Most career interest tests provide "Holland scores" named after John L. Holland whose research showed that people and careers could be matched on the basis of six factors (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional).

The Career Clusters Interest Survey (CCIS) proceeds differently. The world of work has been organized into "16 Federal Clusters" that connect to curriculum requirements in public education. Be forewarned! The word "cluster" is often used in the career literature to describe other occupational groupings.

The States' Career Clusters Initiative widely disseminated a paper and pencil version of the CCIS. Dominic Primé, a VCC researcher, established that the subscales of the CCIS are reliable (coefficients ranging from .64 to .84). We have converted the measure to an on-line format.

To take the CCIS simply put check marks next to the items that describe you on each of the pages that follow. When you have completed all 16 boxes, a rank ordered list of clusters will appear; those clusters at the top of the list represent most closely how you have described yourself.

If you create an account in the VCC, your scores on the CCIS may be automatically imported into the Automated Advisor, and you will be connected to relevant careers (information and videos), schools, and academic programs of study.

If you take the CCIS as a guest your scores will not be saved; be sure to print out a copy of your cluster list so that you can manually enter your scores into the Automated Advisor and/or explore other resources in the VCC. Here are some options:

• Begin the CCIS within the Automated Advisor
• Begin the CCIS as a guest
  
  
• View/print a pdf version of the CCIS in English
• View/print a pdf version of the CCIS in Spanish