6 Broad Interests (RIASEC)

Holland’s RIASEC career matching method links people and careers using six broad types: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional. Artistic people prefer artistic jobs, social people prefer social jobs, etc. While RIASEC is the most popular method for getting quick career matches, there's a lot of room for improvement. Match accuracy improves significantly by taking into account specific interests, needs, dislikes, and personality. We suggest using RIASEC as only a starting point for career exploration.

Artistic

Creating, designing, and making your own rules.

Conventional

Data, detail, and regular routines.

Enterprising

Leading, making decisions, and business.

Investigative

Ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.

Realistic

Practical, hands-on problems and solutions.

Social

Helping people, teaching, and talking.

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Need Satisfaction

Things you want or must have in order to feel satisfied. Fit improves when a career meets your needs and decreases when your needs aren’t met.

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Aversions

Things you want to avoid in a career. Fit decreases when a career includes things you want to avoid. Fit increases when those things are mostly or completely absent.

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Context

Physical and social factors that influence the nature of work performed. Fit is increased when the factors you enjoy are present and factors you dislike are absent.

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Specific Interests

This section shows your results on the 58 specific interests. A career usually involves about 1 to 5 of these interests.

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Personality

The below covers the Big Five dimensions of personality plus a sixth dimension - Honesty. The Big Five is the most well-known model of personality. It groups personality traits into five broad dimensions: Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism/Emotional Stability (OCEAN). After the model was developed in the 1980s, Honesty has increasingly become accepted as a 6th broad factor.

Agreeableness

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Acceptance of criticism

Welcoming feedback without getting upset or becoming defensive.

Cooperation

Being pleasant with others on the job. Displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.

Even-Tempered/Patient

Keeping emotions in check even in difficult situations. Not giving in to anger/aggression.

Conscientiousness

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Achievement Orientation

Setting challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.

Attention to Detail

Being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.

Dependability

Being reliable and responsible, fulfilling obligations.

Perseverance

Continuing in the face of obstacles.

Extraversion

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Initiative

Willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.

Leadership

Willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.

Social orientation

Preferring to work with others vs. alone. Being personally connected with others on the job.

Honesty

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Concern for others

Being sensitive to others' needs & feelings. Being understanding and helpful on the job.

Integrity

Being honest and ethical.

Emotional Stability

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Independence

Developing your own ways of doing things without needing guidance or supervision. Depending on yourself to get things done.

Stress tolerance

Dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.

Openness

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Adaptability

Being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.

Analytical Thinking

Analyzing information and using logic to address issues and problems.

Innovation

Using creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas and solutions.

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