The Holland Self Assessment And The Holland Code

In unit 2 I learned a lot about my personality, and what kinds of careers would best fit my personality. One thing that we did was the Holland self assessment and the Holland code. Both these things were to see what kind of work environment would be best for you. These categories were, realistic, investigative, artistic, enterprising, conventional. When I did the first assessment my highest categories were artistic, social, and enterprising. And when I took the second assessment I got the same exact thing. This really helped me in deciding that that would be my three letter code. Not to mention that I felt all those things perfectly described me. I also agreed with the three letter code because being creative and artistic, especially in photography

This perfectly fit my idea of my ideal career that is why I placed in in the first letter because that was my first priority as a job. Secondly, I chose social because of the things that you needed to have in order to fit that category. Sure, I am a little shy but I am pretty good at making conversation and once I get to know people I am no longer shy. Also a career that in includes a social atmosphere requires you to get along with others, help people with problems, and be helpful. That's why I chose this as my second letter because I truly felt that it would be the best career for me, I love helping others and am really good at mediating disputes. For my last letter I chose enterprising. I chose this because enterprising you have to be able to sell or promote items, be persuasive, and be driven. I feel like I am all of these things. I like persuading others to believe my beliefs, I am always up for debating, and if I believe in something I will do anything to support it. Overall, choosing which set of letters was actually pretty easy because, I love to be artistic, I can be really social, and I'm really good at debating over topics and being persuasive. Not to mention that doing all of the assessments and finding I kept getting all the same codes really assured me I was making the right

I know this because it would fit all three of my idea environments. Its artistic because I would be creating pictures, and would have to come up with a ways to make a picture say a what I was thinking or writing about. I would also have to set up the shot in a way to get the publicity that the certain cause would need as well. I would also be creative when writing articles on a certain topic, and would have to use my imagination and sources as well. When debating a topic you have to write about it in a certain way that fits what the stance you're taking. For instance, is it argumentative or informative? What side are you choosing? It would also fit the social category because I would be working with people of varying cultures. For instance, I would have to interview people of wide ranging cultures to get the story I needed, and would have to travel a lot as well, so having people to guide me through foreign countries would be important as well. I would also have to be social because more often than not I would be working in an office setting where I would have to talk to different people every day. It would fit the enterprising category because part of being a journalist is writing articles. This usually means picking a side and keeping with it, by writing argumentative articles. By doing this I would be using persuasion to convince others of my ideas. Overall, photojournalism would