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Career Development eManual The first section of the award-winning Career Development eManual from the University of Waterloo Career Services is a collection of six assessment exercises complete with information about what each is intended to accomplish, forms and/or exercises which may be printed out and completed. The assessment process finishes by integrating all that has been learned and/or discovered into a neat package which will help guide the user through the remainder of his or her career development process. These assessments cover personality and attitude, skills and achievements, knowledge and learning style, values, interests (based on Holland’s theory), and entrepreneurism.
Casey Life Skills "Casey Life Skills (CLS) is a free tool that assesses the behaviors and competencies youth need to achieve their long term goals. It aims to set youth on their way toward developing healthy, productive lives. CLS is designed to be used in a collaborative conversation between an educator, mentor, case worker, or other service provider and any youth between the ages of 14 and 21. It is appropriate for all youth regardless of whether they are in foster care, live with their biological parents, or reside in a group home." Providers need to register for a free account, and they will then establish accounts for their clients. You can preview a sample of the tool prior to registering and review their privacy policy at the same time. This free service is provided by Casey Family Programs, the nation’s largest operating foundation focused entirely on foster care and improving the child welfare system.
The iSeek Skills Assessment This skills assessment is based on data from O*NET and is a fairly simple tool that allows the user to rate him or herself on 35 different skills and then see what occupations match those skills identified as the being most important to the user. The entire tool takes 5–10 minutes to complete, and the results are presented immediately upon completion, offering the user information on each career, how his or her skills match this profile, and the level of education or training usually required to perform this particular job. The user interface is relatively simple and should not pose a problem for persons with limited computer skills. Individuals can print the results page, e-mail it to their career coach and use in the career discovery process.
Motivational Assessment of Personal Potential (MAPP) This is an interest survey designed by the International Assessment Network in Minneapolis, MN. A free sample MAPP Career Analysis is provided to help individuals identify their preferences for working with people or things, and other job characteristics; it also suggests some occupations that match these preferences. The assessment takes about 20 minutes to complete, but it is possible to stop the inventory and resume it at a later time. The resulting report is sent to the user via e-mail, outlining his or her “natural motivations and talent for work” and matching these to five occupational descriptions from O*NET. MAPP offers varied access points for individuals, students (including K–12), corporate users, workforce development offices, and career coaches. MAPP is available in 6 languages: English, French, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish.
Queendom.com Queendom offers a variety of personality, intelligence, and health test and quizzes. These offer a full range of professional-quality, scientifically-validated psychological assessments designed to allow users to reach their potential through feedback and custom tailored analysis. The site is a subsidiary of PsychTests AIM Inc., a high-tech psychometric company that develops a suite of products and services centered on its extensive battery of psychological assessments. Information on their development and validation is available under “About the Site.” All users can register for free and take a short form of most of these assessments and tests at no cost, but some tests as well as extended personalized result reports will cost.
Career Decision-making Difficulties Questionnaire The CDDQ is based on research performed at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and The Ohio State University by a team led by Professors Itamar Gati and Samuel H. Osipow. This site includes five assessments designed to assist individuals in the process of making a career decision by helping them clarify what their specific difficulties are, by providing a framework for a systematic process for career decision making organized into a three-stage process, and by providing the career professional with information about and access to Making Better Career Decisions (MBCD), an Internet based career planning system. All of the assessments are free to use, and the supporting documentation is available for perusal.
Career Development eManual The first section of the award-winning Career Development eManual from the University of Waterloo Career Services is a collection of six assessment exercises complete with information about what each is intended to accomplish, forms and/or exercises which may be printed out and completed. The assessment process finishes by integrating all that has been learned and/or discovered into a neat package which will help guide the user through the remainder of his or her career development process. These assessments cover personality and attitude, skills and achievements, knowledge and learning style, values, interests (based on Holland’s theory), and entrepreneurism.
Casey Life Skills "Casey Life Skills (CLS) is a free tool that assesses the behaviors and competencies youth need to achieve their long term goals. It aims to set youth on their way toward developing healthy, productive lives. CLS is designed to be used in a collaborative conversation between an educator, mentor, case worker, or other service provider and any youth between the ages of 14 and 21. It is appropriate for all youth regardless of whether they are in foster care, live with their biological parents, or reside in a group home." Providers need to register for a free account, and they will then establish accounts for their clients. You can preview a sample of the tool prior to registering and review their privacy policy at the same time. This free service is provided by Casey Family Programs, the nation’s largest operating foundation focused entirely on foster care and improving the child welfare system.
The iSeek Skills Assessment This skills assessment is based on data from O*NET and is a fairly simple tool that allows the user to rate him or herself on 35 different skills and then see what occupations match those skills identified as the being most important to the user. The entire tool takes 5–10 minutes to complete, and the results are presented immediately upon completion, offering the user information on each career, how his or her skills match this profile, and the level of education or training usually required to perform this particular job. The user interface is relatively simple and should not pose a problem for persons with limited computer skills. Individuals can print the results page, e-mail it to their career coach and use in the career discovery process.
Motivational Assessment of Personal Potential (MAPP) This is an interest survey designed by the International Assessment Network in Minneapolis, MN. A free sample MAPP Career Analysis is provided to help individuals identify their preferences for working with people or things, and other job characteristics; it also suggests some occupations that match these preferences. The assessment takes about 20 minutes to complete, but it is possible to stop the inventory and resume it at a later time. The resulting report is sent to the user via e-mail, outlining his or her “natural motivations and talent for work” and matching these to five occupational descriptions from O*NET. MAPP offers varied access points for individuals, students (including K–12), corporate users, workforce development offices, and career coaches. MAPP is available in 6 languages: English, French, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish.
Queendom.com Queendom offers a variety of personality, intelligence, and health test and quizzes. These offer a full range of professional-quality, scientifically-validated psychological assessments designed to allow users to reach their potential through feedback and custom tailored analysis. The site is a subsidiary of PsychTests AIM Inc., a high-tech psychometric company that develops a suite of products and services centered on its extensive battery of psychological assessments. Information on their development and validation is available under “About the Site.” All users can register for free and take a short form of most of these assessments and tests at no cost, but some tests as well as extended personalized result reports will cost.
Career Decision-making Difficulties Questionnaire The CDDQ is based on research performed at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and The Ohio State University by a team led by Professors Itamar Gati and Samuel H. Osipow. This site includes five assessments designed to assist individuals in the process of making a career decision by helping them clarify what their specific difficulties are, by providing a framework for a systematic process for career decision making organized into a three-stage process, and by providing the career professional with information about and access to Making Better Career Decisions (MBCD), an Internet based career planning system. All of the assessments are free to use, and the supporting documentation is available for perusal.