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► Let us assist you in Let us assist you in matching your matching your interests to jobs by:interests to jobs by: Identifying abilities, Identifying abilities,

interests, and interests, and personal qualitiespersonal qualities

► Students, rate your Students, rate your top top threethree choices choices of the following of the following category topicscategory topics

Six Distinct CategoriesSix Distinct CategoriesDefinitions will follow this slideDefinitions will follow this slide

Realistic Investigative

Artistic Social

Enterprising Conventional

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► After viewing the After viewing the definitions of the definitions of the characteristics:characteristics:

► Write down the first Write down the first letter of each of letter of each of three categories (in three categories (in order of preference)order of preference)

► Ex. R for RealisticEx. R for Realistic

Realistic CharacteristicsRealistic Characteristics

► Athletic or Athletic or mechanical abilitymechanical ability

► Likes to:Likes to: Work with machines, Work with machines,

toolstools Work with plants or Work with plants or

animalsanimals Work or be outside Work or be outside

Investigative CharacteristicsInvestigative Characteristics

► Likes toLikes to ObserveObserve LearnLearn InvestigateInvestigate AnalyzeAnalyze Evaluate Evaluate Solve problemsSolve problems

Artistic CharacteristicsArtistic Characteristics

► Artistic, innovative, Artistic, innovative, or intuition abilitiesor intuition abilities

► Likes to:Likes to: Work in unstructured Work in unstructured

situationssituations Use imagination and Use imagination and

creativity creativity

Social CharacteristicsSocial Characteristics

► Likes to:Likes to: Work with peopleWork with people Enlighten peopleEnlighten people Inform peopleInform people Train peopleTrain people Cure peopleCure people Skilled with wordsSkilled with words

Enterprising CharacteristicsEnterprising Characteristics

► Managing and Managing and organizational organizational abilities may focus abilities may focus on financial issueson financial issues

► Likes to:Likes to: Work with peopleWork with people InfluencingInfluencing PersuadingPersuading PerformingPerforming LeadingLeading ManagingManaging

Conventional CharacteristicsConventional Characteristics

► Clerical and Clerical and Numerical abilitiesNumerical abilities

► Likes to:Likes to: Work with dataWork with data Follow instructionsFollow instructions Carry out detailed Carry out detailed

taskstasks

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► What three letters What three letters define your Holland define your Holland Code?Code?

► Do you need to Do you need to review these review these characteristics one characteristics one more time to help more time to help decide?decide?

►RIS, AEC, RIS, AEC, CSI, SAR, ICE, CSI, SAR, ICE, ESA, AIC, ESA, AIC, RAE, CIR, RAE, CIR, ERS….??? ERS….???

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► Or at Or at www.nycareerzone.www.nycareerzone.org/graphic/assessorg/graphic/assessment/indes.jspment/indes.jsp

► These websites These websites offer career offer career suggestions based suggestions based upon your codeupon your code