Content Assessment: Career Thoughts

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An O*NET Academy Briefing:
Overview of the O*NET Career
Exploration Assessment Tools

Presented by

Dr. Janet Wall

Senior Trainer, O*NET Academy

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Reminders

  • Webinar will be archived
  • PowerPoint slides will be available for downloading.
  • Access http://www.onetacademy.com
  • Come in with questions at any time

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Goals of Webinar

  • To introduce you to the 3 O*NET career exploration tools
  • Interest Profiler
  • Work Importance Profiler
  • Ability Profiler
  • To show you how these tools help to direct you to occupational information

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Person – Environment Fit

Assessment helps here.

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Whole Person Assessment

  • The assessments are pieces of the puzzle.
  • No one assessment should be used in career exploration and career guidance.
  • Include other information as well – personality, motivation, preferences, emotional intelligence,etc.

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Three Major Foci of Career
Development Programs

  • What You Like -- INTERESTS
  • What You Value -- WORK VALUES
  • What You Know and Can Do -- ABILITIES

O*NET Assessment Tools provide each.

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DoL Created O*NET
Assessment Tools

  • Developed only for career exploration, career counseling
  • Not for job selection or selection into job training programs

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O*NET Career Exploration Tools

Tool Format Purpose
O*NET Interest Profiler Paper/Pencil Work-related Interests
O*NET Computerized Interest Profiler Standalone or Network Work-related Interests
O*NET Work Importance Locator Paper/Pencil What is Important in a Job (Values)
O*NET Work Importance Profiler Standalone or Network What is Important in a Job (Values)
O*NET Ability Profiler Paper/Pencil What Individual Can Do Well (Ability)

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Review of Instruments

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What Interests You?

The Interest Profiler

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Areas Measured

The O*NET Interest Profiler and Computerized Interest Profiler measure six types of occupational interests:

  • Realistic
  • Investigative
  • Artistic
  • Social
  • Enterprising
  • Conventional

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Work Interest Areas

Realistic:

Construction Workers

Automotive Mechanics

Electricians and Technicians

Engineers and Architects

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Work Interest Areas

Investigative:

Computer Systems Analysts

Archeologists

Forensic Science Technicians

Psychiatrists and Surgeons

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Work Interest Areas

Artistic:

Floral Designer

Graphic Designer

Actors and Musicians

Creative Writers

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Work Interest Areas

Social:

Crossing Guards

Physical Therapists

Teachers

Psychologists

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Work Interest Areas

Enterprising:

Door-to-Door Salespersons

Real Estate Sales Agents

Chefs and Head Cooks

Judges and Lawyers

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Work Interest Areas

Conventional:

  • Clerks and Secretaries
  • Computer Operators
  • Accountants
  • Actuaries

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Work Interest Areas

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Realistic

Investigative

Artistic

Social

Enterprising

Conventional

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O*NET Occupations Master List

After self-scoring, find occupations in “Master List.”

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Sample of Master List

Note: Job Zones

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Computerized Version Results

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What Do You Value?

The Work Importance Profiler

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Work Value Areas

Achievement:

Fire Fighters

Police Officers and Detectives

Airline Pilots

Surgeons

Seeing the results of your efforts

Lets you use your best abilities

Feeling of accomplishment

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Work Value Areas

Independence:

Sales Representatives

Talent Directors

Training and Development Specialists

Astronomers

Doing things on your own

Make you own decisions

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Work Value Areas

Recognition:

Models

Athletes

Education Administrators

Music Directors

Good possibilities for advancement

High prestige jobs

Potential for leadership

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Work Value Areas

Relationships:

Child Care Workers

Occupational/Physical Therapist Assistants

Librarians

Athletic Trainers

Co-workers are friendly

Service to others

Jobs that do not make you go against what you think is right

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Work Value Areas

Support:

Office Clerks

Retail Salespersons

Machinists

Loan Officers

Company stands behind it workers

Management style is comfortable

Jobs in companies with a reputation of treating employees well

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Work Value Areas

Working Conditions:

Telemarketers

Agricultural Inspectors

Desktop Publishers

Actuaries

Pay, life style, work style (busy all the time, work alone, etc)

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Work Value Areas

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Working
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Achievement

Independence

Recognition

Relationships

Support

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Work Values Master List

Computerized version gives occupations automatically

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Computerized Version Results

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Combined Master List

Job Zone

Interest

Work Value

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The Ability Profiler

  • What Can You Do?
  • What are Your Work-Related Skills?

Paper-based instrument

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Eleven Subtests

Power

Speeded

Non-Psychomotor Psychomotor
Arithmetic Reasoning Mark Making (paper/pencil)
Vocabulary Place
Three-Dimensional Space Turn
Computation Assemble
Name Comparison Disassemble
Object Matching

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What is Measured? (1)

1. Verbal Ability – understand the meaning of words and use them effectively in good communication when you listen, speak or write (Vocabulary)

2. Arithmetic Reasoning – use several math skills and logical thinking to solve problems in everyday situations (Arithmetic Reasoning)

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What is Measured? (2)

3. Computation – use arithmetic operations of additional, subtraction, multiplication and division to solve everyday problems involving numbers (Computation)

4. Spatial Ability – form pictures of objects in your mind; easily understanding how drawings represent real objects and correctly imagining how parts fit together (Three-Dimensional Space)

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What is Measured? (3)

5. Form Perception – quickly and accurately see details in objects, pictures, or drawings (Object Matching)

6. Clerical Perception – see detail in printed materials (Name Comparison)

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What is Measured? (4)

7. Motor Coordination – quickly and accurately coordinate eyes with hands or fingers when making precise movements (Mark Making) paper/pencil

8. and 9. Manual Dexterity – quickly and accurately move hands easily and skillfully (Place and Turn)

10. and 11. Finger Dexterity – ability to move fingers skillfully and easily (Assemble and Disassemble)

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Automated Scoring

  • Scoring program can be downloaded from http://www.onetcenter.org
  • Individual score report provided
  • Occupations for all 5 jobs zones are provided for the person’s profile

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Job Zone 1 Occupations

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Job Zone 2 Occupations

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Job Zone 3 Occupations

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Job Zone 4 Occupations

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Job Zone 5 Occupations

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Ability Profiler Supporting Materials

  • Online Self-Assessment Quiz ! Gauge your understanding of what it takes to successfully administer the Ability Profiler .
  • Downloadable Lunch and Learn Training Packet Includes PowerPoint Slides, FAQs, Administrator Checklist, and Scenarios for Group Discussion
  • Available from www.onetacademy.com

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Exploring an Occupation

  • Select occupation to explore – based on INTEREST, WORK VALUES, OR ABILITITES
  • Example: Carpenters
  • Go to O*NET ONLINE
  • http://online.onetcenter.org

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O*NET Online

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Search for Occupational Information

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Get List of Possibilities

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Comprehensive Information

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Match to Interests and Values

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QUESTIONS ??

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Supporting Webinars

  • How to Download and Use the O*NET Interest Profiler and Work Importance Profiler
  • AP Webinar Series
  • Whole Person Assessment
  • O*NET Tools for Job Seekers and Students
  • O*NET for Military in Transition
  • O*NET for the Older Worker in Transition
  • Linking Education, Occupations, and Pay
  • Behind the Scenes: Updating O*NET Information

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Opportunities for You