Career Interest Profile (RIASEC)
John Holland’s six-field model: realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising and conventional – with your personal three-letter code as the result.
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John Holland’s model of vocational interests has been the most widely used framework in career orientation since the 1970s. It distinguishes six interest directions – realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising and conventional – and describes people not by a single type but by the ranking of their three strongest areas. The US Department of Labor provides a public-domain instrument based on this model, the O*NET Interest Profiler; this template follows its logic with 30 activity statements. For education providers and counselling services the hexagon is attractive because it avoids judgement: there are no good or bad results, only different emphases.
When should you use this template?
This template is a great fit for:
- In career orientation at schools and universities
- As an entry point to career or reorientation coaching
- In vocational rehabilitation and return-to-work programmes
Every question in this template
- 1Consent
I understand that participation is voluntary and anonymous, and I take part. *
- 2Matrix
How much would you like to do the following activities? *
Regardless of whether you could do it today, or what it pays.
Strongly dislike Dislike Neutral Like Strongly like Repair machines or equipment Do physical work outdoors Build something using tools Service vehicles or installations Operate and set up technical equipment
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Frequently asked questions
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