Interest/Career Assessment Tools

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Strong Interest Inventory
Age: 12+; helps match a person’s interests with possible educational, career, and leisure activities; results generate a code based on a 6 occupational themes (realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, & conventional)

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Strong Interest Inventory
Age: 12+; helps match a person’s interests with possible educational, career, and leisure activities; results generate a code based on a 6 occupational themes (realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, & conventional)
Self-Directed Search Form (SDS)
Age: 11-70; based on Holland’s widely accepted theory of careers, the SDS lets people explore the entire range of occupational possibilities
Career Assessment Inventory (CAI)
Age: 15+; vocational interest inventory for those who plan to enter careers immediately after high school or attend community college or trade school
Kuder Career Planning System: -Kuder Career Interests Assessment -Kuder Skills Confidence Assessment -Super’s Work Values Inventory-Revised
Age: grade 7+; set of 3 assessments for career planning: -Kuder career interests assessment- measures a person’s career interests by asking questions about their interests in certain daily activities which correspond with Holland’s 6 interest types - Kuder skills confidence assessment- measures a person’s self-efficacy in the 6 Holland areas -Super’s work values inventory-revised: identifies the person’s work-related values