This is a tool to help you search for careers that fit your career type, based on the RIASEC model created by Dr. John Holland. If you don't know your career type, take the career quiz to figure it out!
You can use this tool to find careers that match your top interest areas, while filtering out careers in areas that you have little or no interest in.
You can click on any of the table headers (for example, Average Earnings) to sort your results by that value.
| Title | Holland Code | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Construction or Building Inspector | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Construction and building inspectors ensure that construction meets local and national building codes and ordinances, zoning regulations, and contract specifications. |
| Cook | Building, Persuading, Organizing |
Cooks season and prepare foods, including soups, salads, entrees, and desserts. |
| Correctional Officer | Building, Persuading, Organizing |
Correctional officers are responsible for overseeing individuals who have been arrested and are awaiting trial or who have been sentenced to serve time in jail or prison. Bailiffs, also known as marshals or court officers, are law enforcement officers who maintain safety and order in courtrooms. Their duties, which vary by court, include enforcing courtroom rules, assisting judges, guarding juries, delivering court documents, and providing general security for courthouses. |
| Craft or Fine Artist | Building, Creating, Persuading |
Craft and fine artists use a variety of materials and techniques to create original works of art for sale and exhibition. Craft artists create objects, such as pottery, glassware, and textiles, that are designed to be functional. Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators, create pieces of art more for aesthetics than for function. |
| Dancer or Choreographer | Building, Creating |
Dancers and choreographers use dance performances to express ideas and stories. There are many types of dance, such as ballet, tango, modern dance, tap, and jazz. |
| Delivery Truck Driver or Driver/Sales Worker | Building, Persuading |
Delivery truck drivers and driver/sales workers pick up, transport, and drop off packages and small shipments within a local region or urban area. They drive trucks weighing less than 26,001 pounds total for vehicle, passengers, and cargo. Delivery truck drivers usually transport merchandise from a distribution center to businesses and households. |
| Dental or Ophthalmic Laboratory Technician or Medical Appliance Technician | Building, Organizing |
Dental and ophthalmic laboratory technicians and medical appliance technicians make or repair dentures, eyeglasses, prosthetics, and related products. |
| Diesel Service Technician or Mechanic | Building, Organizing |
Diesel service technicians and mechanics (also known as diesel technicians) inspect, repair, or overhaul buses and trucks, or maintain and repair any type of diesel engine. |
| Dispensing Optician | Building, Persuading, Organizing |
Opticians help fit eyeglasses and contact lenses, following prescriptions from ophthalmologists and optometrists. They also help customers decide which eyeglass frames or contact lenses to buy. |
| Drafter | Building, Creating |
Drafters use software to convert the designs of architects and engineers into technical drawings. Most workers specialize in architectural, civil, electrical, or mechanical drafting and use technical drawings to help design everything from microchips to skyscrapers. |
| Drywall or Ceiling Tile Installer, and Taper | Building, Organizing |
Drywall installers and ceiling tile installers hang wallboard and install ceiling tile inside buildings. Tapers prepare the wallboard for painting, using tape and other materials. Many workers both install and tape wallboard. |
| Electrical or Electronic Engineering Technician | Building, Thinking |
Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians help electrical and electronics engineers plan and develop communications equipment, computers, medical monitoring devices, or other equipment that is powered by other electricity or electric current. They often work in product evaluation and testing, using measuring and diagnostic devices to test, adjust, and repair equipment. They are also involved in assembling equipment for automation. |
| Electrical or Electronics Engineer | Building, Thinking |
Electrical engineers design, develop, test, and supervise the manufacture of electrical equipment, such as electric motors, radar and navigation systems, communications systems, or power generation equipment. Electrical engineers also design the electrical systems of automobiles and aircraft. Electronics engineers design and develop electronic equipment, including broadcast and communications systems, such as portable music players and Global Positioning System (GPS) devices. Many also work in areas closely related to computer hardware. |
| Electrical or Electronics Installer or Repairer | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Electrical and electronics installers and repairers install or repair a variety of electrical equipment in telecommunications, transportation, utilities, and other industries. |
| Electrician | Building, Organizing |
Electricians install, maintain, and repair electrical power, communications, lighting, and control systems in homes, businesses, and factories. |
| Electro-mechanical Technician | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Electro-mechanical and mechatronics technologists and technicians combine knowledge of mechanical technology with knowledge of electrical and electronic circuitry. They operate, test, and maintain unmanned, automated, robotic, or electromechanical equipment. |
| Elevator Installer or Repairer | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Elevator and escalator installers and repairers install, maintain, and fix elevators, escalators, moving walkways, and other lifts. |
| Environmental Engineer | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Environmental engineers use the principles of engineering, soil science, biology, and chemistry to develop solutions to environmental problems. They work to improve recycling, waste disposal, public health, and water and air pollution control. They also address global issues, such as unsafe drinking water, climate change, and environmental sustainability. |
| Environmental Engineering Technician | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Environmental engineering technologists and technicians carry out the plans that environmental engineers develop. |
| Environmental Science and Protection Technician | Building, Thinking, Organizing |
Environmental science and protection technicians monitor the environment and investigate sources of pollution and contamination, including those affecting public health. |