Access to online career information increases the complexity of career decisions (choosing a major or job). When the number of alternatives is large, the first step is to compile a list of promising career alternatives for further exploration, often by using interest inventories (e.g., the Self-Directed Search). But what makes such a list useful?…

Discusses the Kuder Career Search, a new version of the Kuder interest inventories that matches takers with each individual in a pool of persons from a variety of occupations. Reviews the methodology of person-matching; presents validity data and a case example. (Contains 45 references.) (SK)

For career education instructors to help in the career choices of their students, it is necessary that a knowledge of occupational information related to different subject areas be acquired. By introducing occupational possibilities into the career education curriculum students can explore these possibilities and make worthwhile decisions. The…

SVIB scores were available on samples of artists, farmers, ministers, physicists, real estate men and newsmen. A typological analysis applied separately to the 14 SVIB interest scores recovered all six groups when total scores were used, but only five groups when items responses were used as descriptors. (Author)

The Unisex Edition of the ACT Interest Inventory is intended for people in early stages of career planning. The world of work map, extending Holland's hexagon into a visual occupational map, links assessment results with occupational options. (SK)

A classification system and spatial map of occupations were developed using the Basic Interest Scale profiles of 198 occupational incumbent samples (31,010 women; 32,421 men) from the Strong Interest Inventory. Profile shape was found to be similar for incumbents of both genders, allowing for an analysis of combined-gender samples. Using…

This study was designed to explore two areas: (1) the concurrent validity of Holland's theory for employed men using four different operational definitions of vocational orientation, and (2) the relationships among all possible combinations of same named scales across the four inventories. Findings tend to support the concurrent validity of…

To develop better occupational programs--especially paraprofessional--the college surveyed the interests of 421 students in the General College (Spring 1967). The students were asked to identify their occupational interests on entering college, their current interests, and to indicate whether these had changed or ramained constant. They were also…

This report deals with the origin, development, verification, and revision of an occupational classification. John L. Holland ("The Psychology of Vocational Choice," 1966) proposed an a priori occupational classification of six categories: realistic, intellectual, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional. These classes were defined in…

Many different systems have been developed for classifying occupations. A few of the major systems are described here, along with an idea of the kind of information collected and published by the agency using the system. (Author/SSH)

This study investigated differences between men and women employed in traditional male occupations using the Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) and the Self-Directed Search (SDS). Results indicate men in traditionally male occupations, when compared to women in those same occupations, tend not to report higher mean raw scale scores. (Author)

Earlier research based on 81 Occupational Reinforcer Patterns (ORPs) suggested a nine-category classification of occupations. The present research, based on 148 ORPs, investigated the ability of that classificatory system to assimilate new information. (Authors)

One hundred eleven subjects were asked to indicate how much relationship with people is involved in 48 occupational titles. The results support Roe's classification of occupations: differences within occupational fields were found to be smaller than differences between occupational fields (F=8.53, p less than .01). (Author)

Holland's hexagonal model for six occupational groups was tested with data on estimated occupational rewards. Data on rated occupational reward characteristics were available for 148 occupations. Although the hexagonal shape was distorted, the groups were arrayed in the order postualted by Holland. (Author)