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 Interest Assessment is a quick interest assessment that utilizes the Holland codes.
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
R and A - Realistic and Artistic
R and S - Realistic and Social
R and E - Realistic and Enterprising
R and C - Realistic and Conventional
I and S - Investigative and Social
A and S - Artistic and Social
A and E - Artistic and Enterprising
S and E - Social and Enterprising
- Government and public administration
- Law, public safety, corrections, and security
- Marketing, sales, and service
