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                                          BeJob and Work Skills Smart                                                        understanding  the theory will help you choose  the careers,  majors, or training  programs that
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                                          Career Change                                                                              1. In our culture, most people are one of six personalitytypes: ttealistic, Invesiigative,
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                                         The Free Atent Outlook on Work                                                             2. People  of the same personality type working  together  in a job create a work
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                                                                                                                                        job, they create a work environment  that rewards creative thinkins and behavior -- an
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                                     Explore Career Options                                                                         3. There are six basic types of work environments:  Realistic,  Investig;ttive,  Artisti(, 
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                                     Help Others Succeed                                                                                 environments; Artlstic types look for Artjstic environments,  and so forth.
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                                    Career Key Blog                                                                                     choose  a job that has an Artistic environment,  like choosing to be a dance teacher in a
                                                                                                                                        dancing school -- an environment  "dominated"  by Artistic type people where creative
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                                                                                                                           How is this related to the scores you receive  on the career Key test? you want to choose an
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                                                                                                                           A good match-up is called "congruent" (meaning "compatible, in agreement or harmony',). For
                                                 TheCareerKey                                                              example, imagine that your highest score on the career Key is for the Realistic type. Looking
                                                                                                                           at the table below, you can see that the most compatible job environment  is Realistic. lt is a
                                                                                                                           congruent match. This suggests that you choose  a job in the Realistic group. or, you might
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                                                                                 Social                                  Soci.rl                                 Artistir & Enterpfisiltg
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                             Thc CNw {sy                                         Conventional                            ConveDtion.rl                           Enterl)rising & Realistic
                        Choose a rn:rjor the right way,                          Most people, in reality,  are a combination  of types -- like Realistic-lnvestigative, or Artistic-
                        The only source to scientifically                        Social. Therefore, you will probably want to consider occupations in more than one category.
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                        types to all U.S. & Canadian                             In summary you are most likely to choose  a satisfying job if you choose one that fits your
                        majors and training programs.                            personality type.
                        Easy to browse PDF.                                      lf your two strongest personality types are "inconsistent"-Realistic  and Social, Investigative and
                        Food for Thought                                         Enterprising, or Artistic and Conventional-be sure to read the next section, below, and this
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                        th.Jt rna(ch yorrr persoilalii.y.                       John Holland created a hexagonal model that shows the relationship  between the personality
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                                                                                 Notice that the personality types closest to each other are more alike than those farther away.
                                                                                You can see this most clearly when you compare the personalities  opposite each other, on the
                                                                                 hexagon. For example, read the description  ofthe types for Realistic and Social. You will see
                                                                                that they are virtually  the opposite of each other. On the other hand, Social and Artistic are
                                                                                 not that far aoart
                                                                                The same holds true forthe work environments.  Read their descriotions  and vou wil see.
                                                                                See how the hexagon reflects introversion  and extroversion;  personality-environment  match
                                                                                 applies  to those dimensions also.
                                                                                 Inconsistent  Personality Patterns
                                                                                 lf your two strongest personality types are Realistic and Social, Investigative and Enterprising,
                                                                                or Artistic and Conventional, read about inr-onsistent person;rlity  pittterns  and how they can
                                                                                work to your advantage
                                                                                Two Essentials
                                                                                To use Holland's theory it is vital that you use a,
                                                                                     1. Valid  (true) measure of Holland's personality types, one that is supported  by studies
                                                                                        published  in scientific  journals,  and
                                                                                     2. List of occupations or majors scientifically classified.
                                                                                Otherwise you are likely to be misled.