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Objective A. My Holland Code is SocialInvestigative-Enterprising. I scored a 39 on social, 32 on investigative, and 18 on enterprising. My code is consistent with myself with some small outliers. A social person likes jobs such as a teacher or a counselor (Del Corso, n.d). I have often been described as patient, understanding, friendly, and warm hearted. The one outlier I discovered was that social individuals often lack scientific ability. I have a bachelors of science degree in biology and a minor in chemistry. I would say I struggled with some of my classes but I never lacked ability. The next letter on my Holland Code is Investigative. An investigative person likes jobs such as biologists and chemists (Del Corso, n.d). This fits well with me since I have a science background. I have described myself as an extremely curious and independent person which represents an investigative individual. There were two words used to describe Investigative individuals that do not represent me. They were critical and pessimistic. The final letter in my Holland Code was Enterprising. An enterprising person likes jobs such as sales person and sports promoter (Del Corso, n.d). I have been called energetic, optimistic, ambitious, and adventurous many times in my life. I think for the most part my Holland Code is a solid representation with a couple outliers. C. Congruence refers to the degree of fit between an individuals personality type and current or prospective work environment (Del Corso, n.d). My daydream summary code was SocialConventional-Enterprising. My Holland Code was SocialInvestigative-Enterprising. Using the rules from Administering and Interpreting the Self-Directed Search I tested for congruence. The first and third letters, Social and Enterprising, match up and gave a score of eight. The middle letter of my daydream summary code was Conventional and was Investigative for my
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Holland code. These two letters are not opposites or adjacent on the hexagon of Hollands Theory therefor, they receive a score of two. The total congruence between my Holland code and my daydream summary code was ten. The highest possible congruence score is a twelve. This shows that there is significant congruence between my Holland code and my daydream summary code. D. Differentiation refers to the degree of difference between a persons resemblance to one type and another type (Del Corso, n.d). My Holland Code is SocialInvestigative-Enterprising. Using the rules from Administering and Interpreting the Self-Directed Search I tested for differentiation. First, I graphed my Holland Code letters against their total individual number. My graph showed two distinct medium peaks. This correlated with an average differentiation. I also tested for differentiation using the skill of subtracting the highest score minus the lowest score. My highest score was 39 in the Social category. My lowest score was a 12 in the Realistic category. The results showed a number of 27. This showed a high differentiation for my Holland Code of SocialInvestigative-Enterprising. Using the pie slice test for differentiation I showed two medium pie slices which correlated to an average differentiation score. E. Consistency refers to the degree of relatedness between two types of Holland Codes (Del Corso, n.d). My Holland code was SocialInvestigative-Enterprising. Using the rules from Administering and Interpreting the Self-Directed Search I tested for consistency. I looked at my top two letters, Social and Investigative; they are one letter apart on the hexagon of Hollands Theory. This correlates to an average consistency. I did the same test for my daydream summary code. My day dream summary code was Social-Conventional-Enterprising. Looking at my top two letters, Social and Conventional, they were also one letter apart on the hexagon of Hollands Theory. This correlates with average consistency.
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F. There were a couple occupations that matched up with my Holland Code Social Investigative-Enterprising. They were nurse instructor, district supervisor, and investigator. When I was younger I wanted to be a nurse but my mother is a nurse and she told me that I would not like it so I looked up other options. I thought that a district supervisor fit well because it seems to be similar to the environment a school counselor would be involved with. I chose an investigator because it seems like an occupation that would encompass all of my Holland Code. I could see this occupation being a great representation for myself but it is not something I would want to do all of my life. It seems like it could be dangerous which not something I am interested in is. Subjective A. My Holland Code of SocialInvestigative-Enterprising fits well with me. I agree that Social should be the highest letter on my Holland Code and that Investigative would be the next highest. I think that personality wise I am a solid Social individual. I was actually surprised that I was not higher in the Social category. When I looked at the different types of adjective that described a Social person I was struck by how many similarities there were. I have always been a friendly, cooperative, warm, and understanding individual. These are areas that I value and believe make me unique because they come so naturally. However, I believe my Investigative side was all learned. I had little interest in science but decided to go into it during my undergraduate time because I thought I would have the best outlook in the job market. I believe everything I learned will and has benefited me but if I had not majored in Biology I would have never been scored so high on Investigative.

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B. As I stated before, my Investigative side was developed over time. I value this side of myself and think that being a Social individual paired with an Investigative side is unique and extremely valuable. My results would have been different if I took this test before I start my undergraduate degree at Washburn University. Before taking all of my science classes I would not have worked in a laboratory, read scientific articles/magazines, or have the ability to interpret simple chemical formulas. All of those examples were either taught or expected out of students in the science field at Washburn University. The good information I found was that I really did learn valuable information from my undergraduate time. The science information I learned had never been put to the test until I took this assessment and realized I could do and explain many of the situation given in the assessment.

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Reference Del Corso, J. (n.d). Understanding and Applying Theories of Career Development. Career Development Inventories in the 21st Century. Hughey, K. (2013). Use of Hollands Theory, MVS & SDS in Practice.