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.
You can click on any of the table headers (for example, Average Earnings) to sort your results by that value.
| Title | Holland Code | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Sales Representative, Wholesale and Manufacturing | Persuading, Organizing |
Wholesale and manufacturing sales representatives sell goods for wholesalers or manufacturers to businesses, government agencies, and other organizations. They contact customers, explain the features of the products they are selling, negotiate prices, and answer any questions that their customers may have about the products. |
| School or Career Counselor | Helping |
School counselors help students develop the academic and social skills that lead to success in school. Career counselors help people develop skills, explore a career, or choose an educational program that will lead to a career. |
| Secretary or Administrative Assistant | Persuading, Organizing |
Secretaries and administrative assistants perform routine clerical and administrative duties. They organize files, prepare documents, schedule appointments, and support other staff. |
| Securities, Commodities, or Financial Services Sales Agent | Persuading, Organizing |
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents connect buyers and sellers in financial markets. They sell securities to individuals, advise companies in search of investors, and conduct trades. |
| Security Guard or Gaming Surveillance Officer | Building, Persuading, Organizing |
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers patrol and protect property against theft, vandalism, and other illegal activity. |
| Semiconductor Processor | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Semiconductor processors oversee the manufacturing of semiconductor devices, which are commonly known as integrated circuits or microchips. These microchips are found in all electronic devices—including cell phones, cars, and laptops—and are an important part of modern life. |
| Sheet Metal Worker | Building |
Sheet metal workers fabricate or install products that are made from thin metal sheets, such as ducts used in heating and air conditioning systems. |
| Skincare Specialist | Building, Helping, Persuading |
Skincare specialists cleanse and beautify the face and body to enhance a person’s appearance. |
| Small Engine Mechanic | Building, Organizing |
Small engine mechanics inspect, service, and repair motorized power equipment. Mechanics often specialize in one type of equipment, such as motorcycles, motorboats, or outdoor power equipment. |
| Social or Community Service Manager | Helping, Persuading |
Social and community service managers coordinate and supervise social service programs and community organizations. They manage workers who provide social services to the public. |
| Social or Human Service Assistant | Helping, Organizing |
Social and human service assistants provide client services, including support for families, in a wide variety of fields, such as psychology, rehabilitation, and social work. They assist other workers, such as social workers, and they help clients find benefits or community services. |
| Social Worker | Helping, Persuading |
Social workers help people solve and cope with problems in their everyday lives. Clinical social workers also diagnose and treat mental, behavioral, and emotional issues. |
| Sociologist | Thinking, Creating, Helping |
Sociologists study society and social behavior by examining the groups, cultures, organizations, social institutions, and processes that develop when people interact and work together. |
| Software Developer | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Software developers are the creative minds behind computer programs. Some develop the applications that allow people to do specific tasks on a computer or another device. Others develop the underlying systems that run the devices or that control networks. |
| Solar Photovoltaic Installer | Building, Organizing |
Solar photovoltaic (PV) installers, also known as PV installers , assemble, install, and maintain solar panel systems on rooftops or other structures. |
| Special Education Teacher | Creating, Helping |
Special education teachers work with students who have learning, mental, emotional, or physical disabilities. They adapt general education lessons and teach various subjects to students with mild to moderate disabilities. They also teach basic skills to students with severe disabilities. |
| Speech-Language Pathologist | Thinking, Creating, Helping |
Speech-language pathologists (sometimes called speech therapists ) assess, diagnose, treat, and help to prevent communication and swallowing disorders in children and adults. Speech, language, and swallowing disorders result from a variety of causes, such as a stroke, brain injury, hearing loss, developmental delay, Parkinson’s disease, a cleft palate, or autism. |
| Stationary Engineer or Boiler Operator | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Stationary engineers and boiler operators control stationary engines, boilers, or other mechanical equipment to provide utilities for buildings or for industrial purposes. |
| Statistician | Thinking, Organizing |
Statisticians use statistical methods to collect and analyze data and help solve real-world problems in business, engineering, the sciences, or other fields. |
| Structural Iron or Steel Worker | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Ironworkers install structural and reinforcing iron and steel to form and support bridges, roads, and other structures. |