We are forever moving forward in a life’s journey where we may not know the future, but it is important to take time to examine the past. As our roles change and we are forced to transition into new positions and move from locations, it is important to take time to reflect on what those changes meant and how they influence who we are as individual people. The following is a career inventory interpretation doing just that, reflecting on a specific client, her past, present, and the implications that those bring to her future. The client explained in this interpretation is 35-year-old Nia. Nia identifies as a black female. She was born in Florida, raised in New York City, NY and moved to Philadelphia, Pa at the age of 12. Nia went to a Roxborough
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This test was completed through NCS Pearson Incorporated in 1993. This test takes an estimated 35 minutes to complete and is known to be categorized as a Vocational Interest and Skill Level test for persons of age 15 to adult. This inventory was reviewed by Richard C. Pugh, Professor of Education, and Director of Education Technology Services at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. The Campbell Interest and Skill Survey (CISS) were developed to interpret self-reported skills and interests. It is argued that these skills are relevant to a person’s career planning because they are self-reported. The main purpose of the inventory is to assist clients in gaining a better understanding of how their interests and skills can impact their career decisions. The CISS consists of 200 interest items that those taking the assessment are to rate based off their levels of interest and 120 skill items that those taking the assessment are to rate based off their skills levels. The manual is designed to display that the surveyor’s interests reflect their attraction to a specific career and their skills indicate their self-confidence in that specific career. Self-reported interests and skills are then organized into Orientation, Basic, Occupational, Special, and Procedural skills. Each the self-reported scores are reported and compared in an individually prepared computer-generated, multi-page CISS Individual Profile. While it has been questioned as to the reasons skills were included in the inventory, it is believed that that self-perceptions people have about their skills play an important role in their career choices and allow access to what skills individuals can focus on developing. It is important to note that the interpretation of the skill scale scores be determined if a measure of the clients self-confidence is incorporated into the findings. The inventory overall is highly
This test was completed through NCS Pearson Incorporated in 1993. This test takes an estimated 35 minutes to complete and is known to be categorized as a Vocational Interest and Skill Level test for persons of age 15 to adult. This inventory was reviewed by Richard C. Pugh, Professor of Education, and Director of Education Technology Services at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. The Campbell Interest and Skill Survey (CISS) were developed to interpret self-reported skills and interests. It is argued that these skills are relevant to a person’s career planning because they are self-reported. The main purpose of the inventory is to assist clients in gaining a better understanding of how their interests and skills can impact their career decisions. The CISS consists of 200 interest items that those taking the assessment are to rate based off their levels of interest and 120 skill items that those taking the assessment are to rate based off their skills levels. The manual is designed to display that the surveyor’s interests reflect their attraction to a specific career and their skills indicate their self-confidence in that specific career. Self-reported interests and skills are then organized into Orientation, Basic, Occupational, Special, and Procedural skills. Each the self-reported scores are reported and compared in an individually prepared computer-generated, multi-page CISS Individual Profile. While it has been questioned as to the reasons skills were included in the inventory, it is believed that that self-perceptions people have about their skills play an important role in their career choices and allow access to what skills individuals can focus on developing. It is important to note that the interpretation of the skill scale scores be determined if a measure of the clients self-confidence is incorporated into the findings. The inventory overall is highly