role of assessment in career development

Question 1

6 purposes of career assessment

Answer 1

1. identify career possibilities congruent with client’s attributes
2. assess conflicts/problems
3. motivate constructive behavior
4. acquire a structure for evaluating career alternatives
5. clarify expectations / plan expectations
6. establish a range of abilities

Question 2

2 categories of career assessments

Answer 2

1. ass. of individual differences in career choice (interests, values, skills, needs, abilities, personality)
2. ass. of career process (decision making, self-efficacy, career maturity)

Question 3

4 categories for assessments of individual differences

Answer 3

1. interests
2. abilities/skills
3. values
4. integrative career assessment programs

Question 4

reliability

Answer 4

the degree to which a test scores is dependable & consistent
(repeated trials will yield consistent results)

Question 5

validity

Answer 5

degree to which test measures what it says it does

Question 6

What challenges equity within assessment?

Answer 6

U.S. population is diverse and becoming more diverse.

Question 7

norms

Answer 7

These provide the frame of reference for interpreting an assessment score.

Question 8

indiviudal differences assessments

Answer 8

measure aspects relevant to career choice
-interests
-values
-needs
-skills/abilities
-personality

Question 9

career-development process assessments measure: (3)

Answer 9

-decision making
-self-efficacy
-career maturity

Question 10

Examples of interest assessments

Answer 10

Strong Interest Inventory
Self-Directed Search
Interest Profiler
Campbell Interesta nd Skills Survey
Kuder Career Search
UNIACT

Question 11

Client interests are good predictors of what?

Answer 11

1. career direction
2. occupational choice

Question 12

interest inventories describe ____________

Answer 12

general occupational interests

Question 13

Interest inventories measure two types of interests:

Answer 13

1. expressed interests
2. manifest interests

Question 14

expressed interests

Answer 14

assessed by asking client about their interests

Question 15

manifest interests

Answer 15

assessed by examining how client spends their time (their preferred activities)

Question 16

What are 2 things interest inventories do for clients?

Answer 16

1. promote career exploration
2. connect interests to specific occupations

Question 17

Strong Interest Inventory assists in what?

Answer 17

Selection of college major, career exploration, career development, employee engagement, and career reintegration.

Question 18

SII stands for?

Answer 18

Strong Interest Inventory

Question 19

What ages can SII be used with

Answer 19

14+

Question 20

SII format?

Answer 20

291 items with 5-point Likert scale

Question 21

SII categories?

Answer 21

RIASEC:
realistic
investigative
artistic
social
enterprising
conventional

Question 22

MBTI preferences have what 4 categories?

Answer 22

• extraversion vs introversion
• sensing vs. iNtution
• thinking vs feeling
• judging vs perceiving

Question 23

MBTI category acronyms

Answer 23

EI
SN
TF
JP

Question 24

MBTI is measuring ___________

Answer 24

preferences

Question 25

Assumptions of preferences in MBTI

Answer 25

-binary, not spectral
-stable across life
-what changes is how we use the preferences and how we recognize them

Question 26

EI relates to

Answer 26

where you direct your energy

Question 27

SN relates to

Answer 27

how you gather information

Question 28

TF relates to

Answer 28

how you make decisions

Question 29

JP relates to

Answer 29

how you deal with the outside world

Question 30

Extraverts prefer careers where

Answer 30

action and interaction are important.

Question 31

Introverts prefer careers where

Answer 31

ideas are important.

Question 32

Sensing prefer careers where

Answer 32

production or management are important.

Question 33

Intuitive prefer careers where

Answer 33

communication and theory are important.

Question 34

Thinking prefer careers such as

Answer 34

STEM, production, law, police, trade work

Question 35

Feeling prefer careers such as

Answer 35

teaching, health care, human services, communication, counseling

Question 36

Judging prefer careers with

Answer 36

plans, systems, order, responsibility

Question 37

Perceiving prefer careers with

Answer 37

flexibility, innovation, independence

Question 38

What does research say about interest inventories?

Answer 38

Inconsistent measures of validity and reliability.