Interest and Vocational Testing PSY 614 Instructor: Emily E. Bullock, Ph.D.

Vocational Testing can include an assessment of… Interest Skills (Aptitude, Ability, Self Ratings) Values Decision-Making Styles Career Thinking Career Maturity Personality Card Sorts Computer-Assisted Career Guidance Systems Vocational Rehabilitation/Disability Evaluations Resume/Cover letter analysis Group Activities Checklists of Job Seeking Activities

Vocational Assessment from a CIP Perspective EXECUTIVE PROCESSING DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS DECISION-MAKING SKILLS DOMAINS SELF KNOWLEDGE OPTIONS KNOWLEDGE CASVE META-COGN.

Vocational Assessment: Self-Knowledge Domain Values Interests Skills Work with your client to differentiate Interests, Values, and Skills

Self Knowledge Domain: Interest Most commonly considered aspect of Vocational Assessment Interest: “a response of liking” (Strong, 1943, p.6); “a learned affective response to an object or activity” (Murphy & Davidshofer, p. 38) Can be used in practice to predict choices Constraints on using interest alone to make a choice Examples of Interest Measures Strong Interest Inventory Self-Directed Search Kuder Occupational Interest Survey COPS Personal Global Inventory O*NET Interest Profiler: http://vcc.asu.edu/career.shtml

Interest Assessment: Holland Hexagon

Self-Knowledge Domain: Values Assessment-CACG and Card Sort SIGIPlus Values High Income Prestige Independence Helping Others Security Variety Leadership Field of Interest Leisure Early Entry Examples of other Values Measures available Minnesota Importance Questionnaire Survey of Interpersonal Values Other CACGs Various Card Sorts

Self Knowledge Domain: Skills Assessment Eureka Skills Inventory Worksheet ACT Inventory of Work-Relevant Abilities (IWRA) But don’t forget… Intelligence Tests School Grades Self Report Other Aptitude Surveys

Vocational Assessment: Decision-Making Domain Career Decision Scale: Career Decision-Making Self Efficacy Scale Computer Assisted Career Guidance Systems (CACGs) http://online.onetcenter.org/ The CASVE Cycle http://www.acrnetwork.org/decision.htm

Vocational Assessment: Metacognitions Domain Career Thoughts Inventory-Constructed to assess “dysfunctional thinking in career problem solving and decision making” Considered to be a career-decision making readiness screener Based in and created by the CIP theorists Linked to an intervention in the form of the CTI Workbook