Holland's Typology of Personality and Sample Occupations Personality Type Characteristics Sample Occupations Realistic.Prefers physical Shy.genuine,persistent,stable, Mechanic,drill press operator. activities that require skill, conforming,practical assembly-line worker,farmer strength,and coordination Investigative.Prefers Analytical,original,curious. Biologist,economist, activities involving thinking. independent mathematician,news reporter organizing,and understanding Social.Prefers activities Sociable,friendly,cooperative. Social worker,teacher,counselor. that involve helping and understanding clinical psychologist developing others Conventional.Prefers rule- Conforming,efficient,practical, Accountant,corporate manager. regulated,orderly.and unimaginative,inflexible bank teller,file clerk unambiguous activities Enterprising.Prefers verbal Self-confident,ambitious. Lawyer,real estate agent.public activities in which there energetic,domineering relations specialist,small are opportunities to influence business manager others and attain power Artistic.Prefers ambiguous and Imaginative,disorderly,idealistic, Painter,musician,writer,interior unsystematic activities that emotional,impractical decorator allow creative expression Source:Based on I.L.Holland,Making Vocational Choices:A Theory of Vocational Personalities and Work Environments.2d ed.(Upper Saddle River,NI:Prentice Hall.1985). ©Prentice Hall,2002 14-20Holland’s Typology of Personality and Sample Occupations © Prentice Hall, 2002 14-20