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What is the purpose of the Career Beliefs Inventory (CBI) by Krumboltz, 1991?
What is the purpose of the Career Beliefs Inventory (CBI) by Krumboltz, 1991?
Which inventory would a counselor likely recommend if a client's irrational beliefs affect their choice of occupation?
Which inventory would a counselor likely recommend if a client's irrational beliefs affect their choice of occupation?
What is the main purpose of the Career Factors Inventory (CFI) by Chartrand et al., 1997?
What is the main purpose of the Career Factors Inventory (CFI) by Chartrand et al., 1997?
Which inventory is a self-scored instrument designed to identify the attitudes, feelings, and obstacles affecting the careers of adults?
Which inventory is a self-scored instrument designed to identify the attitudes, feelings, and obstacles affecting the careers of adults?
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How many categories are the 25 scales in the Career Beliefs Inventory (CBI) organized under?
How many categories are the 25 scales in the Career Beliefs Inventory (CBI) organized under?
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Which inventory is specifically designed for persons over 13 years of age to identify career beliefs that may hinder them from reaching their career goals?
Which inventory is specifically designed for persons over 13 years of age to identify career beliefs that may hinder them from reaching their career goals?
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Which assessment focuses on self-assessed skills related to the six Holland occupational groups or the 16 National Career Clusters?
Which assessment focuses on self-assessed skills related to the six Holland occupational groups or the 16 National Career Clusters?
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The Campbell Interest and Skill Survey (CISS) offers parallel skill scales for each interest scale in how many areas?
The Campbell Interest and Skill Survey (CISS) offers parallel skill scales for each interest scale in how many areas?
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Which assessment measures abilities in 10 content areas and includes measurements of interests by Holland typology and personal preferences (values)?
Which assessment measures abilities in 10 content areas and includes measurements of interests by Holland typology and personal preferences (values)?
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Which assessment provides the opportunity for users to sort a large number of cards describing transferrable skills according to competence, preference, and need for development?
Which assessment provides the opportunity for users to sort a large number of cards describing transferrable skills according to competence, preference, and need for development?
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The Work Importance Profiler measures the importance of six work values. Which is NOT one of these values?
The Work Importance Profiler measures the importance of six work values. Which is NOT one of these values?
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Which assessment offers a National Career Readiness Certificate after qualifying tests?
Which assessment offers a National Career Readiness Certificate after qualifying tests?
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'Myers-Briggs Type Indicator' measures individuals' preferences on which four scales?
'Myers-Briggs Type Indicator' measures individuals' preferences on which four scales?
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'UNIACT' offers scores on how many basic interest scales?
'UNIACT' offers scores on how many basic interest scales?
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Which assessment focuses on work tasks within the six Holland work environments rather than personality characteristics?
Which assessment focuses on work tasks within the six Holland work environments rather than personality characteristics?
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What is the purpose of the Career Thoughts Inventory (CTI)?
What is the purpose of the Career Thoughts Inventory (CTI)?
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Which inventory is designed to measure the degree to which lack of vocational identity, information, or training may affect a person's ability to make a career choice?
Which inventory is designed to measure the degree to which lack of vocational identity, information, or training may affect a person's ability to make a career choice?
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What is the purpose of the Career Assessment Inventory (CAI) Enhanced Version?
What is the purpose of the Career Assessment Inventory (CAI) Enhanced Version?
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Which instrument is designed to measure interests according to Holland's six personality types for persons in middle school through adulthood?
Which instrument is designed to measure interests according to Holland's six personality types for persons in middle school through adulthood?
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What does the Strong Interest Inventory focus on?
What does the Strong Interest Inventory focus on?
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Who developed the Career Decision Scale (CDS)?
Who developed the Career Decision Scale (CDS)?
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Which inventory is used to identify occupations or jobs for consideration by exploring personal characteristics related to those of occupations or jobs?
Which inventory is used to identify occupations or jobs for consideration by exploring personal characteristics related to those of occupations or jobs?
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The Jackson Vocational Interest Survey (JVIS) is designed to measure interests on how many basic interest scales?
The Jackson Vocational Interest Survey (JVIS) is designed to measure interests on how many basic interest scales?
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What is the purpose of the Kuder Career Interests Assessment (KCIA)?
What is the purpose of the Kuder Career Interests Assessment (KCIA)?
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Which inventory can be used with high school students, college students, military personnel, and adults in general?
Which inventory can be used with high school students, college students, military personnel, and adults in general?
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Study Notes
Purposes of Assessment
- Identify clients' needs
- Help clients and counselors understand the self
- Measure progress or change
Career Assessment Inventories
- Career Beliefs Inventory (CBI) by Krumboltz (1991)
- For persons over 13 years old
- Designed to identify career beliefs that may be preventing them from reaching career goals
- 25 scales organized under five categories: My Current Career Situation, What Seems Necessary for My Happiness, Factors That Influence My Decisions, Changes I am Willing to Make, and Effort I am Willing to Initiate
- Career Attitudes and Strategies Inventory (CASI) by Holland and Gottfredson (1994)
- Self-scored instrument
- Designed to identify attitudes, feelings, and obstacles that affect the careers of adults
- Scales include Job Stability, Family Commitment, Risk-Taking Style, Geographical Barriers, Job Satisfaction, Work Involvement, Skill Development, Dominant Style, Career Worries, and Interpersonal Abuse
- Career Factors Inventory (CFI) by Chartrand et al. (1997)
- For persons over 13 years old
- Designed to identify difficulties in career-planning and decision-making processes
- Scales include Need for Information, Need for Self-Knowledge, Career Choice Anxiety, and Generalized Indecisiveness
- Career Maturity Inventory (CMI) by Crites and Savickas (1995)
- Designed to measure how ready a student is to make a career decision
- For students in grades 6-12
- Career Thoughts Inventory (CTI) by Sampson et al. (1996)
- Designed to identify irrational thoughts that may affect the career decision-making process
- For use with students and clients from high school level through adulthood
- Career Decision Scale (CDS) by Osipow et al. (1997)
- Designed to measure the reasons for career indecision and inability to make a vocational choice
- For use with high school and college students
- Career Decision Profile (CDP) by Jones (1986)
- Designed to measure level of decidedness about career choice, self-knowledge, and knowledge about occupations and training
- My Vocational Situation (MVS) by Holland et al. (1980)
- Designed to measure the degree to which lack of vocational identity, lack of information or training, and barriers may affect a person's ability to make a career choice
- For use with students in grade 9 through adult years
Interest Inventories
- Career Assessment Inventory (CAI) Enhanced Version by Johannson (2003)
- Designed to measure interest in Holland's six personality types, 23 basic interest scales, and 111 occupations
- Can be used with high school students, college students, and adults
- Career Occupational Preference Survey (COPS) by Knapp and Knapp (1995)
- Provides job activity interest scores related to 14 different career clusters
- Can be used with students in grades 7-12, college students, and adults
- Career Decision Making System—Revised (CDM-R) by O'Shea and Feller (2000)
- Designed to measure interest in Holland's six personality types
- Different versions allow use from grade 7 to adulthood
- Interest Determination, Exploration, and Assessment System (IDEAS) by Johansson (1993)
- Two self-scored inventories—one for middle and high school students and one for adults
- Measures interests in 16 areas
- Jackson Vocational Interest Survey (JVIS) by Jackson (2000)
- Designed to measure interests on 34 basic interest scales
- For use with high school students, college students, and adults
- Kuder Career Interests Assessment (KCIA) by Kuder, Inc. (2019)
- Designed to measure interest in the six Holland work environments or the 16 National Career Clusters and pathways
- For use with high school students, college students, and adults
- O*Net Interest Profiler by U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (1999)
- Self-scored or web-based instrument
- Designed to measure interests according to Holland's six personality types
- For use with persons in middle school through adulthood
- Standard Self-Directed Search (SDS) by Holland and Messer (2017)
- Designed to measure personality type and interest in six Holland occupational groups
- Multiple forms for different age ranges, languages, and reading levels
- Can be used with high school students, college students, military personnel, and adults
- The Strong Interest Inventory by Strong (2004)
- Measures interests in eight different areas
- Provides a Holland code, scores on 30 basic interest scales, five personal style themes, and similarity of examinee's profile to the profile of workers in 260 occupations
- Unisex Edition of the ACT Interest Inventory (UNIACT) by ACT (2007)
- Measures interest in the six Holland types
- Uses the Holland code to suggest career areas (occupations and college majors) on the World-of-Work Map for exploration
Skill Assessment
- SkillScan Advance Pack (2017)
- Provides the opportunity for users to sort manually a large number of cards (which describe transferable skills) according to areas of competence, preference, and need for development
- Identifies skills with a combination of high competence and preference
- WorkKeys by ACT (2015)
- Measures skills in eight areas: applied Mathematics, Graphic Literacy, Workplace Documents, applied Technology, Business Writing, Workplace Observation, Fit (with interests and values), and Talent (work-related attitudes and behaviors)
- Kuder Skills Confidence Assessment (KSCA) by Kuder (2018)
- Measures self-assessed skills that may be related to the six Holland occupational groups or the 16 National Career Clusters
- Reports strength of skills on a seven-point continuum and suggests occupations and programs of study related to the user's score report
- Campbell Interest and Skill Survey (CISS) by Campbell (1992)
- Measures interests and self-reported skills in seven areas that are roughly parallel to the Holland six types
- Contains 25 basic scales and 60 occupational scales
- The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) by U.S. Department of Defense (2005)
- Measures abilities in 10 content areas
- Includes measurement of interests by Holland typology and personal preferences (values)
- Designed for high school seniors, postsecondary students, and adults
- The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) by Myers and Briggs (2012)
- Measures the psychological types described by Jung
- Yields a four-letter code that can be related to typical profiles of groups of people who work in specific occupations
- Results are expressed as an individual's preference along a continuum on scales titled Extraversion-Introversion, Sensing-Intuition, Thinking-Feeling, and Judging-Perceiving
- O*Net Work Importance Profiler by U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (2001)
- Measures the importance of six work values—achievement, independence, recognition, relationships, support, and working conditions
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Learn about the different purposes of assessment in career counseling, including identifying clients' needs, self-exploration, and measuring progress. Explore the use of the Career Beliefs Inventory (Krumboltz, 1991) and how it can help address irrational beliefs affecting occupational choices.
