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self-directed search  

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  • The Self-Directed Search (SDS) is an interest inventory based on John Holland's RIASEC theory that people, work, and educational environments can be classified according to six basic types: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional (RIASEC). According to the SDS's publisher, Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc., the SDS is the most widely used interest inventory in the world and has been translated into 25 languages. [Source: Encyclopedia of Counseling; Self-Directed Search]

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