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This paper illustrates a procedure for using the interest scores of occupational group members to locate occupations on Holland's hexagon. The procedure locates occupations throughout the hexagon—not just at six points (R, I, A, S, E, C). Score profiles for Holland's six types were obtained approximately 8 years prior to determining the occupations of 3612 4-year college alumni. The hexagon locations of 51 occupations pursued by these alumni were determined through the application of hexagon-based weights to their score profiles. The weights convert the profiles to scores on the Data/Ideas and Things/People work task dimensions that underlie the hexagon. Several applications of hexagon locations are described, including a Hexagon Congruence Index that reports person-occupation congruence on a scale anchored to the hexagon. The Hexagon Congruence Index can be used with 6-score profiles of Holland's types, 3-letter codes, 2-letter codes, high-point codes, or any combination of these reporting procedures. |
