This is a tool to help you search for careers that fit your career type, based on the RIASEC model created by Dr. John Holland. If you don't know your career type, take the career quiz to figure it out!
You can use this tool to find careers that match your top interest areas, while filtering out careers in areas that you have little or no interest in.
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| Title | Holland Code | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Graphic Designer | Creating, Persuading |
Graphic designers create visual concepts, using computer software or by hand, to communicate ideas that inspire, inform, and captivate consumers. They develop the overall layout and production design for applications such as advertisements, brochures, magazines, and reports. |
| Grounds Maintenance Worker | Building, Organizing |
Grounds maintenance workers ensure that the grounds of houses, businesses, parks, and urban infrastructure are attractive, orderly, and healthy in order to provide a pleasant outdoor environment. |
| Hand Laborer or Material Mover | Building |
Hand laborers and material movers manually move freight, stock, or other materials. Some of these workers feed or remove material to or from machines, clean vehicles, pick up unwanted household goods, and pack materials for moving. |
| Hazardous Material Removal Worker | Building, Organizing |
Hazardous materials (hazmat) removal workers identify and dispose of asbestos, lead, radioactive waste, and other hazardous materials. They also neutralize and clean up materials that are flammable, corrosive, or toxic. |
| Health and Safety Engineer | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Health and safety engineers develop procedures and design systems to protect people from illness and injury and property from damage. They combine knowledge of engineering and of health and safety to make sure that chemicals, machinery, software, furniture, and other products will not cause harm to people or damage to property. |
| Health Educator or Community Health Worker | Helping, Persuading |
Health educators teach people about behaviors that promote wellness. They develop and implement strategies to improve the health of individuals and communities. Community health workers provide a link between the community and healthcare professionals. They develop and implement strategies to improve the health of individuals and communities. They collect data and discuss health concerns with members of specific populations or communities. Although the two occupations often work together, responsibilities of health educators and community health workers are distinct. |
| Heating, Air Conditioning, or Refrigeration Mechanic or Installer | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers—often called HVACR technicians —work on heating, ventilation, cooling, and refrigeration systems that control the temperature and air quality in buildings. |
| Heavy or Tractor-trailer Truck Driver | Building, Organizing |
Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers transport goods from one location to another. Most tractor-trailer drivers are long-haul drivers and operate trucks with a total weight exceeding 26,000 pounds for the vehicle, passengers, and cargo. These drivers deliver goods over intercity routes that sometimes span several states. |
| Heavy Vehicle or Mobile Equipment Service Technician | Building, Organizing |
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians, also called mechanics , inspect, maintain, and repair vehicles and machinery used in construction, farming, rail transportation, and other industries. |
| High School Teacher | Creating, Helping, Persuading |
High school teachers help prepare students for life after graduation. They teach academic lessons and various skills that students will need to attend college or to enter the job market. |
| Historian | Thinking |
Historians research, analyze, interpret, and write about the past by studying historical documents and sources. |
| Home Health Aide | Building, Helping |
Home health aides and personal care aides help people with disabilities, chronic illness, or cognitive impairment by assisting in their daily living activities. They often help older adults who need assistance. Home health aides may be able to give a client medication or check the client’s vital signs under the direction of a nurse or other healthcare practitioner. |
| Human Resources Manager | Helping, Persuading |
Human resources managers plan, direct, and coordinate the administrative functions of an organization. They oversee the recruiting, interviewing, and hiring of new staff; consult with top executives on strategic planning; and serve as a link between an organization’s management and its employees. |
| Human Resources Specialist | Helping, Persuading, Organizing |
Human resources specialists recruit, screen, interview, and place workers. They often handle tasks related to employee relations, compensation and benefits, and training. |
| Hydrologist | Building, Thinking |
Hydrologists study how water moves across and through the Earth’s crust. They study how rain, snow, and other forms of precipitation impact river flows or groundwater levels, and how surface water and groundwater evaporate back into the atmosphere or eventually reach the oceans. Hydrologists analyze how water influences the surrounding environment and how changes to the environment influence the quality and quantity of water. They use their expertise to solve problems concerning water quality and availability. |
| Industrial Designer | Building, Creating, Persuading |
Industrial designers develop the concepts for manufactured products, such as cars, home appliances, and toys. They combine art, business, and engineering to make products that people use every day. Industrial designers consider the function, aesthetics, production costs, and usability of products when developing new product concepts. |
| Industrial Engineer | Thinking, Persuading, Organizing |
Industrial engineers find ways to eliminate wastefulness in production processes. They devise efficient systems that integrate workers, machines, materials, information, and energy to make a product or provide a service. |
| Industrial Engineering Technician | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Industrial engineering technicians assist industrial engineers in devising efficient systems that integrate workers, machines, materials, information, and energy to make a product or provide a service. They prepare machinery and equipment layouts, plan workflows, conduct statistical production studies, and analyze production costs. |
| Industrial Machinery Mechanic or Maintenance Worker or Millwright | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Industrial machinery mechanics and machinery maintenance workers maintain and repair factory equipment and other industrial machinery, such as conveying systems, production machinery, and packaging equipment. Millwrights install, dismantle, repair, reassemble, and move machinery in factories, power plants, and construction sites. |
| Industrial Production Manager | Persuading, Organizing |
Industrial production managers monitor a plant’s workers to ensure they meet safety standards. Industrial production managers oversee the daily operations of manufacturing and related plants. They coordinate, plan, and direct the activities used to create a wide range of goods, such as cars, computer equipment, or paper products. |