Online Assessments
This page is your starting point for exploring your future career path. You can take one or all of the assessments below to learn more about yourself. The better you understand your interests, values, and personality type, the easier it will be to explore and plan for different careers. According to Holland’s theory, when your personality aligns with your occupation and work environment, you are more likely to experience job satisfaction and long-term success.
This website offers a free personality test that takes about 10 minutes to complete. Once you have finished it will provide you with a provides you with a four factor code based on the five factor trait theory that describes your personality. It will also provide you with a detailed profile of your career preferences, strengths, weaknesses, and relationships.
In this video, you will see more in-depth examples of Holland's Theory. Holland's Theory is the idea that most people can be organized into six personality types, and most work environments can be categorized by these types (Bullock-Yowell & Mathis, 2014). The six personality traits of the RIASEC theory are as follows: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional (Holland & Messer, 2013). The image below also shows careers that are grouped by their Holland codes.
