The Holland Code : The Holland Code

The Holland Code Assessment helped me to find my key interests. My top interest was in the conventional area. Before I took the assessment, I had a strong desire to have all the areas of my life structured. I find myself to be “by the book” at times, but I do exercise flexibility when it counts. When it comes to my work as a waitress for BJ’s Restaurants, I have to multitask, which can often be challenging. What makes my job easier is when I have the tables in my station served with a game plan. Whenever I am organized at work, it really

Uniquely You DISC Professional Profile Report (2013), states that I am an S Personality Type. I think that people expect me to be more sensitive and submissive. According to this author, I am depicted as one who blends in the crowed; because I feel others want me to be still or quiet. I can be very loyal and friendly on an individual basis.

Being a part of a social group with people who I share a common identity and interact regularly with impacts me because those people who I am in a social group with expect me to match certain ways of thinking and acting within that specific group as highlighted in Chapter 6. For instance, a social group I am a part of is the SNAP Organization for nursing students, and how I think, act, and bring ideas during my conversations with my fellow nursing students are mainly associated with nursing.

After taking the CHOICES Interest Inventory, my holland codes were social and investigative. Investigative individuals are frequently depicted as "thinker's" who are observing and appreciate learning and assessing new things/circumstances. Investigative individuals like the challenge of thinking of ways to figure out problems and also they prefer to work on their own. Social individuals are often dubbed as "aides" who appreciate helping individuals from multiple points of view and are constantly worried about the prosperity of others. Social individuals flourish when working in groups, and have exceptional verbal and communication skills.

These results are a bit perplexing to me. First of all, I find myself to be at the lower end of the social comfort ladder. I have trouble speaking to people unless they speak to me first, I tend to remain alone for most of my time outside home, unless I’m with a close friend, and I feel awkward when people approach me to start a conversation, even people I’m familiar with. At the same time, I can see myself being a social person in the workforce. I enjoy having deep conversations with people I care about, and I enjoy giving my advice to those in need. I agree most with the statement that social people “like working more with people more than working with objects, machines, or information.” During my time working in an office this summer, although I found the phone calls interesting, the paperwork and filing was mind-numbingly boring. I can see now that having an office job is something that I would be able to handle, but only as a last resort. Moving next to the enterprising category, I somewhat connect to this one as well. What I see as an enterprising type of person is someone who is an outstanding leader, and I don’t think I am quite fit for that sort of role. Leaders, I imagine, are people who are extremely persuasive, connecting with as many people as possible, and understanding their wants and needs. Furthermore, leaders must be outgoing and in-your-face types of people in order to get their ideas out of their heads and into the real world to be useful. I connect to this category in a way because I enjoy doing and completing projects, albeit by myself. Continuing with the investigative category, I can see myself being quite an investigative person. I like challenging myself and working to find out answers. I assume all my Athena scholar peers are this way as well, because philosophy is all about working one’s way

The Dutch West India Company settled New Netherlands, and the Dutch bought Manhattan. New Netherland was aristocratic and feudal.

The top three categories for the leisure assessment formed SAI: sharing, aesthetic, and inquiring. For the sharing category I scored a 95.833. The people in this category go by a familiar name “the helpers”. These individuals are concerned with the helping of other people and their welfare. Moreover, they are usually very helpful, kind, and understanding.. The next category, aesthetics, received a score of 83.333. The people of this orientation also go by a familiar name, “the creators”. Like the previous assessments, these individuals are creative and enjoy creative activities. They are usually independent and imaginative. Inquiring (the last category) had a score of 62.5. Much like the previous two categories, people in this group are, “the persuaders”. They desire activities that involve thinking and are typically analytical, curious, and intellectual. A huge part of my personality includes the desire to make sure people are okay but I am also very creative and imaginative. These traits combined help me to find different ways to help people. The analytical aspect of my personality is equally efficient in solving other individual’s problems

Holland created six different personality groups: realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional. Most people and occupations are a combination three of the Holland Codes. The code is

In 1625, the Dutch West India Company founded New Amsterdam. The Dutch bought the land from the Manhattan Indians and made the land into farms. Everything on the land was owned by the company and was leased to tenants; this included buildings, windmills for grinding grain, and livestock. By 1639, the community spoke thirteen different languages and built a “burgher government” led by Peter Stuyvesant. In 1664 the English took over New Amsterdam but the Dutch government was not completely out until November 10th of 1674.

Personality types which can be seen in contemporary society can also be seen very clearly with regard to the characters in the ward setting:

Military strategy forever had been battles of attrition, men throwing themselves at each other until a winner was determined, this form of battle was replaced in Europe during the 16th and 17th century. The change in military strategy took place mostly in Europe, and the countries at the forefront of this were the Swedish empire and the Netherlands. The Swedes and Dutch changed many military strategies and practices which were in place for thousands of years and changed the standard for militaries. They helped to show the first realistic application of David versus Goliath, using smart tactics paired with a smaller army to destroy militaries of greater size. The two smallest nations in Europe took control and led the world in military innovations in the 16th and 17th century through competition and loss. The Swedes and Dutch managed to create fluid militaries which were able to overpower larger armies through deception and agility. The Swedish and Dutch nations during the 16th and 17th century gained military strength through the reformation of tactics, reorganization of the military, improvisation of weapons, and as a result changed the image and action of the military forever. The idea of a military revolution was first explored by a man named Michael Roberts in the 1950s. Roberts said that if the Swedish Empire and the Netherlands had not developed as they did, military strategy and organization would have not evolved for much later.

My Holland Codes is AES. I’m artistic, enterprising and social. My top three workplace values are artistics, creative expression and independence. I prefer to go in the medical field to be an Neonatal Nurse. I want to be an neonatal nurse because I love taking care of babies, they are so cute and little. My Holland code and workplace values does not go with my career path. It says the holland code for Nurse Practitioner (ISA)

A benefit of the Holland code is fast and easy to take. The result are available immediately, and they provide possible jobs that may fit your personality best. The Holland code also uses closed questions to increase the validity of the answer.

Criminal investigators are professionals in the law enforcement team who try to solve crimes, prevent the occurrence of future crimes, and searching and detaining suspects. The two categories of criminal investigators are private and public criminal investigators. The level of training that these professionals go through is different which leads us to the differences between public and private criminal investigations.

The social dimension is about connecting with others. You want to be able to work well with others and be able to relate to them. Also, you want to belong with others and have a friend group can make you laugh and have fun. Spending time with you family and friends is a good way to be socially healthy. Respecting others and yourself can help you be social because it is a great way to get others to like you. Having meaningful relationships that are positive is important in the social dimension too.