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CAREER ASSESSMENTS
Tools to help you make a satisfying career choice.
Read about how career assessments helped Debra identify a satisfying career! Career Transition Case Study
DISC Behavior Style Indicator - Discloses how other people view you, helps you understand why some people are easier to get along with than others, and helps you communicate more effectively with people who have a different style.
Business Values Motivators - Identifies your underlying passion.
Prevue - Evaluates your personality so you can (1) recognize what challenges you might face in whatever career choice you make, and (2) see how your personality traits impact relationships.
WOWI – Career Assessment - Provides specific career recommendations based on your skills and interests as well as detailed career information; links to state job databases.
Job Clues - Helps you know how to choose an employer based on your personality traits. Also provides interview questions, evaluates your leadership ability, and provides self development suggestions.
DISC
You know that boss or co-worker or teacher that you can't stand being around? How about your friend's husband or boyfriend that you really don't like? Chances are his or her behavior style is different from yours.
The
DISC Behavior Style Indicator not only describes your behavior (how you get energized), it also helps you get a better understanding of the people who will be a challenge for you to get along with. And it helps you know how to get along with them better.
The four behavior areas that are evaluated are your
approach to problems, people, pace and procedure.
Individuals
can approach problems in a direct or dominant way (D).
Their interactions with people can be influential and interactive
(I). The pace of their day can be stable and steady
(S). And their approach to procedures can be compliant
and cautious (C). People typically have one or two areas that
are higher than the others, which is where a description
is derived (for example, a “high ‘D’ and
a high ‘C’”). Areas that are low are
equally relevant in understanding behavior style.
People who change their behavior a lot when they go to work usually experience a lot of stress. They are at
a higher risk for developing job burn-out or stress-related
health problems.
The
DISC behavior profile is an excellent tool to understand what
energizes you, what types of people you will get along with
easily, and how to get along with those who are different
from you. It's an excellent tool to help you identify where you get stressed out at work, why your current work setting might not be a good fit for you, and what types of settings will fit better.
Click
here to get more information about taking a DISC assessment.
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BUSINESS VALUES MOTIVATORS (BVM)
Not sure exactly what you want to do when you "grow up?" Want to get a better idea of where your passions are and what types career choices will be most satisfying to you?
The BVM assesses the values that motivate you to do what you do. There are six areas considered: Conceptual (a need to learn as much as possible and a desire to solve problems), Aesthetic (a need for balance and harmony in the environment), Economic (a high return on investment of time, energy or money), Power and Authority (a desire to be in control of my own destiny and be in authority over others), Social (a fundamental need to be helpful to others), and Doctrine (a strong adherence to a personal belief system). We all fall somewhere on a continuum in each of these areas. The areas where you are the highest are most motivating and will be most fulfilling.
People typically have two primary motivators. It is important to identify what motivates you to determine what career choices will fulfill your passions and enable you to sleep peacefully at night.
Want to find out what your passions are? Take the BVM.
Click here to get more information about taking a BVM assessment.
Want to see a sample BVM report? Click here.
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PREVUE
How does your personality affect your career choice? Understanding your personality helps you know what areas will be most challenging for you with any job you choose. While we can adjust our behavior style when we go to work (even though it causes stress to do so), we cannot change our personalities.
The Prevue assessment evaluates a continuum of personality functioning in five dimensions - Independence, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Stability and Openness to Change.
Competitiveness and Assertiveness are components of Independence. Organized is a component of Conscientiousness, and so is being open or closed to change (Conventional). Extroversion takes into account how much you need to be around others (Group-Oriented) and how comfortable you feel interacting with others (Outgoing). How focused you remain during stress (Poised) and how comfortable you feel with stress (Relaxed) comprise the Stability scale.
If you have a cooperative personality you probably won't enjoy a highly competitive envirionment. If you thrive on change a conventional environment that sticks to established procedures will frustrate you. If you really need others to like you and you love to talk about yourself sales might be a challenge. If you over-react to conflict and stress working in a high stress career will wear you down.
Knowing how your personality works will provide you with important information to make the best career choice.
Click here to get more information about taking a Prevue assessment.
Want to see a sample Prevue report? Click here.
Want to learn more about personality? Click here.
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WOWI (World of Work Inventory)
Want to be sure the career you're considering will really be satisfying? Think there might be some careers you'd enjoy that you just haven't thought of?
A career assessment is the first step to establish your strengths and know how to make a good career choice. The WOWI Assessment is an ideal tool to help you develop career plans and to tailor your education or re-training to fit your learning style and career goals.
The WOWI is used to help individuals narrow down occupational choices based on your personal traits and job interest preferences. It even provides suggestions for strengthening areas of weakness. The report provided includes specific careers that are considered to present the best likelihood of satisfaction. You are also able to connect to O*NET, the Department of Labor database that provides information regarding the job outlook, educational requirements and salary expectations of 900 careers.
Take the WOWI to explore careers you've already considered, or to help you think "outside the box" to professions you might enjoy but just never thought of.
Click here to get more information about taking a WOWI assessment.
Want to see a sample WOWI report? Click here.
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MAPP (Motivational Appraisal of Personal Potential)
The First Step in choosing the right career, the MAPP Assessment is a personalized career tool that will help you identify your strengths and interests, and match your results to 900 job descriptions on the US Department of Labor and O*NET databases. You can see exactly how a job will suit your abilities and interests and get ideas for other jobs that may be of interest to you. MAPP even provides an indication if a specific career would be an "Exciting Fit!" a "Good Fit" or not likely to provide job satisfaction.
Click here to get more information about taking a MAPP assessment.
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Job Clues
Choose Your Next Employer. Most career reports provide general feedback on what type of career might be a good fit for you. This report goes further in that it actually points out things you should look for when making a career choice.
Interview a Prospective Employer. This report is intended to provide specific questions for you to ask your prospective employer, so that you can determine if the environment, management style and reward systems are a good fit for you based on your core traits and learning style. There are many more questions listed than you will typically have time for in an interview. It is a good idea to review these and highlight the ones that you believe will be the most important for you to know prior to making a decision.
Leadership Evaluation and Self Development. See how your personality traits compare to others who have been both successful in leadership roles and found them rewarding. The report is divided into various behavioral areas and within each you will find tips provided to help you develop your skills in that area. If you find that there are several areas where your traits do not particularly match up well with typical leadership traits, it may be an indication that you might find leadership roles to be overly stressful and less rewarding over time.
Click here to get more information about taking a Job Clues assessment.
Want to see a sample Job Clues report?
Choose Your Next Employer. Click here.
Interview a Prospective Employer. Click here.
Leadership Evaluation and Self Development. Click here.
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