Holland Codes

Bay Area community colleges offer dozens of career and technical education programs related to each Holland personality type. 

Realistic: You have mechanical or athletic interests; you prefer to work with tools, machines, animals or objects. You like to build, repair, grow or make things. Review all Realistic programs.

Investigative: You like to solve problems, observe, examine, or evaluate. You like to work independently and are task-oriented. Review all Investigative programs.

Artistic: You have creative or artistic interests; you like to use your imagination and to work independently. Review all Artistic programs.

Social: You like to help, inform, train, teach or cure people; you like to work with groups and be cooperative; you have great concern for others. Review all Social programs.

Enterprising: You like to work with people: to supervise, motivate, sell or persuade. You like to use oral skills and you enjoy competitive activities. Review all Enterprising programs.

Conventional: You like to work with data; you have clerical and numeric interests. You like to do activities that require attention to detail and accuracy. Review all Conventional programs.

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