1. Predicting your Future
John Holland and the Self Directed Search

2. TESTS/INVENTORIES Aptitude Achievement Predictive????
Personality Tests vs.
Personality Styles
Interests

3. Dr. John Holland
Director of Research, National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Vice President for Research and Development, American College Testing Program (fired)
Author “Making Vocational Choices: A Theory of Vocational Personalities and Work Environments” 1997
Research on educational development of talented young people. Production of Scientists. Have Hexagon, Will travel

4. Holland’s Goal:
“To provide a theory-ridden, computerless, impersonal system that would provide vocational guidance for everyone.”
Colleague advised him on the name: Call it the self-directed something

6. “The SDS became widely used and imitated” The American Psychologist, American Psychological Association, September 2009
Strong Campbell Interest Inventory
Career Assessment Inventory
Harrington-O’Shea CDM

7. HOLLAND HEXAGON

8. Realistic Outdoors Machinery Practical, down to earth
Strong, physically coordinated

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10. Investigative (not necessarily criminal investigation)
Scientific orientation, intellectual
Task-oriented
Needs to understand the world

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12. Artistic Likes art, music, drama etc.
Impulsive, non-comformist, independent
Espressive, original
Sensitive and emotional

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14. Social Socially responsible, humane Work in groups
Verbal and interpersonal skills
Helping, curing, training others

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16. Enterprising
Interpersonal & verbal skills→ selling, persuading, leading
Likes power, status
Popular, self-confident, sociable
Likes money

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18. Conventional Well-ordered environments
Organizing verbal & numerical info
Conscientious, efficient, practical
Orderly, persistent, calm

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20. Hexagon jumper----realistic vs. social

21. HOLLAND HEXAGON

22. John Hollands Occupations Finder

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DON’T FORGET TO ROTATE IN 4TH PLACE LETTERS TOO

24. Occupations Finder Code: ASI Occupation O*NET Code ED
Copy Writer
Dance Therapist
Reporter and
Correspondent
Artist, Exhibit

25. Code: AIS
Occupation O*NET Code ED
Philologist
Restorer,
Paper and Prints
Code: SAI
Acquisitions Librarian
Librarian
Marriage and Family
Therapist