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What is RIASEC?

RIASEC is a test often used in personality psychology. Every person is unique. While one person may be good at math, someone else understands practical matters and another person has a great ability to persuade. All these traits can be used to describe personality types and to select a suitable work environment for the future.
The most important question, when it comes to choosing the right career, should be whether one is going to enjoy that specific kind of work and furthermore, whether one is going to understand it. The RIASEC theory supposes that everybody has an inner predisposition. These predispositions may be divided into six groups.
These six types can build a so-called "personality code", which is composed of the three letters of the strongest predispositions. For example, ICS would be the code for a scientifically oriented person who also has highly developed social and conventional predispositions.
letter | type | orientation |
R | realistic | work with tools, animals, manual labor |
I | intellectual | scientific, analytical work, problem solving |
A | artistic | artistic, creative and independent work |
S | social | working with people, team work and helping people |
E | enterpreneur | leading, managerial work in competitive environment |
C | conventional | organized and well-defined work |
Show suitable occupation for a:
R-type (realistic person)
I-type (intellectual person)
A-type (artistic person)
S-type (sociable person)
E-type (entrepreneur person)
C-type (conventional person)
REALISTIC
Mechanic
Excavator driver
Confectioner
Electrician
Farmer
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Innkeeper
Cook
Forester
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Painter
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Farmer
Goldsmith
INTELLECTUAL
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Historian
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ARTISTIC
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Deejay
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Musician
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Musician
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Translator
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Translator
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SOCIAL
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HR
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ENTREPRENEUR
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Judge
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Steward
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CONVENTIONAL
Archivist
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Customs officer
Tax Advisor
Emergency dispatcher
Financial analyst
Office clerk
Librarian
Quality controller
Claims adjuster
Postman
Postal worker
Conductor
Receptionist
Secretary
Phone operator
Accounting
Porter
Dispatcher