Search careers by Holland Codes


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.

TitleSummary
Loan Officer

Loan officers evaluate, authorize, or recommend approval of applications for personal and business loans.

Holland codes:
Helping, Persuading, Organizing

Lodging Manager

Lodging managers ensure that guests have a pleasant experience at a hotel, motel, or other type of facility with accommodations. Lodging managers also plan, direct, or coordinate activities to ensure that the facility is efficient and profitable.

Holland codes:
Helping, Persuading, Organizing

Logging Worker

Logging workers harvest thousands of acres of forests each year. The timber they harvest provides the raw material for countless consumer and industrial products.

Holland codes:
Building, Thinking, Organizing

Logistician

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.

Holland codes:
Persuading, Organizing

Machinist or Tool and Die Maker

Machinists and tool and die makers set up and operate a variety of computer-controlled and mechanically controlled equipment to produce precision metal parts, instruments, and tools.

Holland codes:
Building, Thinking, Organizing

Management Consultant or Analyst

Management analysts, often called management consultants, recommend ways to improve an organization’s efficiency. They advise managers on how to make organizations more profitable through reduced costs and increased revenues.

Holland codes:
Thinking, Persuading, Organizing

Manicurist or Pedicurist

Manicurists and pedicurists clean, shape, and beautify fingernails and toenails.

Holland codes:
Building, Helping, Persuading

Marine Engineer or Naval Architect

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.

Holland codes:
Building, Thinking

Market Research Analyst

Market research analysts study consumer preferences, business conditions, and other factors to assess potential sales of a product or service. They help companies understand what products people want, who will buy them, and at what price.

Holland codes:
Thinking, Persuading, Organizing

Masonry Worker

Masonry workers, also known as masons, use bricks, concrete and concrete blocks, and natural and manmade stones to build walkways, walls, and other structures.

Holland codes:
Building

Massage Therapist

Massage therapists treat clients by applying pressure to manipulate the body's soft tissues and joints. This treatment may help to relieve pain, heal injuries, relieve stress, and aid in the general wellness of clients.

Holland codes:
Building, Helping

Material Moving Machine Operator

Material moving machine operators use equipment to transport objects. For example, some operators move goods around factories and storage areas or onto container ships. Others move construction materials around building sites.

Holland codes:
Building

Material Recording Clerk

Material recording clerks track product information in order to keep businesses and supply chains on schedule. They ensure proper scheduling, recordkeeping, and inventory control.

Holland codes:
Building, Persuading, Organizing

Materials Engineer

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.

Holland codes:
Building, Thinking, Persuading

Mathematicians and Statisticians

Mathematicians and statisticians analyze data and apply computational techniques to solve problems.

Holland codes:
Thinking, Organizing

Mechanical Engineer

Mechanical engineers research, design, develop, build, and test mechanical and thermal sensors and devices, including tools, engines, and machines.

Holland codes:
Building, Thinking, Organizing

Mechanical Engineering Technician

Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians help mechanical engineers design, develop, test, and manufacture tools, engines, machines, and other devices. They may make sketches and rough layouts, record and analyze data, and report their findings.

Holland codes:
Building, Thinking

Medical Assistant

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.

Holland codes:
Building, Helping, Organizing

Medical Equipment Repairer

Medical equipment repairers install, maintain, and repair patient care equipment.

Holland codes:
Building, Thinking, Organizing

Medical or Clinical Laboratory Technologist or Technician

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.

Holland codes:
Building, Thinking, Organizing

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