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Work Personalities Quiz (Holland Codes) - alis
Work Personalities uses questions about work activities that you like or dislike to identify your strongest personality traits.
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Work Personalities Quiz (Holland Codes)
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This activity will take you approximately 12 minutes.

Work Personalities helps you better understand your personality traits so you can find the career that suits you best.

Each question describes a work activity that some people do at their jobs. Answer each question with how much you would enjoy doing each type of work.

Try not to think about whether you have the training or how much money you would make doing the work. Just think about whether you would like or dislike it.

With Work Personalities, there are no right or wrong answers. You are learning about your interests and strengths so that you can explore work you may enjoy and find rewarding!

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Neutral
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Test the quality of parts before shipment
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Study ways to reduce water pollution
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Sing in a band
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Give career guidance to people
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Negotiate business contracts
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Calculate the wages of employees
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Lay brick or tile
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Conduct chemical experiments
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Edit movies
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Teach a high-school class
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Sell merchandise at a department store
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Keep inventory records
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree

Please complete each question before moving to the next step.

Redo Quiz

This page includes information from O*NET OnLine by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. The Government of Alberta has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.

This personal information is being collected and used pursuant to section 4(c) of the Protection of Privacy Act. This information is being collected and retained on the system to facilitate your personal career planning process and to make it available for your ongoing use. You may choose to share this information with a Career Advisor to support the provision of career planning services. Please contact alis at alis.info@gov.ab.ca or 780-422-1794 if you have any questions regarding the collection or use of the information you submit.

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You will be done this activity in about 9 minutes.
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Neutral
Strongly agree
Repair and install locks
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Strongly agree
Develop a way to better predict the weather
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Draw pictures
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Strongly agree
Help conduct a group therapy session
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Strongly agree
Manage a retail store
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Develop a spreadsheet using computer software
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Strongly agree
Put out forest fires
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Strongly agree
Develop a new medicine
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Strongly agree
Compose or arrange music
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Strongly agree
Teach an individual an exercise routine
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Operate a beauty salon or barber shop
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Install software across computers on a large network
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree

Please complete each question before moving to the next step.

Redo Quiz

This page includes information from O*NET OnLine by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. The Government of Alberta has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.

This personal information is being collected and used pursuant to section 4(c) of the Protection of Privacy Act. This information is being collected and retained on the system to facilitate your personal career planning process and to make it available for your ongoing use. You may choose to share this information with a Career Advisor to support the provision of career planning services. Please contact alis at alis.info@gov.ab.ca or 780-422-1794 if you have any questions regarding the collection or use of the information you submit.

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You will be done this activity in about 6 minutes.
Strongly disagree
Neutral
Strongly agree
Set up and operate machines to make products
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Examine blood samples using a microscope
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Write books or plays
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Help people with personal or emotional problems
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Strongly agree
Manage a department within a large company
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Record rent payments
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Repair household appliances
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Investigate the cause of a fire
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Play a musical instrument
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Teach children how to play sports
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Manage a clothing store
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Operate a calculator
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree

Please complete each question before moving to the next step.

Redo Quiz

This page includes information from O*NET OnLine by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. The Government of Alberta has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.

This personal information is being collected and used pursuant to section 4(c) of the Protection of Privacy Act. This information is being collected and retained on the system to facilitate your personal career planning process and to make it available for your ongoing use. You may choose to share this information with a Career Advisor to support the provision of career planning services. Please contact alis at alis.info@gov.ab.ca or 780-422-1794 if you have any questions regarding the collection or use of the information you submit.

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You will be done this activity in about 3 minutes.
Strongly disagree
Neutral
Strongly agree
Assemble electronic parts
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Work in a biology lab
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Create special effects for movies
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Strongly agree
Teach sign language to people who are deaf or hard of hearing
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Buy and sell stocks and bonds
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Proofread records or forms
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Build kitchen cabinets
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Study the movement of planets
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Paint sets for plays
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Take care of children at a daycare centre
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Make a new line of clothing
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Keep shipping and receiving records
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree

Please complete each question before moving to the next step.

Redo Quiz

This page includes information from O*NET OnLine by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. The Government of Alberta has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.

This personal information is being collected and used pursuant to section 4(c) of the Protection of Privacy Act. This information is being collected and retained on the system to facilitate your personal career planning process and to make it available for your ongoing use. You may choose to share this information with a Career Advisor to support the provision of career planning services. Please contact alis at alis.info@gov.ab.ca or 780-422-1794 if you have any questions regarding the collection or use of the information you submit.