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This article presents the basic tenets of Holland's (1997) theory of vocational personalities and work environments and discusses its use by employment counselors in service occupations. The authors describe Holland's 6 personality types and research on the theory, as well as formal and informal assessment and counseling strategies within the context of the theory's use and resources for employment counselors. Growth trends within service occupations and the fastest growing occupational groups within the service sector are identified. A case study of a 20-year-old college student that combines Holland's theory with labor market trends in service occupations is presented. (Contains 1 table, 5 online resources and 7 resources.)

This study investigated the validity of J. L. Holland's (1997) theory of vocational personalities and work environments. The sample consisted of 241 randomly selected members of the National Association of School Psychologists, each of whom completed a demographic data form, the Self-Directed Search-Revised (SDS-R; J. L. Holland, 1994) and a modified short form of the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (D. J. Weiss, R. V. Dawis, G. W. England, & L. H. Lofquist, 1967). Only limited support was found for major constructs associated with Holland's theory, although the study found several significant relationships between 3-letter SDS-R codes and desired role function as would be predicted by Holland's theory.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the comparability of the Web-based (L. K. Jones, 1997) and paper-and-pencil (L. K. Jones, 1997) versions of the Career Key career interest [...]

We are pleased to present this special issue of the Journal of Employment Counseling on school-to-work transition. School-to-work transition has been described by Wikipedia as "a system to introduce the [...]