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CareerCareer

DevelopmentDevelopmentToolsTools

What Career Next!Welcomes You!!

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The Career Coaches

Tool Kit

Personality Tests Interest

Inventories

Card Sorting

InstrumentsValues Surveys

Your

Client!

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Plus...

Skills &

KnowledgeBehaviors

ExperienceQualifications

Jobs

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Personality Tests

What is Personality?Stable set of traits that can help

us to predict how you willbehave in most situations

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Personality TestingSummarised

There are different types of tests:

Typologies - MBTI,

Descriptive -Inner View, DISCTest criteria

Relevance to your client

Reliable, valid, correctlyinterpreted: outsource it?

Application to career choice

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Other Interestingthings...

Super defined four types ofInterests:1. Expressed interests - verbal statements or claims of

interest2. Manifest interests - actions speaking louder thanwords

3. Inventories - estimates based on a questionnaire

4. Tested interests - controlled testExpressed & inventoried interests predictoccupational choice, job satisfaction &

achievements

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Other examples...

Campbell Interest & Skill Survey

Strong Interest Inventory

Kuder Occupational InterestSurvey

Self-Directed Search (Holland)

HarrisonInner View

Card Sorts

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Card Sorts

A wonderful process practical

fun instructional

immediate

Rank: Occupational Preferences, Skills(Motivated Card sort), Career Values,Retirement Activities, Life Values

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Values at Work

Are learnt from family, school,socialisation, society

Reflect the guiding rules yourClient will apply to their

behavior at work

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May be positive ornegative

More basic than interests,

longer term behavior influences Relate to job satisfaction (doesjob match/reflect my values)

Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic values...

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Value Assessment

Inventories: Supers Values Scale (VS)

Minnesota ImportanceQuestionnaire (MIQ)

Life Values Inventory (LVI)

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Values add value thisway:

Equates with job satisfaction

As you seek to satisfy yourintrinsic and extrinsic values

Learn thyself but Caveat

Emptor - be aware of yourtools and their limits

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Inner View Tool

Personality/Motivation

AssessmentTask Preferences

Work EnvironmentPreferences

Values Inventory

Interest Inventory

Personal Honesty

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A Bigger Picture

Choose Your Assessments

according to Your Clients needs Get help from a Career Coach

Dont be afraid to Explore theLibrary as well as Network withPeople You know

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1. ASSESSMENT - when you want to knowWhat Career Next! for you...

Personality Tools Suitability Tools

Competency/Skill Certification

Interest Inventories Other Typology Instruments

When to Use These Tools?

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Stage Two

2. EXPLORATION - Choices

Occupational Interests

Motivated skills Burn-out Skills

Other Tools: networking,

information interviews, internet,relatives, friends

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Stage Three

3. CAREER GOALS

Tools: Prioritising - importance -

values, needs, interests, positive vs.negative consequences of yourchoice, short to long termoutcomes,

Create options - card sort,internet, counselling

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Career Decisions

Ranking desired Outcomes:

Money

Achievement

Satisfaction

Lifestyle

Pros & Cons Exercise

- rank for different stakeholders

3 - Very Likely2 - Somewhat Likely

1 - Likely

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Why, what and howmuch?

Clients ask most often about theirpersonality

Career Coaches most often useInterest Inventories

Personality and values are why,interests are what, motivation ishow much!

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Stage Four

4. CAREER ACTION PLAN

Tools: Career Diary, career review,

training and development needs analysis Friends, partner, supporters,professionals

Stage Four

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How?

Use these tools to learn moreabout yourself

Use them to You make bettercareer choices

Fit your choices to your needs,wants and dreams for betterresults

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More Tools For You!

Salary Data Networking

Their Resume Library

Internet