Test Drive Your Career Test Video Course

Test Drive Your Career Test! You Have The Keys! is a step-by-step tutorial that guide you through the process of selecting a career test.

Hollandcodes.com created this eight (8) part series to provide a detailed overview of the three (3) step process of career planning.

The Test Drive Your Career Test! You Have The Keys Virtual Course covers the following areas –

• Laying a Foundation – Getting Ready for Your Career Test Drive
• Building Self Awareness
• Taking the MCP Challenge
• Understanding Career Interest Groups – What do the scores mean?
• Matching Your Interests to Careers
• Selecting the Right Training Program

Take the MCP Challenge

On the Career Test Drive, you will look at the MCP. The MCP is a system that has 4 career tests, a career database, and an educational program database.

Discover your -

• Interests
• Values
• Skills
• Personality

Get information on -

• Holland Codes
• 1200+ Occupations
• 6000+ Schools

The My Career Profile Guidance System comes with a -

• My Interests Inventory
• My Values Inventory
• My Skills Inventory
• My Personality Inventory

Self-Analysis System

1. My Interests Inventory

The My Interests Inventory generates a 3-letter Holland Codes and provides Interest Level Scores for the six (6) Holland Personality Types.

The Inventory provides a detailed description for each of the Holland Personality Types.

The Interests, Skills, Values, and Personality Inventories generate Occupational Lists.

You can access, review, and redo the Interests, Skills, Values, and Personality Inventories.

Research a Career Tool

Use the Research a Career database to find information on 1200+ occupations. Each Occupational List provides information on -

• Overview
• Job duties
• Skills
• Values
• Outlook
• Earnings
• Advancement
• Working Conditions
• Interest (Holland Codes) Scores
• Areas of Study
• Training or Educational Levels
• School Search Tools

The Research a Career Tool allows you to research careers by name or Industry Group. The Industry Groups are -

• Architecture & Engineering
• Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media
• Building and Ground Cleaning and Maintenance
• Business and Financial Operations
• Community and Social Services
• Computer, Information Technology and Mathematics
• Construction and Extraction
• Education, Training and Library
• Farming, Fishing, and Forestry
• Food Preparation and Serving
• Healthcare Practitioners and Technology
• Healthcare Support
• Installation, Maintenance, and Repair
• Legal
• Life, Physical, and Social Science
• Management
• Military
• Office and Administrative Support
• Personal Care and Service
• Production
• Protective Service
• Sales and Related
• Transportation and Materials Moving

School Tool

The Interests, Skills, Values, and Personality Inventories generate School Lists. The School Tool obtains school from a database of 6000+ post-secondary institutions. The School Tool searches for schools according to the following criteria -

• Name of School
• Location of School
• Region in the USA
• Type of School
• Size and Cost
• Major Areas of Study

All career and school lists can be printed and saved for future reference.

2. My Values Inventory

Find out the things that are important to you, for example  -

• Helping Society
• Artistic
• Creativity
• Helping Others
• Independence
• Prestige
• Risk Taking
• Stability
• Working Outdoors

The My Values Inventory provides a detailed description for each of the Values.

The My Values Inventory matches occupations to your Values and generates Occupational Lists.

3. My Skills Inventory

Know the things that you are good at, for example -

• Communication Skills
• People Skills
• Problem Solving Skills
• Management Skills
• Creative and Artistic Skills
• Scientific Skills

The My Skills Inventory provides a detailed description for each of the Skills.

The My Skills Inventory matches occupations to your Skills and generates Occupational Lists.

4. My Personality Inventory

Discover your Personality. My Personality Inventory assesses your personality, matches occupations to your Personality, and generates Occupational Lists.

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17 Career Development Applications Evolve!

Hollandcodes.com is maximizing our use of social media tools.

Social media tools are mobile and web technologies, e.g. Facebook, Linkedin, and Twitter.

Media technology promotes social networking, using already existing contacts to meet new people as potential social or business links.

According to Michael Wu, Ph.D., two major types of media tools:

• Social Networks
• Online Communities

Media Technology helps us –

• Generate highly powerful traffic
• Promote your products
• Access to customer’s feedback
• Announcing new products or services
• Discover your customers’ preferences 

 Review the examples, highlights, descriptions, illustrations, and contact information for these applications -

• Resource One: Blogs
• Resource Two: Constant Contact
• Resource Three: Delicious
• Resource Four: Evernote – note taking and archiving software
• Resource Five: Facebook
• Resource Six: Igroops – social network
• Resource Seven: Infographics – highly visual presentation tool
• Resource Eight: Issuu – digital publishing platform
• Resource Nine: Linkedin
• Resource Ten: Mobile Web Site
• Resource Eleven: Oovoo – video chat and instant messaging app
• Resource Twelve: Powerpoint
• Resource Thirteen: Prezi – cloud-based presentation software
• Resource Fourteen: Scribd – web and mobile device online library
• Resource Fifteen: Slideshare – document, PDF, video and webinar sharing software
• Resource Sixteen: Twitter
• Resource Seventeen: Wordle – word cloud generator software

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Media Technology Impact

The Media Generation Infographic discusses the importance of media technology and career development.

Today’s generation are –

• Ikids
• Digital Learners
• Media Generation
• Digital Natives

The impact of the use of media tools is highlighted in the infographic and Convergence of Media Technology and Career Development Resources.

 

 

 

 

Here is information about our Holland Codes products -

Comprehensive, Validated, Reliable Tests:

• Strong Interest Inventory assessment – the most respected and widely used career planning instrument in the world

 

• Self Directed Search – Printed Form R (English) , Form R (Spanish), Form R (English Canadian), Form E, Form CE, & Form CP, Internet, and Mobile Versions
• My Career Profile (MCP) – Multi-User Holland Code Career Test!!!
• Myers Briggs Type Indicator – The most widely used personality assessment in the world
• MBTI & Strong Interest Inventory Reports (Special Discount)

 

Low Cost, Informal Tests:

• Career Interests Inventory

 

• Career Personality Inventory – Based on the MBTI personality types
• RIASEC Inventory – $5 Excellent Value!!!
• STEM Career Inventory – Green Careers!!!
• Strong Interest Explorer – Ideal for students and individuals transitioning into a new career or reentering the workplace!

 

• Transferable Skills Scale – See the connection between Holland Codes and Transferable Skills

Children, Limited Reading Ability, or Special Needs Tests, Posters, and Visual Aids:

• Kid Career Test Sale – $5 Excellent Value!!!
• Kid Career Test System
• Picture Interest Career Survey
• NEW Easy-to-Use iStartStrong Interest – Ideal for middle school students!
• Kid Career Posters, Kid Career Bingo Cards, Flash Cards, and Other Educational Resources
• Career Awareness iPad/ iPod apps -
  • See Rainbow Careers
  • Destiny Discovers Purpose
  • Kid Career Test Software

Convergence of Media Technology 

and Career Development Resources

Some of the career development and media technology resources include -

• Convergence PowerPoint
• Convergence Part One Prezi
• Convergence Part Two Prezi
• Convergence Part Three Prezi
• Convergence Part Four Prezi
• Convergence Part Five Prezi
• Issuu Library –  http://issuu.com/maryaskew
• Evernote Library – https://www.evernote.com/pub/explorecareers/ncda
• Paint Careers With Colors Fact Sheets
• HollandCodes.com virtual catalog

 

Career Development Infographics

Hollandcodes.com uses infographics to reveal keys to career development.

The Career Development Infographic describes the steps in the career planning process -

• Awareness, Knowledge, and Assessment
• Educational and Occupational Exploration
• Career Planning

Assess your interests, explore careers, and find potential training programs.

The Holland Codes Infographic provides an overview of the Holland Codes Model.

The Holland Code Model matches jobs into job codes, interest clusters, work personality environments, or personality types.

The Occupational Codes are -

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

 

Here is information about our Holland Codes products -

Comprehensive, Validated, Reliable Tests:

• Strong Interest Inventory assessment – the most respected and widely used career planning instrument in the world

• Self Directed Search – Printed Form R (English) , Form R (Spanish), Form R (English Canadian), Form E, Form CE, & Form CP, Internet, and Mobile Versions
• My Career Profile (MCP) – Multi-User Holland Code Career Test!!!
• Myers Briggs Type Indicator – The most widely used personality assessment in the world
• MBTI & Strong Interest Inventory Reports (Special Discount)

Low Cost, Informal Tests:

• Career Interests Inventory

• Career Personality Inventory – Based on the MBTI personality types
• RIASEC Inventory – $5 Excellent Value!!!
• STEM Career Inventory – Green Careers!!!
• Strong Interest Explorer – Ideal for students and individuals transitioning into a new career or reentering the workplace!

• Transferable Skills Scale – See the connection between Holland Codes and Transferable Skills

Children, Limited Reading Ability, or Special Needs Tests, Posters, and Visual Aids:

• Kid Career Test Sale – $5 Excellent Value!!!
• Kid Career Test System
• Picture Interest Career Survey
• NEW Easy-to-Use iStartStrong Interest – Ideal for middle school students!
• Kid Career Posters, Kid Career Bingo Cards, Flash Cards, and Other Educational Resources
• Career Awareness iPad/ iPod apps -
  • See Rainbow Careers
  • Destiny Discovers Purpose
  • Kid Career Test Software

Convergence of Media Technology 

and Career Development Resources

Some of the career development and media technology resources include -

• Convergence PowerPoint
• Convergence Part One Prezi
• Convergence Part Two Prezi
• Convergence Part Three Prezi
• Convergence Part Four Prezi
• Convergence Part Five Prezi
• Issuu Library –  http://issuu.com/maryaskew
• Evernote Library – https://www.evernote.com/pub/explorecareers/ncda
• Paint Careers With Colors Fact Sheets
• HollandCodes.com virtual catalog

Media Technology, Career Development, and Todays Generation

This generation is unique.

 
Technology allows nearly 24-hour media access.

 

 52.5% of children between the ages of 2 and 11 use internet television.

 

Young people (ages 8 – 18) spend more than 7 hours and 38 minutes/day (53 hours/week) using entertainment media.

 

Digital Natives or Media Generation …  filter the world via computing and mobile devices:

• Cellular phones
• Handheld gaming devices
• PDAs
• Laptops … computers
• TVs
• Game consoles

Some of the resources include -

• PowerPoint
• Convergence Part One Prezi
• Issuu Library –  http://issuu.com/maryaskew
• Evernote Library – https://www.evernote.com/pub/explorecareers/ncda
• Paint Careers With Colors Fact Sheets
• HollandCodes.com virtual catalog

Photos – ipadinschools.com

IKids and M2 Media Generation

Digital learners are waiting for the convergence and synchronization of career development principles with today’s electronic media.

Career development professionals are developing computing devices applications for the Media Generation.

We will be sharing information about the following topics -

• Uniqueness of today’s generation
• Career development best-practice models
• New media technology

With these resources, the iKids will develop 21st Century Skills.

Date: Friday, June 22, 2012

Time: 10:30 – 11:40 am

See you there!

Convergence of Media Technology and Career Development Webinars

If you unable to attend the conference, Hollandcodes.com will be reviewing the Convergence of Media Technology and Career Development information.

In July, we will be hosting a Convergence of Media Technology and Career Development webinar.

To sign up for the webinar and receive FREE resources, e.g. PowerPoint presentation.

Register at the Hollandcodes.com NCDA Workshop web page -

http://www.hollandcodes.com/ncda.html

When you register, you are eligible for the following items -

Free Holland Codes Resource Center Membership (Offer expires 6/30/12.)
Entry into drawing for FREE app (Drawing ends 6/30/12.)

Register today.  Space is limited!

Hollandcodes.com is expanding our use of new media technology.

• Flip through the pages of our virtual catalog.
• Get great bargains at our Changing Our Name is Your Gain Sale!

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What is a career assessment tool?

A career assessment tool is -

• Career assessment test
• Online assessment
• Student assessment
• Skill assessment
• Job assessment

Career assessment tools that will help you identify your interests,
abilities, and skills.  Unlock your potential, purpose, and destiny.

There are different career assessment tools -

• Format – printed and internet resources, CD-ROM,
• Types:
  Job career assessments, job personality tests, career job assessments , career counseling tests, career placement assessments, career
  assessment tests, and career choice tests
• Cost – $10, $12, $15, $20, or more per assessment
• Resources that are available
  - Career job descriptions, career job opportunities, college majors
  information, job finder resources, career clusters information, holland
  code careers
• Grade Levels

Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) tool is the most widely used personality career assessment tool in the world – more than 2 million assessments worldwide each year.

• Reliable, valid, versatile, and dependable – Used for more than 50 years
• Guide to understand individual differences
• Source of understanding on how people think, communicate, and interact

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a career assessment tool and a personality test. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) types are in four groups –

• Extraversion / Introversion
• Sensing / Intuition
• Thinking / Feeling
• Judging / Perceiving

The type indicates a preference.

• The Extrovert prefers to focus on other people and things.
• The Introvert prefers to focus on internal thoughts and ideas.
• The Sensing person prefers to use the five senses to receive information.
• The Intuitive person receives input from internal thinking processes.
• The Thinking persons judges using logic.
• The Feeling person uses affective measures to judge.
• The Judging aspect of the type results in sequential step-by-step mental processing.
• The Perceiving responds in a spontaneous and flexible way.

The results from the MBTI produces the 16 types –

1. ISTJ
2. ISFJ
3. INFJ
4. INTJ
5. ISTP
6. ISFP
7. INFP
8. INTP
9. ESTP
10. ESFP
11. ENFP
12. ENTP
13. ESTJ
14. ESFJ
15. ENFJ
16. ENTJ

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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Career Report

The MBTI Career Report is a career assessment tool that helps you –

• Identify strengths and weakness that may influence the career exploration process
• Identify job families
• Choose a potential career
• Select a college or other form of training
• Provide information necessary to evaluate a possible career transition or job shift
• Develop a career plan

The MBTI Career Report has information on –

• MBTI Results – Reported Type and Clarity of Reported Preferences
• MBTI Types and Career Choice – preferred work environments, and action steps
• MBTI Types and Career Exploration – Strengths, challenges, strategies, and action steps
• MBTI Types and Career Development – Strengths, challenges, strategies, and action steps
• MBTI Types and Job Families – Job family ranking, Most attractive
  job families, Moderately attractive job families, Least attractive job
  families, Most popular occupations, Least popular occupations, and Tips
  for succeeding in atypical occupation.

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Self Directed Search

The Self-Directed Search is -

• Low cost – Save money.
• Easy to use – Complete the career assessment tool in 30 minutes.
• Tested, proven, and dependable – Used by over 22 million people worldwide.

Use the Self-Directed Search to -

• Get information on your personalities, interests, abilities, and skills. Know your strengths, interests, abilities, and skills.
• Find careers that maximize your personalities, interests, abilities, and skills.
• Narrow your career options. Save time and money. Eliminate careers
  that do not match your personalities, interests, abilities, and skills.

Find careers that will be most satisfying, appealing, and interesting to you.

Use the Self-Directed Search to explore careers.

Self Directed Search Form R is for adults, college students, and high school students. Form R is available in PRINTED or INTERNET Versions. The New! The Occupations Finder-Revised Edition now includes occupations that have emerged as a result of technological advances (e.g., Internet). The occupations have been updated and revised,
and the jobs are referenced with the Occupational Information (O*NET)
database. The Occupations Finder also provides the educational
development level that each occupation requires and includes an alphabetical list of the occupations. Self-Directed Search Form R Occupations Finder has a list of 1,309 occupations matched to Holland Codes.

Self Directed Search Form E is for adults and teens who need easier-to-read format.

Self Directed Search Form Career Explorer is for middle school students.

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Strong Interest Inventory

For nearly 80 years, the Strong Interest Inventory career tool has guided thousands of individuals in exploring careers and college majors. The Strong Interest Inventory assessment is the most respected and widely used career planning instrument in the world.

The Strong Inventory is a professional career interest assessment that is –

• Well researched and extensively validated
• Used by career coaches and college counselors worldwide

The Strong Interest Inventory is an on-line Holland Code career assessment that helps you identify -

• Interests
• Holland Codes
• Careers

The results include –

• Scores on the level of interest on each of the six Holland Codes or General Occupational Themes. Holland Code Themes include – Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional.
• Scores on 25 Basic Interest Scales (e.g. art, science, and public speaking)
• Scores on 211 Occupational Scales which indicate the similarity between the respondent’s interests and those of people working in each of the 211 occupations.
• Scores on 4 Personal Style Scales (learning, working, leadership, and risk-taking).
• Scores on 3 Administrative Scales used to identify test errors or unusual profiles.

The Strong Interest Inventory has six (6) sections –

• General Themes – Description of the interrelationship between
  Holland Codes and interests, work activities, potential skills, personal
  values
• Basic Interest Scales – Identification of your Highest Holland Code
  Themes, Holland Theme Code, Standard Score, and Interest LevelBasic Interest Scales point to work activities, projects, course work,
  and leisure activities that are personally motivating and rewarding.
  The Interest Scale Levels are Very Little, Little, Moderate, high, Very
  High.

  Your Basic Interest Scales Report will give you your TOP FIVE Interest Areas and the Areas of Least Interest.

• Occupational Scales – Comparison of your likes and dislikes with those people who are satisfied working in various occupations.The Occupational Scales matches your interests to 122 occupations. Your
  score matched the likes and dislikes of people who are working in and
  are satisfied that career. The occupations are an example of a larger
  job cluster. The TOP TEN Occupations are the careers that most closely
  match your interests. Within each Holland Code Theme, you will find
  careers that you are Dissimilar, Midrange, or Similar to your score,
  likes, and dislikes.
• Personal Style Scales – Description of relationship between Holland
  Code Themes, work styles, learning, risk taking, and team work.
  Examples of Personal Style Scales include – Working with People,
  Enjoying helping others, Preferring practical learning environments,
  Preferring short-term training, Taking charge of others, Taking risks,
  Making quick decisions, and Working on teams.
• Profile Summary – Overview of Your Highest Themes, Your Theme code,
  Your Top Five Interest Areas, Your Areas of Least Interest, Your Top Ten
  Strong Occupations, Occupations of Dissimilar Interest, and Your
  Personal Style Scales Preferences
• Response Summary – Summary of the Occupations, Subject Areas,
  Activities, Leisure Activities, People, and Characteristics Sections.
  You receive information about the number of responses in each section
  that were Strongly Like, Like, Indifferent, Dislike, or Strong Dislike.

There are three (3) editions: Standard (Adults), High School, and College.

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My Career Profile

The My Career Profile Guidance System comes with the following 4 career assessment tools -

• My Interests Inventory
• My Values Inventory
• My Skills Inventory
• My Personality Inventory

The My Career Profile Guidance System also has 1200+ occupations and 6000 college databases.

1. My Interests Inventory

The My Interests Inventory is a career assessment that generates a 3-letter Holland Codes and provides Interest Level Scores for the six (6) Holland Personality Types.

2. My Values Inventory
The My Values Inventory measures out the things that are important to you, for example -

• Helping Society
• Artistic Creativity
• Helping Others
• Independence
• Prestige
• Risk Taking
• Stability
• Working Outdoors

3. My Skills Inventory
The My Skills Inventory helps you know the things that you are good at, for example -

• Communication Skills
• People Skills
• Problem Solving Skills
• Management Skills
• Creative and Artistic Skills
• Scientific Skills

Personality Inventory

Discover your Personality. My Personality Inventory assessment identifies your personality, matches occupations to your Personality, and generates Occupational Lists.

Research a Career Tool

Use the Research a Career database to find information on 1200+ occupations

• Overview
• Job duties
• Skills
• Values
• Outlook
• Earnings
• Advancement
• Working Conditions
• Interest (Holland Codes) Scores
• Areas of Study
• Training or Educational Levels
• School Search Tools

School Tool

The School Tool obtains school from a database The School Tool of 6000+ post-secondary institutions does a college search by major according to the following criteria -

• Name of School
• Location of School
• Region in the USA
• Type of School
• Size and Cost
• College Majors/ Major Areas of Study

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