John Holland created a theory to help people achieve greater job and ministry success and satisfaction. He identified six personality themes: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional. He observed that any person has two or three themes of much higher interest, and job or ministry opportunities comprise two or three personality themes. Holland's theory is the most widely researched and used theory for vocational fit.
Understanding the Holland theory and an accurate Holland assessment like the CareerFitTest.com will help you identify church jobs and volunteer opportunities that fit who you are and are satisfying. It will put you on track to be a wise steward of your personality, skills, and interests.
Here are the six personality and interest themes. Try to identify your primary theme as well as your secondary and third theme:
Realistic
Realistic personalities like to work with their hands. They can enjoy working with plants or animals, activities involving the precise, ordered use of objects, tools, and machines, and/or activities involving some element of physical risk. Outdoor work is often desirable.
Problem Solving: They like to solve problems that have practical solutions and are concrete and not abstract.
Church Job Titles and Volunteer Titles: Custodian, Janitor, Facilities Manager, Property Manager, Buildings and Grounds Supervisor, Housekeeping Director, Housekeeping Supervisor, Maintenance Supervisor, Multi-Media Setup and Operations Technician, Landscaper, Free Car Repair Ministry, Bus Driver, Work Day Facilitator
Keyword: Doer
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Investigative
Investigative personalities like to analyze, discover, and understand information and the world around them. They want activities that involve exploring and examining physical, biological, and cultural things to understand and control them, often including scientific and mathematical activities.
Problem Solving: They like to solve problems by analyzing, inquiring, and researching.
Church Job Titles and Volunteer Titles: Information Technician, Technical Specialist, Media Engineer, Healthcare Educator, Webmaster, Database Administrator, Strategic Planner, Data Analyst
Keyword: Thinker
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Artistic
Artistic occupational personality types are the most creative of all types and tend to focus on self-expression through various forms/mediums: images, materials, music, words, and movement, as well as systems and programs. They can see possibilities in multiple settings and are unafraid to experiment with their ideas. They like variety and tend to feel cramped in structured situations.
Problem Solving: They like solving problems independently using intuition and creativity.
Church Job Titles and Volunteer Titles: Worship Pastor, Pastor of Instrumental Worship, Instrumental Worship Assistant, Pianist, Creative Consultant, Photographer, Devotion Writer, Communication Director, Staff Writer, Video Editor, Graphic Designer
Keyword: Creative
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Social
The Social occupational personality type is concerned with people and their welfare. Social types make friends quickly and tend to have well-developed communication skills. They enjoy working with groups or individuals, using empathy and an ability to identify and solve problems and tend to be high achievers and good leaders.
Problem Solving: They like to approach and deal with problems through understanding feelings and using empathy. They also tend to like a flexible approach to solving problems.
Church Job Titles and Volunteer Titles: Senior Pastor, Pastor of Congregational Care/Senior Adults, Pastor of Students, Pastor to Single Adults, Youth Pastor, Healthcare Educator, Lay Counselor, Licensed Counselor, Youth Mentor, Missions Coordinator, Sunday School Teacher, Vacation Bible Teacher, Adult Education Teacher, Nursing Ministry
Keyword: Helper
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Enterprising
Enterprising personalities usually enjoy persuading or influencing others in a business context. They may also have entrepreneurial and political interests. They enjoy working directly with people one-on-one or in groups. Their emphasis in working with people is to persuade them about ideas, products, or services and/or leading or managing people. They are goal-oriented in producing results. They tend to have a high energy level, are goal-oriented, and focus on delivering results.
Problem Solving: They like to solve problems with leadership, delegation, and decision-making skills.
Church Job Titles and Volunteer Titles: Director of Preschool, Director of Child Development Center, Director of Children's Ministries, Director of Elementary Children, Director of Childcare and Administrative Assistant to Minister of Children, Director of Women's Ministry, Director of Outreach, Guest Relations Pastor
Keyword: Persuader
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Conventional
Conventional personalities enjoy activities that involve precise, ordered use of data: keeping records, calculating, managing an office, organizing numerical and written data, and working with finances. They often are focused on completing tasks that others have initiated. They are responsible and dependable, follow the rules, and function best when they know what is expected.
Problem Solving: They prefer to solve practical problems and resolve them by using a prescribed set of rules and procedures.
Church Job Titles and Volunteer Titles: Administrative Assistant to: Senior Pastor, Executive Pastor of Ministries, Pastor of Students, Pastor of Congregational Care, Singles Pastor, Worship Ministry, Preschool Ministry, Director of Communications
Also, Accountant, Receptionist, Security Officer
Keyword: Organizer
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Summary
Working in a church setting (whether paid or volunteer) that uses your personality and interests will result in greater satisfaction and joy as you help build up the church and bring God glory.
If you want to take an accurate Holland assessment based on your top transferable, personal, and content skills, we encourage you to complete the Career Fit Test. This assessment will also help you explore the right options, make better decisions, conduct a successful job search, and more.
Suppose you are interested in career counseling and professional career testing to help you discover the work God has called you to do. In that case, you are invited to explore our career counseling services and schedule a career services consultation.
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