessment with likes and dislikes.

39. 39 Next Steps Review and contemplate the results of the assessments you’ve completed. What are your next steps. How do the majors/careers from this assessment compare with the results of the MBTI? Are there common areas? Or did you find differences? Make a list of: majors of greatest interest to you jobs/internships of strong interest the careers & majors you plan to research next using Eureka, CA Occupational Jobs or another resource Your next steps and plan for exploration

40. 40 College Profile – P. 1-4 The next 4 pages of your report describe the majors, careers, courses, campus organizations, and internships that are a good match with your Strong Interest results. You’ll find the following items: Using Your Theme Codes: Page 1 What is your theme code? __ __ __ Your top codes are listed on this page in order of interest. Included under each code are a list of college majors, which you’ll see on the next slide. Use these themes together to identify college courses and majors that allow you to express yourself.

41. 41 Using Your Themes P. 1 USING YOUR THEMES -- Your S~ongresultsin dicate a Theme code ofAIS. Your top three Themes are listed below in order of interest. Each Theme describes an important aspect of your interests and personality. Use all three Themes to identify college courses and academic majors that allow you to express what is important to you. The majors listed within each Theme are examples of some of the many related academic areas worth exploring. GONSiDERlNG THEMES OF GREATEST INTERES-- T PO YOU ( Artistic (A] i CREATIVE COMMUNICATORS ! i Artistic students prefer to take a self-expressive or creative approach involving art/design, music, or writing. I

42. 42 Using Your Basic Interest Scales P. 2

43. 43 Strong Interest Inventory ® College Profile -- BIS Using Your Basic Interest Scales – Page 2 These scales indicate interests that are important to several aspects of your life. Note which interests have the highest scores. Use your strongest interests to explore college courses, internships, PT work, and extracurricular activities. Circle or underline the internships and college courses that are of most interest.

44. 44 Using Your Occupational Scales P. 3

45. 45 Using Your Personal Style Scales – P. 4

46. Interests Needs Lifestyle Values Abilities Who are you? Assess yourself. Decision-making Set objectives and test possibilities. What are your career or academic options? Assess career or academic options. 46 A Career Exploration Framework

48. Optional Slides for Use With the GS Consultants Strong Interest Inventory® PowerPoint Presentation GS Consultants, 2006. All rights reserved. Strong Interest Inventory is a registered trademark of CPP, Inc.

49. 49 Activity: Holland Codes What words or phrases would you use to describe your Holland code? Where Next? Were there any signs of these interests when you were a child? What were they? Choose a childhood story to share with the larger group.

50. 50 The Four Career Ws WHO am I? WHY do I want to work? WHAT do I want to do? WHERE do I want to do it?

51. 51 WHO Am I? Interests and Potential Skills columns of the Strong Profile, page 2. Personal Descriptors column of the Strong Interpretive Report, page 2. I’d describe myself columns in Where Do I Go Next, even numbered pages beginning on page 6.

52. 52 WHO Am I? Sample ASE Strong Profile—I like people, helping, and leadership. I have creative and verbal skills, and I’m good at motivating others. Strong Interpretive Report—Creative, expressive, independent, imaginative, original, helpful, concerned for others, generous, energetic, self-confident. Where Next?—Intuitive, idealistic, friendly, kind, patient, cooperative, cheerful, understanding, optimistic.

53. 53 WHY Do I Want to Work? Strong Profile, Values column on page 2. Your Career Motivators section of the Strong Interpretive Report, page 3. What I value columns in Where Do I Go Next, beginning on page 6.

54. 54 WHY Do I Want to Work? Sample ASE Strong Profile—Service to others, influence Interpretive Report—Express creativity, help others Where Do I Go Next?—Express individuality, empower others, personal growth, leadership I want to use my creativity to help others be successful!

55. 55 WHAT Do I Want to Do? Strong Profile, Basic Interest Scales and Occupational Scales—page 3. Typical Interests and Activities column of your Strong Interpretive Report, page 4.

56. 56 What do I Want to Do? Sample Basic Interest Scales—Write, edit, coordinate education programs, create public relations materials, teach, explain what things mean, encourage people to be successful. Occupational Scales—Conduct interviews, conduct training and development programs, promote good will, research and investigate, report and write, present information, provide group guidance, counsel individuals, advise in overcoming personal and social problems.

57. 57 WHERE Do I Want to Do It? Values column of the Strong Profile, page 2. Personal Descriptors column of the Strong Interpretive Report, page 2. Your Career Motivators section of the Strong Interpretive Report, page 3. I’d like to work in a columns in Where Do I Go Next, Basic Interest Scales beginning on page 7.

58. 58 WHERE Do I Want to Do IT? Sample ASE Strong Profile—An organization that values originality, imagination, cooperation, and service to others Interpretive Report—An organization that is creative, helpful, concerned for others, humanistic, and energetic Where Do I Go Next?—A publishing company, television studio, religious organization, commercial art and design firm, school, or college