The Georgia
Career Information Center, a computer-based library of occupational
and educational information and a primary component in the career decision-making
process. GCIS is provided to schools and agencies throughout Georgia
in order to help young people and adults make informed career choices.
Come to the Academic
Advisement Center where we can assist you in discovering the wealth
of FREE information provided by Georgia Career Information System!
It's your future . . . decide it !
A few examples of the computer based program:
SKILLS Assessment
SKILLS helps you identify occupations that match
your skills. It also shows you which skills are used by each occupation.
Using SKILLS can help you select an occupation or a career, identify
ways to modify your career direction, or prepare for a job search.
SKILLS begins with the skills selection process.
After selecting your skills, then rate them according to the Holland
Personality Types, Occupational Clusters, and specific occupations.
SKILLS is a self-assessment process of skills
identification. The more skills you select the better the occupational
match.
Holland Codes
Dr. John L. Holland (1985) created Holland Occupational
Codes, a system of Holland types to classify jobs into categories, interest
clusters, work personality environments, or personality types. The system
is the Holland Hexagon Model or Holland Codes. In the Holland Model,
these categories represent work personalities or personality types.
Different assessments provide information on the relationship between
these job personalities, personality types, key characteristics, college
majors, hobbies, abilities, related careers.
The Holland Codes match jobs into job codes,
interest clusters, work personality environments, or personality types.
The Occupational Codes are -
Realistic
- Realistic types prefer to deal with Things.
• A person with a Realistic Personality
tends to be frank, practical, focused,
mechanical, determined, or rugged.
• Examples of Realistic Abilities include manipulating tools, doing
mechanical or manual tasks, or doing athletic activities.
• Examples of Realistic Careers include Craftsman, Fitness Trainer,
Optician, Policemen, Fire Fighter, and Physical Education Teacher.
• Possible Realistic College Majors are Justice Studies, Fire Science,
Athletic Training, Martial Arts, Corporate Fitness, and Physical Education.
Investigative - Investigative types prefer
to deal with Things and Ideas.
• A person with a Investigative Personality
tends to be analytical, intellectual, reserved, independent, and scholarly.
• Examples of Investigative Abilities include working with abstract
ideas and intellectual problems.
• Examples of Investigative Careers include Biologist, Chemist,
Historian, Researcher, Doctor, and Mathematician.
• Possible Investigative College Majors are Botany, Engineering,
Forestry Science, Physics, and Foreign Languages.
Artistic - Artistic types prefer to deal
with Ideas and People.
• A person with a Artistic Personality tends
to be Complicated, Original, Impulsive, Independent, Expressive, and
Creative.
• Examples of Artistic Abilities include using imagination and
feelings in creative expression .
• Examples of Artistic Careers include Artist, Musician, Actor/
Actress, Designer, Writer, and Photographer.
• Possible Artistic College Majors are Art, Theater, Graphic Design,
Music, Journalism, and Communication.
Social - Social types prefer to deal with
People.
• A person with a Social Personality tends
to be Helping, Informing, Teaching, Inspiring, Counseling, and Serving.
• Examples of Social Abilities include interacting with people
and concerned with the welfare of people.
• Examples of Social Careers include Teacher, Clergy, Coach, Therapist,
Nurse, Counselor, and Sociologist.
• Possible Social College Majors are Nursing, Christian Education,
Counseling, Biblical Studies, Social Science, and Education.
Enterprising - Enterprising types prefer
to deal with Data and People.
• A person with an Enterprising Personality
tends to be Characteristics: Persuasive, Energetic, Sociable, Adventurous,
Ambitious, and Risk-taking.
• Examples of Enterprising Abilities include leading, managing,
and organizing.
• Examples of Enterprising Careers include Manager, Producer, Lawyer,
Business/ Marketing, Executive, Entrepreneur, and Principal.
• Possible Enterprising College Majors are Pre-Law, Business Management
and Administration, International Business, and Political Science.
Conventional - Conventional types prefer
to deal with Data and Things.
• A person with a Conventional Personality
tends to be Careful, Conforming, Conservative, Conscientious, Self-controlled,
and Structured.
• Examples of Conventional Abilities include ordering activities
paying attention to details.
• Examples of Conventional Careers include Accountant, Banker,
Editor, Office Manager, Librarian, and Reporter.
• Possible Conventional College Majors are Business, Accounting,
and Management.
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