AppendixResources 2: Career AssessmentReports.

This Appendix relates to Chapter 9: Personal Development.
The purpose is to beas a short introduction to the online career assessment reports and services which are available. The Appendix outlines the broad contents that are provided via a Myers-Briggs ® and STRONG Interest Inventory ® assessments and reports as an example.

How the STRONG INTEREST INVENTORY ® can help:

  • Identify your interests.
  • Identify careers and positions linked to your interests.
  • Understand your preferred work types and environments.

How the Report is Organised:

  • Occupational Themes- your interests, skills and values in six broad areas.
    (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising and Conventional)
  • Interests –your interests associated with the Occupation themes.
    Highlights those likely to be most rewardingand motivating.
  • Occupational Scales –your likes and dislikes along with compatible occupations
  • Personal Style Scales -preferences for areas such as work style, teamwork, etcand the environments that fit you best.
  • Summary: Profile Responses – overview of your options and interests linked to different careers

Occupational Themes: Identifies broad interest patterns under six themes.

From the survey your score and interest level for each theme is presented. It identifies your highest themes for interest. It provides a guide to broad work categories.

Basic Interest Scales: Identifies specific interests that are motivating for you. These are listed in broad career and work categories for example such as mathematics or sales.

Occupational Scales:identifies the occupations most closely linked with your interests.
These are occupation groups you may want to explore (for example actuary, accountant or financial analysis). The report opens up the wide range of jobs that can be associated with your interests. Likewise it reveals jobs that do not fit your interests.

On-line links are available to further explore and learn more about the identified occupations.

Personal Style Scales: Reflects working and learning styles linked to your preferences.
It can reflect whether you prefer to work alone or as part of a team; your risk taking profile; your leadership style. These can guide you to different career and job areas.

Profile Summary: Identifies your top interest areas and occupations based on your interest assessment.

Career Assessment: Myers- Briggs (MBTI) ® and STRONG (SII) ® evaluations
Some online career assessment reports provide a combined evaluation based on MBTI ® and SII ® surveys. The aim is to relate your interests and personality to different work environments that would be a good fit...

How the Report is Organised:

  • Summary of STRONG ® and MBTI ® results.
  • Your preferences(STRONG ® and MBTI ® combined).
  • Your personality style.
  • Career fields and occupations linked to results.
  • Other occupations to explore.
  • Career development options.

Occupational Themes: Identifies your main occupational themes based on your interests.
These are drawn from six categories: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising and Conventional.

It identifies your MBTI ® personality type and preferences. These are based on the following personality categories:

  • Your perspective: Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I).
  • Your information style:Sensing (S) or Intuition (N).
  • Your decision making style:Thinking (T) or Feeling (F).
  • Dealing with the world: Judging (J) or Perceiving (P).

The assessment identifies your dominant preference styles. For example ESFP personality type would have characteristics that include:

  • Extrovert (E) activities.
  • Taking in information by Sensing (S).
  • Making decisions by values and Feelings (F)
  • Dealing with the world by Perception (P)

This provides a link to broad work styles that are associated with your personality type.

Your preferences (STRONG ® and MBTI ® combined):

Identifies your main occupational themes based on your interests. This for example may indicate your interests are related to conventional occupation themes like accounting or data processing.

The MBTI ® assessment will link your personality to preferences (linked to occupation styles). For example ESFP personality may be more attuned to hands on solutions; responding to crises; prefer a person centred approach and consider others values as well as their own .

The two assessments combined can help identify:

  • What type of work you like.
  • Where you may like to work.
  • How you prefer to work and learn.

It identifies your preferred interest area and your personality type. This is expressed in terms of work environment, how you work and what you like. For example your assessment as Conventional and ESFP may show you are suited to: interacting with others, applying past learning, attentive to facts and adaptable to change.

Career fields and occupations linked to combined results:
Potential career fields are suggested (for example counselling or financial advising).
Some services provide an on-line link to these career fields, so you can explore them further.

The report will advise on the top occupations linked to your combined assessment.
This indicates typical work tasks as well as knowledge, skills, and abilities required (for example: radiology technician).

Other Occupations to explore:
From the range of occupation categories you may see alternative or wider career and job options. The report also suggests key options for jobs that link to your skills, interests and personality.

Career Development: The report may provide a career development strategy.
It is about finding a good match for those starting a career or alternatives if there are few openings in a particular career area.

The assessment report can provide a guide to types of careers that may be fulfilling and interesting.

Specific Careers:

Other Online Career Sites provide information on characteristics of different careers:

  • Career areas (for example civil engineering).
  • Assessment of the work type for a career (for example pharmacist).
  • Knowledge requirements (for example for a social worker).
  • Skill requirements (for example critical thinking or active listening).
  • Abilities requirements (for example reasoning, comprehension or oral expression).
  • Education requirements (degree and level).
  • Wages and employment trends.

Reference 4: Career Assessment CPP: USA and Europe sites

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Reference 5: O*Net Online: Career database

Reference 12: MBTI® Manual: A Guide to the Development and Use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®

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Reference 13: MBTI®
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Reference 14: CPP: Strong Interest Inventory. On-line Career Assessment Example:
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