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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lodging Manager | Helping, Persuading, Organizing |
Lodging managers ensure that guests on vacation or business travel have a pleasant experience at a hotel, motel, or other types of establishments with accommodations. Lodging managers also ensure that the establishment is run efficiently and profitably. |
| Logging Worker | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Logging workers harvest thousands of acres of forests each year. The timber they harvest provides the raw material for countless consumer and industrial products. |
| Logistician | Persuading, Organizing |
Logisticians analyze and coordinate an organization’s supply chain—the system that moves a product from supplier to consumer. They manage the entire life cycle of a product, which includes how a product is acquired, allocated, and delivered. |
| Machinist or Tool and Die Maker | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Machinists and tool and die makers set up and operate a variety of computer-controlled and mechanically controlled machine tools to produce precision metal parts, instruments, and tools. |
| Management Consultant or Analyst | Thinking, Persuading, Organizing |
Management analysts, often called management consultants , propose ways to improve an organization’s efficiency. They advise managers on how to make organizations more profitable through reduced costs and increased revenues. |
| Manicurist or Pedicurist | Building, Helping, Persuading |
Manicurists and pedicurists clean, shape, and beautify fingernails and toenails. |
| Marine Engineer or Naval Architect | Building, Thinking |
Marine engineers and naval architects design, build, and maintain ships, from aircraft carriers to submarines and from sailboats to tankers. Marine engineers are also known as marine design engineers or marine mechanical engineers and are responsible for the internal systems of a ship, such as the propulsion, electrical, refrigeration, and steering systems. Naval architects are responsible for the ship design, including the form, structure, and stability of hulls. |
| Market Research Analyst | Thinking, Persuading, Organizing |
Market research analysts study market conditions to examine potential sales of a product or service. They help companies understand what products people want, who will buy them, and at what price. |
| Massage Therapist | Building, Helping |
Massage therapists treat clients by using touch to manipulate the muscles and other soft tissues of the body. With their touch, therapists relieve pain, help heal injuries, improve circulation, relieve stress, increase relaxation, and aid in the general wellness of clients. |
| Material Moving Machine Operator | Building |
Material moving machine operators use machinery to transport various objects. Some operators move construction materials around building sites or excavate earth from a mine. Others move goods around a warehouse or onto container ships. |
| Material Recording Clerk | Building, Persuading, Organizing |
Material recording clerks track product information in order to keep businesses and supply chains on schedule. They ensure proper scheduling, recordkeeping, and inventory control. |
| Materials Engineer | Building, Thinking, Persuading |
Materials engineers develop, process, and test materials used to create a range of products, from computer chips and aircraft wings to golf clubs and biomedical devices. They study the properties and structures of metals, ceramics, plastics, composites, nanomaterials (extremely small substances), and other substances in order to create new materials that meet certain mechanical, electrical, and chemical requirements. They also help select materials for specific products and develop new ways to use existing materials. |
| Mathematician | Thinking, Creating, Organizing |
Mathematicians use advanced mathematics to develop and understand mathematical principles, analyze data, and solve real-world problems. |
| Mechanical Engineer | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Mechanical engineers research, design, develop, build, and test mechanical and thermal sensors and devices, including tools, engines, and machines. |
| Mechanical Engineering Technician | Building, Thinking |
Mechanical engineering technicians help mechanical engineers design, develop, test, and manufacture mechanical devices, including tools, engines, and machines. They may make sketches and rough layouts, record and analyze data, make calculations and estimates, and report their findings. |
| Medical Assistant | Building, Helping, Organizing |
Medical assistants complete administrative and clinical tasks in the offices of physicians, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities. Their duties vary with the location, specialty, and size of the practice. |
| Medical Equipment Repairer | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Medical equipment repairers install, maintain, and repair patient care equipment. |
| Medical or Clinical Laboratory Technologist or Technician | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Clinical laboratory technologists (commonly known as medical laboratory scientists ) and clinical laboratory technicians collect samples and perform tests to analyze body fluids, tissue, and other substances. |
| Medical or Health Services Manager | Helping, Persuading, Organizing |
Medical and health services managers, also called healthcare executives or healthcare administrators , plan, direct, and coordinate medical and health services. They may manage an entire facility, a specific clinical area or department, or a medical practice for a group of physicians. Medical and health services managers must adapt to changes in healthcare laws, regulations, and technology. |
| Medical Records or Health Information Technician | Persuading, Organizing |
Medical records and health information technicians, commonly referred to as health information technicians , organize and manage health information data by ensuring that it maintains its quality, accuracy, accessibility, and security in both paper files and electronic systems. They use various classification systems to code and categorize patient information for insurance reimbursement purposes, for databases and registries, and to maintain patients’ medical and treatment histories. |