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    John Holland's Theory of Career Choice proposes that career choices are determined by an interaction between personality and environment. The theory maintains that people prefer jobs where they can be around others similar to themselves and use their skills, abilities, attitudes, and values while taking on enjoyable problems and roles. Holland claimed that both people and work environments can be categorized and matched to determine congruence between personality and career choice for success and satisfaction.

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    John Holland's Theory of Career Choice proposes that career choices are determined by an interaction between personality and environment. The theory maintains that people prefer jobs where they can be around others similar to themselves and use their skills, abilities, attitudes, and values while taking on enjoyable problems and roles. Holland claimed that both people and work environments can be categorized and matched to determine congruence between personality and career choice for success and satisfaction.

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    John Holland's Theory of Career Choice proposes that career choices are determined by an interaction between personality and environment. The theory maintains that people prefer jobs where they can be around others similar to themselves and use their skills, abilities, attitudes, and values while taking on enjoyable problems and roles. Holland claimed that both people and work environments can be categorized and matched to determine congruence between personality and career choice for success and satisfaction.

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    Holland’s theory of vocational choices

    Careers are determined by an interaction between our personality and the environment in John Holland's
    Theory of Career Choice. We want jobs with people like us.

    John Holland's Theory of Career Choice (RIASEC) maintains that in choosing a career, people prefer jobs
    where they can be around others who are like them. They search for environments that will let them use
    their skills and abilities, and express their attitudes and values, while taking on enjoyable problems and
    roles.

    Holland theory is based on several assumptions-

    1) An individual’s personality is the primary factor in vocational choices.


    2) Interest inventories are personality inventories.
    3) Individuals develop STEREOTYPICAL views of occupations that have psychological relevance.
    4) Daydreams about occupations are often precursors to occupational choice.
    5) Identity – that clarity of an individual’s perceptions of his or her goals and personal characteristics is
    related to having a small number of rather focused vocational goals.
    6) To be a successful and satisfied in one’s career it is necessary to choose an occupation that is
    congruent which one’s personality.

    John L. Holland claimed that both people and work environments can be categorized and
    then matched to each other. Holland’s theory aims to categories people according to what
    type of work they are most interested in and then categories occupations under the same
    scheme to measure their congruence.

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