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DOI: 10.14569/IJACSA.2016.070229
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Choosing a Career Based Personality Matching: A Case Study of King Abdulaziz University

Author 1: Nahla Aljojo

International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), Volume 7 Issue 2, 2016.

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Abstract: Traditionally, selecting a career involves matching the specific aptitudes and characteristics of an individual with a career which requires or involves such factors. This particular approach has as its foundation the fact that certain careers have need of individuals with certain skills and attitudes, that is to say the individual is a ‘fit’ for that particular career based on their knowledge, skill and disposition. Many students have problems determining their college majors and a suitable career. This paper shows how to find a career that fits one’s personality, and aims to help students analyse their personalities based on the Holland personality test. This paper will identify the most suitable career for students by using a validated Arabic version of the Holland survey, which is one of the most popular models used for career personality tests. This study implements a new set of tasks, testing 117 students from King Abdulaziz University with the Arabic version of the Holland test. The test was applied to female students from three majors, computer science, information systems, and preparatory year distance learning students. The implications of the test results will help students to understand their personality types and determine a suitable career, as the results of the test suggest suitable careers for students which match their personalities. Ultimately, the results show a difference between computer science, information systems and preparatory year distance learning students with regard to personality types and suitable careers.

Keywords: Holland’s Theory of Vocational Personalities; RIASEC personality and environment types; occupational interests; Career change; hexagonal model

Nahla Aljojo, “Choosing a Career Based Personality Matching: A Case Study of King Abdulaziz University” International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), 7(2), 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2016.070229

@article{Aljojo2016,
title = {Choosing a Career Based Personality Matching: A Case Study of King Abdulaziz University},
journal = {International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications},
doi = {10.14569/IJACSA.2016.070229},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2016.070229},
year = {2016},
publisher = {The Science and Information Organization},
volume = {7},
number = {2},
author = {Nahla Aljojo}
}



Copyright Statement: This is an open access article licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, even commercially as long as the original work is properly cited.

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