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Holland Hexagon: With countless career opportunities, John Holland's Model of Occupational Themes organizes interest areas to help you find compatible work environments. Are you realiustic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, or conventional? Read below to identify which 2 or 3 themes best describe you and explore majors and career areas that match those themes. Realistic Investigative Artistic Social Enterprising Conservative Realistic - Are you practical, athletic, straightforward, mechanically inclined, a nature lover, curious about physical world. Can you fix electrical things, solve mechanical problems, pitch a tent, plant a garden, operate tools and machinery. Do you tinker with machines, work outdoors, be physically active, use your hands, build things. Explore Purdue Realistic Majors! Investigative - Are you inquistive, analytical, scientific, observant, precise. Can you think abstractly, solve math problems, understand physics theories, do complex calculations, use a microscope, interpret formulas. Do you explore ideas, use computers, work independently, perform lab experiments, read scientific or technical magazines, analyze data. Explore Purdue Investigative Majors! Artistic - Are you creative, intuitive, imaginative,innovative, an individualist. Can you sketch, draw, paint, play a musical instrument, write stories, poetry, music, design fashions, or interiors. Do you attend concerts, theaters & art exhibits, read fiction, plays, poetry, work on crafts, take photographs, express yourself creatively. Explore Purdue Artistic Majors! Social - Are you friendly, helpful, idealistic, outgoing, understanding. Can you teach/train others, express yourself clearly, lead a group discussion, mediate disputes, plan & supervise an activity, cooperate with others. Do you work in groups, help people with problems, participate in meetings, do volunteer service, work with young people, plan team sports. Explore Purdue Social Majors! Enterprising - Are you self confident, assertive, sociable, persuasive, enthusiastic, energetic. Can you initiate projects, convince people to do things your way, sell things, give talks or speeches, organize activities & events, lead a group. Do you make decisions affecting others, be elected to an office, win a leadership or sales award, start your own service or business, meet important people. Explore Purdue Enterprising Majors! Conventional - Are you well organized, accurate, numerically inclined, methodical, conscientious, efficient. Can you work well within a system, do a lot of paperwork in a short time, keep accurate records, use a computer, write effective business letters. Do you follow clearly defined procedures, use data processing equipment, work with numbers, type or take shorthand, be responsible for details. Explore Purdue Conventional Majors!