Section IIISection III

Career and Life Planning Career and Life Planning AssessmentAssessment

Developed by Calvin Bell-TharpeDeveloped by Calvin Bell-Tharpe

Chapter 7Chapter 7Measures of Career Choice and Measures of Career Choice and

DevelopmentDevelopment• Attitudes toward Career PlanningAttitudes toward Career Planning

– Career belief and career concerns Career belief and career concerns (There is (There is no proof that a specific career is greater over another, Further, career no proof that a specific career is greater over another, Further, career concerns are determined by but not limited to personal and concerns are determined by but not limited to personal and environmental factors)environmental factors)

– Career Beliefs Inventory (CBI) Career Beliefs Inventory (CBI) The belief that The belief that may block career goals. It consists of 96 items answered on a Likert may block career goals. It consists of 96 items answered on a Likert scale (Strongly agree to Strongly disagree)scale (Strongly agree to Strongly disagree)

– Career Thoughts Inventory (CTI)Career Thoughts Inventory (CTI) Based of on Based of on cognitive information processing theory, assesses dysfunctional cognitive information processing theory, assesses dysfunctional thinking in career problem solving and decision making for adults, thinking in career problem solving and decision making for adults, college students, and high school students.college students, and high school students.

– My Vocational Situation (MVS)My Vocational Situation (MVS) authors of this authors of this inventory attributed difficulties in decision to three main factors: inventory attributed difficulties in decision to three main factors: problems of vocational identity, lack of information about careers, and problems of vocational identity, lack of information about careers, and environmental obstacles.environmental obstacles.

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instrumentsinstruments• Career Decision Scale (CDS) target population includes high students and Career Decision Scale (CDS) target population includes high students and

college students in the process of deciding on a career.college students in the process of deciding on a career.• Career Factors Inventory (CFI) a 21 item self-scorable inventory that Career Factors Inventory (CFI) a 21 item self-scorable inventory that

provides scores on four scales: Need for Career information, Need for provides scores on four scales: Need for Career information, Need for Self-Knowledge, Career Choice Anxiety and Generalized IndecisivenessSelf-Knowledge, Career Choice Anxiety and Generalized Indecisiveness

• Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ) Assess Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ) Assess student’s ability to cope with different types of difficulties in deciding on a student’s ability to cope with different types of difficulties in deciding on a careercareer

It is scored in three broad categories: Lack of Readiness / Lack of It is scored in three broad categories: Lack of Readiness / Lack of Information / Inconsistent Information: which are further broken down Information / Inconsistent Information: which are further broken down into 10 subcategories.into 10 subcategories.

• Measures of Career Concerns for Adults (ACCI) measures the career Measures of Career Concerns for Adults (ACCI) measures the career concerns of adults at different stages in their developmentconcerns of adults at different stages in their development

• Career Attitudes and Strategies Inventory (CASI) identify and Clarify the Career Attitudes and Strategies Inventory (CASI) identify and Clarify the career problems confronted by adultscareer problems confronted by adults

Career Planning Career Planning CompetenciesCompetencies

• Measures of career planning Measures of career planning competencies focus on the cognitive competencies focus on the cognitive aspects of career development aspects of career development including occupational knowledge, including occupational knowledge, decision-making skills, and decision-making skills, and employment seeking skillsemployment seeking skills

Types of toolsTypes of tools

• Career Decision-Making Self-Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale (CDMSE) assesses a Efficacy Scale (CDMSE) assesses a client’s perceptions of his or her client’s perceptions of his or her ability to make effective career ability to make effective career decisionsdecisions– What is Self-Efficacy? What is Self-Efficacy? (is the belief that one is (is the belief that one is

capable of performing in a certain manner to attain certain goals. It is capable of performing in a certain manner to attain certain goals. It is a belief that one has the capabilities to execute the courses of actions a belief that one has the capabilities to execute the courses of actions required to manage prospective situations.) required to manage prospective situations.)

Types of toolsTypes of tools

• Vocational Card SortVocational Card Sort an alternate way of assessing an an alternate way of assessing an individual’s occupational competencies, counselors may use a individual’s occupational competencies, counselors may use a vocational card sort, which can provide an informal assessment of vocational card sort, which can provide an informal assessment of occupational knowledge.occupational knowledge.

• Career Development Inventory (CDI)Career Development Inventory (CDI) to assess the students’ to assess the students’ readiness to make sound educational and vocational choicesreadiness to make sound educational and vocational choices

• Career Maturity Inventory-Revised (CMI-R)Career Maturity Inventory-Revised (CMI-R) measure the measure the career planning attitudes and competencies of secondary school career planning attitudes and competencies of secondary school students students

• Career Mastery Inventory (CMAS)Career Mastery Inventory (CMAS) assess the career assess the career development of adolescentsdevelopment of adolescents

• Career Future Inventory (CFI)Career Future Inventory (CFI) a NEW brief inventory that a NEW brief inventory that provides the same type of information as that obtained from the provides the same type of information as that obtained from the combined measures of career planning attitudes and combined measures of career planning attitudes and competencies. competencies.

AssessmentAssessment

• This is a “take-home” assessment, This is a “take-home” assessment, TRY to answer before referring to TRY to answer before referring to your textbook.your textbook.