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 |
|---|---|---|
| Substance Abuse or Behavioral Disorder Counselor | Thinking, Helping |
Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors advise people who suffer from alcoholism, drug addiction, eating disorders, mental health issues, or other mental or behavioral problems. They provide treatment and support to help clients recover from addiction or modify problem behaviors. |
| Surgical Technologist | Building, Helping, Organizing |
Surgical technologists, also called operating room technicians , assist with operations. They prepare operating rooms, arrange equipment, and help doctors during surgeries. |
| Survey Researcher | Thinking, Persuading, Organizing |
Survey researchers design surveys and analyze data. Surveys are used to collect factual data, such as employment and salary information, or to ask questions in order to understand people’s opinions, preferences, beliefs, or desires. |
| Surveying or Mapping Technician | Building, Organizing |
Surveying and mapping technicians collect data and make maps of the Earth’s surface. Surveying technicians visit sites to take measurements of the land. Mapping technicians use geographic data to create maps. They both assist surveyors, and cartographers and photogrammetrists. |
| Surveyor | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Surveyors make precise measurements to determine property boundaries. They provide data relevant to the shape and contour of the Earth’s surface for engineering, mapmaking, and construction projects. |
| Tax Examiner or Collector or Revenue Agent | Persuading, Organizing |
Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents determine how much is owed in taxes and collect tax from individuals and businesses on behalf of federal, state, and local governments. They review tax returns, conduct audits, identify taxes owed, and collect overdue tax payments. |
| Taxi Driver or Chauffeur | Building, Persuading |
Taxi drivers, ride-hailing drivers, and chauffeurs drive people to and from the places they need to go, such as homes, workplaces, airports, and shopping centers. They must be familiar with city streets and locations to take passengers to their destinations. |
| Teacher Assistant | Helping, Organizing |
Teacher assistants work with a licensed teacher to give students additional attention and instruction. |
| Teacher, Adult Literacy or Remedial Education | Creating, Helping, Persuading |
Adult literacy and high school equivalency diploma teachers instruct adults in basic skills, such as reading, writing, and speaking English. They also help students earn their high school equivalent diploma. |
| Technical Writer | Thinking, Creating, Organizing |
Technical writers, also called technical communicators , prepare instruction manuals, how-to guides, journal articles, and other supporting documents to communicate complex and technical information more easily. They also develop, gather, and disseminate technical information through an organization’s communications channels. |
| Telecommunications Equipment Installer or Repairer | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, also known as telecom technicians , set up and maintain devices or equipment that carry communications signals, such as telephone lines and Internet routers. |
| Teller | Persuading, Organizing |
Tellers are responsible for accurately processing routine transactions at a bank. These transactions include cashing checks, depositing money, and collecting loan payments. |
| Tile or Marble Setter | Building, Creating, Organizing |
Flooring installers and tile and marble setters lay and finish carpet, wood, vinyl, and tile. |
| Top Executive | Persuading |
Top executives devise strategies and policies to ensure that an organization meets its goals. They plan, direct, and coordinate operational activities of companies and organizations. |
| Training or Development Manager | Helping, Persuading |
Training and development managers plan, coordinate, and direct skills- and knowledge-enhancement programs for an organization’s staff. |
| Training or Development Specialist | Helping, Persuading |
Training and development specialists help plan, conduct, and administer programs that train employees and improve their skills and knowledge. |
| Travel Agent | Persuading, Organizing |
Travel agents sell transportation, lodging, and admission to entertainment activities to individuals and groups planning trips. They offer advice on destinations, plan trip itineraries, and make travel arrangements for clients. |
| Umpire, Referee, or Other Sports Official | Building, Persuading, Organizing |
Umpires, referees, and other sports officials preside over competitive athletic or sporting events to help maintain standards of play. They detect infractions and decide penalties according to the rules of the game. |
| Urban or Regional Planner | Thinking, Creating, Persuading |
Urban and regional planners develop land use plans and programs that help create communities, accommodate population growth, and revitalize physical facilities in towns, cities, counties, and metropolitan areas. |
| Veterinarian | Building, Thinking |
Veterinarians care for the health of animals and work to protect public health. They diagnose, treat, and research medical conditions and diseases of pets, livestock, and other animals. |