The following assessment instruments were specifically selected to provide the in-depth self-understanding necessary to accelerate the identification of your life's work as well as provide deeper insights into your personal strengths and liabilities. The result is that you will be empowered to make clear and more fulfilling life/career decisions.

Benefits of Using Standardized Tests for Career Decision-Making:

1. Less expensive than private career counseling.
2. Inexpensive way to move forward on your career path with more confidence.
3. Targeted from years of experience to getting directly to the information you need to make the right career decisions.
4. Easy self-interpretation for do-it-yourself career decision-making.
5. Thorough and comprehensive examination of the exact information you need to pinpoint your life's work.
6. Focused to obtaining useful, in-depth self-knowledge related to career transformation.

The following career assessments will assist you in getting more in-depth insights into the career fields matched to your personality, interests, best skills and primary motivations. Most of the following assessment instruments have been extensively researched and demonstrate statistical validity and reliability. These career assessment instruments have been broken down into the four critical areas for vocational awakening.

Special Testing Packages

The Career Testing Do-It-Yourself Package -

Version: College Students/Adults - $75.00

This assessment package was specifically formulated for those who prefer to get a comprehensive self-discovery package that is self-guided as well as self-administered, scored and interpreted. Package includes asessments of career interests, career aptitudes, personal motivations, personality type and vocational type. Special guidelines are included to assist in choosing the right career and living to your full potential.

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The Career Testing Do-It-Yourself Package -

Version: Middle/High School Students - $75.00

This assessment package was specifically formulated for those who prefer to get a comprehensive self-discovery package that is self-guided that can also be self-administered, scored and interpreted. Package assessment of career interest and educational majors, individual aptitudes, personal motivations, personality type and vocational type. Special guidelines are included to assist in choosing the right career and college majors and living to your full potential.

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Individual Do-It-Yourself Tests

Vocational Interests:

Career Occupational Preference Survey - not available online - private counseling only.

One of the simplest and yet most comprehensive measures of vocational interests. Identifies specific careers matched to your personal preferences. Also identifies interest/skill matches and choosing college majors. Includes Scoring Profile and Interpretation Guide. College/Adults.

Career Occupational Preference Survey - Version II - High School/College - not available online - private counseling only.

Same as the COPS for college and adult populations, but focused more to the needs of high school and college students.

Self-Directed Search - High School/College/Adult - $16.95

Very popular, statistically valid interest inventory that identifies career interests and matches these to over 1300 job titles. Includes identification of Vocational Type - a 3 letter code similar to personality type that examines skills, interests, personal preferences and areas of educational interest. Price includes test, Occupations Finder and explanation of each type. Vocational Type is a great way for clarifying direction.

 

Personal Motivators:

Vocational Satisfaction Questionnaire - College/Adult - $10.95

Measures personal vocational priorities and essential sources of job satisfaction. Provides a means to clarify inner motivations/drives and identifies critical factors essential to identifying and fulfilling your life's work. Self-scoring.

Stress Analysis System - College/Adult - $19.95

An in-depth measure of stress levels and personal sources of stress providing targeted information on how to cope with stress based on your individual "Stress Type". Comes with targeted bibliography.

Talents/Aptitudes:

Career Ability Placement Survey (CAPS) - not available online - private counseling only.

A comprehensive, multi-dimensional aptitude battery designed to measure vocationally relevant abilities. Includes Scoring Profile and Interpretation Guide. This also cross references to the COPS interest assessment to further pinpoint relevant careers and majors.

Personal Potential/Personality:

Personal Potential Profile - $125.00

A highly individualized assessment identifies unique personal assets as well as personal liabilities (challenges or blind spots) to fulfilling your full potential in this life. This is an in-depth comprehensive assessment that is recorded on CD for future reference of your reading.

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Student Personal Potential Profile - Middle/High School - $125.00

Provides similar results to the Personal Potential Profile, but geared specifically to middle/high school students. The Profile identifies specific strengths and areas of challenge in realizing one's full potential. Includes CD recording all personal results.

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Myers Briggs Type Indicator - College/Adult - $19.95

A self-report questionnaire designed to identify personality type among 16 possible types based on Jung's theory of psychological types.

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