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Career assessment is a vital part of the career planning process.  Students need opportunities to learn about themselves through programmatic and developmental activities throughout their educational career.  These activities provide students the opportunity to narrow or increase their career choices to those that suit them best based on the assessment outcomes; and will enable students to make better choices regarding the classes and programs offered at the high school level.

GDOE recommends that students take GCIS Occupation Sort in the 6th grade and revisit it in the 9th grade, GCIS O*NET Interest Profiler in the 8th grade, GCIS O*NET Work Importance Locator in the 10th grade, and ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) in the 11th grade.  School systems may choose to offer other assessment at other intervals such as the Differential Aptitude Test (DAT), COPS, CDM or GCIS SKILLS.  GCIS offers career assessment links that students can use to follow up on career assessment scores.

A Counselor’s Guide to Career Assessment Instruments
A Counselor’s Guide to Career Assessment Instruments, published by the National Career Development Association, is a resource that will provide information about a broad range of career-related instruments.  Located on NCDA web site at the icon “Career Resources."  Cost may vary depending on vendors.
URL:  http://www.ncda.org

Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)
A FREE assessment that measures aptitude. Contact your local military recruiters for more information or access this link. Information for parents is provided in Spanish also. The ASVAB site offers “My Education and Career Plan,” “Coursework Planner,” ideas for integrating the ASVAB Program into the classroom, a lesson plan entitled, “What Skills are Most Valued by Employers?” and activities entitled, “Build your Perfect Work Environment,” “Thinking About Work Values,” and “Linking Core Subjects to Careers." GDOE suggest that students in grade 11 participate in these activities as a follow up to the ASVAB. This can be delivered as part of a teachers-as-advisors program (TAP) or in individual classrooms delivered by classroom instructors. These activities are recommended for 10th, 11th, or 12th grade students. Flyers are available regarding the ASVAB. These flyers can be downloaded, printed, and used as marketing tools with students and parents.
URL:  http://www.asvabprogram.com/

Career Key
The Career Key is a free service to help students with career choices, career changes, and career planning, job searches, and choosing a college major or training program. Students can take the short ten minute career interest assessment from this site.
URL:  http://www.careerkey.org/english/

CareerExplore
JIST Works, 720 North Park Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46202. The JIST homepage offers students and parents information career management including CareerOINK at http://www.jist.com/free_resources.shtm and many other free resources to aid students in their quest for career related information. In the information bar on the right, JIST has provided information regarding “best paying’ and fastest growing job for the 21st Century. Educators can request a copy of the JIST catalog.
URL:  http://www.jist.com

Careerlink
The CAREERLINK Inventory is designed to match the way you see yourself -- your interests, aptitudes, temperaments, physical capacities, preferred working conditions, and desired length of preparation for employment -- with available career information from the United States Department of Labor. The information you provide about yourself will produce a career profile showing to what extent your self-identified characteristics and preferences match those considered significant in eighty career clusters.
URL:  http://www.mpc.edu/cl/climain.htm

 

The following are other career management programs that will include a career assessment and perhaps other important career related information.  These programs usually require funding for implementation.

CareerWare
CHOICES CAREERWARE, ISM Information Systems Management Inc., 38465 NYS RT 12, P.O. Box 129, Clayton, NY 13624
URL:  http://www.bridges.com/planner/

COIN Career Guidance System
COIN Educational Products, 3361 Executive Parkway, Suite 302, Toledo, OH 43606
URL:  http://www.coin3.com/default.asp

COPS Interest Inventory
The COPS provides occupational preference scores related to choice of job, curriculum and occupational clusters for professionally, as well as vocationally oriented individuals. 
URL:  http://www.career-lifeskills.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=24

DISCOVER - Career Guidance Information System
Discover - ACT, Educational Services Division, P.O. Box 168, Iowa City, IA 52243-0168
URL:  http://www.act.org/discover/

Georgia Career Information System
GCIS offers five assessments for students in grade 6-12: Occupational Sort, IDEAS (optional to school system who purchase this additional assessment), SKILLS, O*NET Interest Profiler, and O*NET Work Importance. It also provides links to other assessments such as ASVAB, SDS and CDM.
URL:  http://www.gcic.peachnet.edu

Harrington and O'Shea Career Decision Making System
Harrington and O’Shea Career Decision Making System is an excellent career assessment for middle school students. The format is simple and students will receive immediate feedback.
URL:  http://www.agsnet.com/Category.asp?nMarketInfoID=41&nCategoryInfoID=2648

Keirsey Temperament Sorter
The Keirsey Temperament Sorter is a personality test that scores results according to the Myers-Briggs Inventory system. This assessment will help you discover more about yourself as an individual and will give you information that will help you make critical decisions about your future.
URL:  http://www.keirsey.com
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