Career Orientation Test: Interests, Work Values and Strengths
Three parts like the big career tests: 60 activities based on the Holland model, 18 work values and 12 key qualifications. At the end an interest code, a values profile and a PDF for the counselling session.
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Commercial career tests for school leavers and prospective students usually combine three parts: vocational interests, work values or key qualifications, and performance tasks. The first two parts can be covered with public-domain instruments. This template uses the 60 activity items of the O*NET Interest Profiler from the U.S. Department of Labor in German translation, plus 18 statements on the six work values of the O*NET Work Importance Profiler and twelve statements on key qualifications. The result is a Holland code from the three strongest interests, a values profile and an overview of strengths, as a result page and as a PDF. The template deliberately leaves out performance tasks: validated tasks licensed for commercial use are rare, and a self-check should not pretend to be an ability test. For schools, universities, counselling services and apprenticeship marketing it is an entry point that prepares the counselling conversation.
When should you use this template?
This template is a great fit for:
- Career orientation at schools and universities, with the PDF as the basis for a conversation
- Counselling services that need a profile before the appointment
- Apprenticeship marketing and career days as a self-check with an instant result
- Studies of interest profiles across whole cohorts
Every question in this template
- 1Consent
I take part voluntarily. My answers serve my own orientation. *
- 2Matrix
Activities (1 of 3): how much would you like doing this? *
Strongly dislike Dislike Unsure Like Strongly like Build kitchen cabinets Lay brick or tile Repair household appliances Raise fish in a fish hatchery Assemble electronic parts - 3Matrix
Activities (2 of 3): how much would you like doing this? *
Strongly dislike Dislike Unsure Like Strongly like Write books or plays Play a musical instrument Compose or arrange music Draw pictures Create special effects for movies - 4Matrix
Activities (3 of 3): how much would you like doing this? *
Strongly dislike Dislike Unsure Like Strongly like Buy and sell stocks and bonds Manage a retail store Operate a beauty salon or barber shop Manage a department within a large company Start your own business - 5Matrix
Work values: how important is this to you in a job? *
Not important Slightly important Moderately important Important Very important I can make full use of my abilities. At the end of the day I can see what I have accomplished. I get a feeling of accomplishment. I decide for myself how to do my work. I work largely on my own responsibility. - 6Matrix
Key qualifications: how well does this describe you? *
Does not apply at all Tends not to apply Partly Tends to apply Applies fully I can explain things so that others understand them. I listen carefully before I answer. In groups I quickly find my role. I notice when others are not doing well and respond to it. I break difficult tasks into steps.
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Frequently asked questions
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