JOHN HOLLAND AND THE PERSONALITY THEORY OF CAREER SATISFACTION Holland linked a person’s personality to the careers that would be most satisfying. Psychologist John Holland believes that a strong link exists between personality and career satisfaction. He called this personality-type theory. The theory states that people feel that their job or profession is fulfilling if there is a match between some important features of their work and their personality. A simple example is that of a "naturally"
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whole life through. As I have said before in another discussion I was borne and raised on a farm and I have always been an on hands type of person as well as no stranger to physical labor. After examining John Holland Careers and Personality it is very obvious that my personality does match my careers‚ both past‚ present‚ and if all goes well in the future as well. With this being said I fall in the category of being realistic‚ in which I like to solve concrete problems‚ work with my hands and/or tools
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Holland’s theory can be summarized in six statements: 1. In our culture‚ most person are one of six personality types: Realistic‚ Investigative‚ Artistic‚ Social‚ Enterprising‚ and Conventional. 2. People of the same personality tend to "flock together." For example‚ Artistic people are attracted to making friends and working with Artistic people. 3. People of the same personality type working together in a job create a work environment that fits their type. For example‚ when Artistic persons
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2b. John Holland’s theory John Holland is the most well known career theories among others. Holland’s theory of career development is a significant vocational theory in career development. Holland’s theory emerged from the Factor and Trait Theory. The theory assumes that individual’s personality characteristics and occupational environment should match to lead success. There are six premises that can be used to explain Holland’s theory. This theory states that most people have one of the six personality
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John Holland made his mark from 1953-1556 while working at Vocational Counseling Service in Perry Point Veterans Hospital followed by his work as the Director of Research for the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. His work at these two organizations leads to the first edition of Vocational Preference Inventory. In 1959‚ John Holland was published in the Journal of Counseling Psychology for his vocational theory (Gottfredson & Johnstun‚ 2009). He established his theory of matching people
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Pharmacy Undergraduate Students: Career Choices & Expectations Across A Four-Year Degree Programme Keith Wilson‚ Jill Jesson‚ Chris Langley‚ Katie Hatfield and Laura Clarke. Aston University August 2006 Page 2 The research on which this report is based was commissioned by the Pharmacy Practice Research Trust funded with a grant from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. The research was undertaken by a team of researchers at Aston University. The views expressed
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CAREER CHOICE FACTORS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS This Term Paper is a partial fulfillment of the requirement in English IV under the supervision of Mrs. Cynthia S. Tamayo Presented by: Jacquilyn V. Borre ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This term paper is made possible through the help and support from everyone‚ including: parents‚ teachers‚ family‚ friends and in essence‚ all sentient brings. Especially Jovilyn‚ my sister‚ never doubted me; she gave me the support
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CAREER CHOICES THAT CHANGE THE WORLD Prepared for Prepared by June 15‚ 2012 Memorandum To: From: Date: June 15‚ 2012 Subject: Career Choices That Change The World During the difficult world of choices that one must make in life‚ I have chosen to compare and contrast two career choices in Software Engineering and becoming a Health and Wellness Physician. Both of these career fields have high demand growth potential and offer very lucrative salaries to live a comfortable lifestyle
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CAREER CHOICES--8TH GRADE EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS--"TOOLS FOR SUCCESS" TABLE OF CONTENTS Content Page Acknowledgements............................................................................................................................................................. 3 To The Teacher .................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Course Description .............
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Choosing a career is one of the most important decisions a person has to make in their life. It is so important because that is what we will have to do to support ourselves throughout life. Imagine being stuck in a dead end job and having to go to work every morning and dreading it. That is no spending oneÕs time and life is too short to work 35 years and be unhappy with it. If a person likes the job they do then it is not work‚ because finding satisfaction out of a job can bring great happiness
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