Question

You have decided to use Holland's Typology of Personality and Congruent Occupations to help your friends recognize which jobs they would be well-suited for. Monica is shy, stable, and persistent. Neil is ambitious and energetic and likes to dominate conversations. Jessica is idealistic, impractical, and very imaginative. Walter is efficient and practical, but he lacks imagination and tends to be inflexible. Chris is analytical, independent, and an original thinker. Which of your friends is most likely to find a successful career as a writer

Answer 1

Answer:

Jessica.

Explanation:

John Holland's Theory of Career suggests that people tend to choose a career and jobs in which they will be surrounded by the same like-minded people; an environment in which they will grow and enhance their skills and abilities.

The theory is divided into six personality types namely:

• Realistic
• Investigative
• Artistic
• Social
• Enterprising
• Conventional.

From the given names and personality traits, the person who could be a successful writer is Jessica. Jessica has an artistic personality type. A person who has artistic personality is imaginative, impractical or intuitive, expressive, and emotional. People with artistic traits usually choose careers such as art, literature, writing, etc.

Jessica shares the characteristic of an artistic trait, thus can be a successful writer.