This assessment is a self-administered and self-scorable assessment for quick results to facilitate career exploration. It provides a direction for those who use it by including the following contents:
1. The Interest Inventory
A questionnaire of 90 statements that are based on the fifteen major factors that influence career satisfaction. These factors include:
- Daily work activities
- A typical day you would enjoy
- A project or opportunity that sounds interesting
- Daily skills used at work
- Goals to achieve
- What keeps your attention and focus
- Occupations that sounds interesting
- The type of work environment you prefer
- How you want to spend energy and time at work
- Being on a team or working alone
- Your attitude toward technology
- Interesting subject areas
- Academic majors or courses of study
- Your ideal work environment
- Your value at work
The questionnaire is simple to score and provides an immediate path toward considering a career that may likely provide enjoyment. Included in the inventory are brief explanations about the six general occupational themes in the workplace.
2. The Answer Guide
A resource that helps you understand the inventory results and provides additional material for career exploration that includes:
- Detailed information about each general occupational theme and includes occupational choices for consideration.
- Potential fields of study to consider based upon the Holland code including majors, training opportunities and certifications.
- A listing of occupational code "families" of job titles that are related to a person's code. This list expands additional occupational choices that have similar interest patterns.
- A listing of the basic resources available for further career exploration.
A helpful tool to assist in planning the next steps by narrowing options to consider and forming a plan.