A computer-based system for converting test data into locally-validated counseling information was developed and field tested with potential vocational school students. Two data information conversion procedures were used: similarity (centour) scores based on discriminant analyses and success estimates based on experience tables. Illustrations of…

The Unisex Edition of the ACT Interest Inventory is intended for people in early stages of career planning. The world of work map, extending Holland's hexagon into a visual occupational map, links assessment results with occupational options. (SK)

Considerations presented in this article apply to the use of scores from the Unisex Edition of the ACT Interest Inventory (UNIACT) in the context of a 29-year-old female high school teacher's circumstances. Information presented here is intended for use by the woman's career counselor. (MKA)

Conducted study to examine validity of Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery Form 14 (ASVAB-14) composites and validity of new ASVAB-14 Job Cluster Scales developed by American College Testing Program for use in computer-based career planning system, DISCOVER. Found ASVAB-14 had serious limitations for career counseling. (NB)

The results of the study on developmental group counseling showed no experimental control group differences of practical significance despite substantial differences between counseling group and placebo control group students in perception of personal benefit. (Author)

Study seeks to determine whether the dimensions underlying a comprehensive set of 15 work-relevant abilities were similar to the Data/Ideas and Things/People Work Task Dimensions underlying J. L. Holland's (1987) hexagonal model of interest and occupational types. Results are discussed and implications for practice are noted. (Author/GCP)

The relationship between vocational tests and career counseling is improving. Counselors are making better use of tests which appear to be more responsive to counselors needs in assessing clients. Measures of career planning progress and implications of trends for practitioners are discussed. (BEF)

Includes "P-E [Person-Environment] Fit as Paradigm" (Dawis); "Pitfalls of Congruence Research" (Gati); "The Next Millennium of 'Fit' Research" (Hesketh); "Holland's Hexagon Is Alive and Well--Though Somewhat out of Shape" (Prediger); "Tinsley on Holland: A Misshapen Argument" (Rounds, McKenna,…

This article presents the experience of an area vocational school to illustrate how counselors, with the help of a computer, can obtain locally validated test information useful in vocational counseling. (Author)

Career guidance testing should clarify options for career exploration, claim the authors. They suggest three criteria for tests used in career counseling, note recent applications of the criteria in commercially available tests, and advocate use of the "Counselor's Guide to Vocational Guidance Instruments" by guidance personnel seeking suitable…

This document presents the second edition of the World-of-Work map. The World-of-Work map is described as a depiction of important similarities and differences among occupations using J. L. Holland's hexagon, which shows relationships among six types of occupations (realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional). The…

Summarizes trends for several indicators of student career development collected in 1973 and again in 1983. Among the major trends was a 32 percent increase in the proportion of 11th graders who reported receiving career planning help from their schools. Also the proportion of students involved in typical career exploration activities increased…

The validities of two popular procedures for reporting interest inventory scores, one of which provides sex-stereotypic career suggestions, are compared in a longitudinal study of employed college graduates. Results of the study bear directly on the question of whether sex-restrictive interest reports can be justified on the basis of superior…

Studied job analysis ratings for 12,009 occupations listed in the Fourth Edition "Dictionary of Occupational Titles" as supporting two bipolar work task dimensions: working with data versus ideas; and working with things versus people. Discusses everyday vocational guidance applications. (RC)