Can you complete a career assessment?

Comprehensive Career Assessment Paper: The student should create an assessment battery for a hypothetical client seeking career counseling and guidance. The paper should include the types of assessments you would use and the rationale for your choice of the assessment. Each assessment you select should be thoroughly discussed in terms of the appropriateness of using it with your client and should include statistical date to support your decision such as the population on which the assessment was normed, the validity and reliability of using the assessment with your client, and any limitations the assessment would have if using with diverse and special populations. The assessment paper should include how to use electronic resources such as O*NET and CAGS as well as the Dictionary of Occupational Titles to describe the mental, physical, and vocational preparation for work. The body of the paper should be at least 10 pages and should include additional resources and references other than the book. You may use yourself as the hypothetical client.

The Following are headings to be incorporated in your paper

Abstract

Background:

Assessment used:

MBTI

Self-Directed Search

Strong Campbell

Etc.

Results of assessment

Cognitive strengths and weaknesses

Physical or mental limitation or strengths

Clinical impression or Counselor’s Impression (this would be information you would gain during the initial interview with the client)

Cultural considerations and special needs

Jobs available in the national labor market you will need to either go to the Bureau of Labor statistics and or ONET to get the job requirements, physical and mental demands, the numbers of these jobs in the national economy, and how this will effect your client in the geographical area in which they live.

If additional skills are needed for the jobs you cite in the previous section, how will the client acquire those skills

Summary and conclusion.