Career Assessment Instruments Career Goals - 1070 Words

Career assessment instruments are important in the field of career development. These are the tools that will help career counselors guide the individuals they are working with down the appropriate career path along with equipping the individual with interventions to deal with barriers and handle on-the-job stressors. Career assessment instruments have the ability to measure many traits and one trait is a person’s interests and skills. The measurement of one’s interests and skills is the foundation in which one will build upon to decide a career path. When choosing an assessment instrument, many variables should be considered, the client’s needs and environment, the assessment modality, and the competency of the counselor (Grand Canyon†¦show more content†¦The Strong Interest Inventory (SII), is another assessment tool that targets a person’s interests and matches them to possible career options, possible academic majors, and leisure activities. The SII is used in school settings, social services agencies, corporations, and the military. The SII can help a person find a satisfying start to their career, change careers for those in transition, or encourage career development for those stagnant in their current position. The CISS and SII are qualitative and quantitative measured assessment tools. Both tools proven by research has shown the quality and soundness of these tools along with showing the measurable components of each assessment tool. The benefits of the CISS is that the interest scales and parallel skill scales help individuals gain a more thorough understanding of suitable career options, it is culturally competent, and can be use among a variety of populations (Taylor, N. Donnelly, C., 2012). The benefits of SII are that it has earned the reputation as a leader among assessments tools for individuals looking to match their interest to promising career and/or educational options. The SII inspires the clients to discover their true interests, which provides more career options (Hark, N. Thompson, R., 2011). Challenges occurs when an untrained professionals attempts to interpret the SII, when the client has little knowledge of the working world, there are cultural differences, or the test-taker