Career Key Support Portal

Using RIASEC Scores to Choose Congruent Environments

Career Key assigns one of three levels of congruence to discoverers’ scores: Thriving, Promising or Challenging.

Thriving is assigned to the RIASEC type receiving their highest scores. It means that they are most likely to thrive and succeed in work or program environments of this type.

Promising is assigned to the types that are close (on the hexagon) to their highest scoring personality type.  In other words, the person may be comfortable and succeed in work or program environments like these.

Challenging means that these work or program environments will likely be demanding and uncomfortable for the person.  Other environments will better fit their personality.

Note: The numeric scores for the Holland types range from 0 to 33 points. The higher the score, the more the user is like that type. And, the more comfortable they will be in a work or program environment of that type. (A meaningful difference in scoring between types is 5 points).

Exploring and choosing best match careers and programs

During CKD’s Explore section, discoverers use these levels of congruence to find their best match career and education options.

Each career and education program (if shown) is also assigned a level of congruence.

At all times, discoverers easily identify their best matches based on level of congruence.