Career Clusters and Holland Codes

Holland codes can help match interests to careers.

You may want students or clients to explore career clusters by their interests. Holland codes are personality types created by psychologist John Holland as part of his theory of career choice. If you have used Holland codes in the past, then use the list below to match Holland codes to career clusters. The MnCareers Assessment (1.15MB, .pdf) is a quick interest assessment that utilizes the Holland codes. Holland codes are also listed on the ACT World of Work map.

R-Realistic

• Agriculture, food and natural resources
• Architecture and construction
• Arts, A/V technology and communications
• Health science
• Hospitality and tourism
• Information technology
• Law, public safety, corrections and security
• Manufacturing
• Science, technology, engineering and mathematics
• Transportation, distribution and logistics

I-Investigative

• Health science
• Information technology
• Law, public safety, corrections and security
• Science, technology, engineering and mathematics

A-Artistic

• Arts, A/V technology and communications
• Education and training
• Hospitality and tourism
• Human services
• Marketing, sales and service

S-Social

• Arts, A/V technology and communications
• Education and training
• Government and public administration
• Health science
• Human services
• Law, public safety, corrections and security
• Marketing, sales and service

E-Enterprising

• Arts, A/V technology and communications
• Business, management and administration
• Finance
• Government and public administration
• Hospitality and tourism
• Law, public safety, corrections and security
• Marketing, sales and service

C-Conventional

• Architecture and construction
• Business, management and administration
• Finance
• Health science
• Manufacturing
• Marketing, sales and service
• Transportation, distribution and logistics

R and I - Realistic and Investigative

• Health science
• Information technology
• Science, technology, engineering and mathematics

R and A - Realistic and Artistic

• Arts, A/V technology and communications

R and S - Realistic and Social

• Health science
• Human services
• Law, public safety, corrections and security

R and E - Realistic and Enterprising

• Arts, A/V technology and communications
• Hospitality and tourism

R and C - Realistic and Conventional

• Architecture and construction
• Manufacturing
• Transportation, distribution and logistics

I and S - Investigative and Social

• Health science

A and S - Artistic and Social

• Education and training

A and E - Artistic and Enterprising

• Arts, A/V technology and communications

S and E - Social and Enterprising

• Government and public administration
• Law, public safety, corrections and security
• Marketing, sales and service

E and C - Enterprising and Conventional

• Finance
• Health science