CAREER COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT week 4

1. Students will:a. Take the online Crest Career Interest Inventory at: http://www.assessment.com/.b. Take the June/Myers-Briggs Personality Inventory athttp://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.html.c. Prepare a Resume for Employment as per the enclosed format.

2. Students are at liberty to use other inventories if they desire. Other possible inventoriesinclude but are not limited to: Keirsey Temperament Sorter (KTS-II) Assessment tool; theMAPP assessment inventory; the Career Directions Inventory; DISCOVER Inventory: andthe SIGI PLUS Inventory. NOTE: make sure the inventory is measuring career interest.

3. Students will provide the printed results of these two tests and their employment resumeto a fellow student for assessment, evaluation and development of the Employability Plan.NOTE: A client who is not a fellow student may be accepted with the approval of thecourse instructor.

4. The printed results of the Career Interest Inventory, the Personality Inventory, the studentclients resume and the employment leads section (see below for details) will be the ONLYattachments to this Employability Plan.

5. In addition to the above, the Career Counseling Student will conduct an interview with theirCareer Counseling Student Client. A one on one personal interview is preferable however, atelephone interview is acceptable. This interview is to gather additional informationnecessary to produce a comprehensive Employability Plan.

6. The Career Counseling Student will prepare the Employability Plan in according with theformat provided below.

7. Assessments will include: 1) strengths and weaknesses of each assessment; 2) compatibilityand/or non-compatibility with career goals as per resume and as expressed in the personalinterview; 3) any evidence of career indecision and indecisiveness, career maturity andadaptability, and 4) any assessments of career flexibility, motivation, and work values.Each assessment should be between 250 to 350 words, 12-point Times New Romanfont, single spaced with paragraphs indented. NOTE: If more than 350 words are necessarythe data must be substantive.

8. The Career Counselor student will select two (2) possible occupational choices based on theabove assessment. These two occupational recommendations will be selected from theDictionary of Occupational Titles – http://www.occupationalinfo.org/). Please provide thefollowing for the occupations you have recommended: state the relationship of these tworecommended occupations as per your overall assessment

9. See additional instructions for the Employability Plan and the Employability Lead sectionsin the sample/format below.