Comprehensive Career Assessment Paper
General Instructions
Create an assessment battery for a hypothetical client seeking career counseling and guidance.
• Include the types of assessments you would use and the rationale for your choice of each assessment.
• Use at least 3 quantitative assessments and 2 qualitative assessments (i.e. clinical interview, card sort etc.)
• Each assessment you select should be thoroughly discussed in terms of the appropriateness of use with your client and should include statistical data to support your decision such as the population on which the assessment was normed, the validity and reliability of using the assessment with your client, and any limitations the assessment would have if used with diverse and special populations.
• Include information on how to use electronic resources such as O*NET and CAGS as well as the Dictionary of Occupational Titles to describe the mental, physical, and vocational preparation for work.
• The body of the paper should be a minimum of 10 pages and should include additional resources and references other than the textbook. You may use yourself as the hypothetical client.
The Following are headings to be incorporated in your paper:
• Abstract
• Background
• Assessment used
• MBTI
• Self-Directed Search
• Strong Campbell
• Results of assessment
• Cognitive strengths and weaknesses
• Physical or mental limitation or strengths
• Clinical impression or counselor’s impression (this would be information you would gain during the initial interview with the client)
• Cultural considerations and special needs
• Jobs available in the national labor market. You will need to go to either the Bureau of Labor statistics and/or ONET to get the job requirements, physical and mental demands, the numbers of these jobs in the national economy, and how this will affect your client in the geographical area in which they live.
• If additional skills are needed for the jobs you cite in the previous section, how will the client acquire those skills
• Summary and conclusion.
The paper must be submitted in Microsoft Word; Times New Roman font; 12 pt. font size; margins 1” on all sides; double-spaced. The assignment should be written on a graduate level and references used should be cited within the discussion and documented in a reference list using APA styling.
Scoring Guidelines
Points available: 100
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Assessment career counseling and guidance. Include the types of assessments and rationale for your choice (CACREP 2F.4.h, 2F.4.i, 2F.7.i, 2F.8.f; CIEP 4.5, 4.8, 4.9) |
Assessment battery does not provide a proper balanced of quantitative and qualitative few assessments are utilized; rationale one or more assessment is missing (0 |
Assessment battery includes at least 3 quantitative assessments qualitative assessments; rationale for each is provided but not well supported (10 points) |
Assessment battery includes at least 3 quantitative assessments qualitative assessments; strong rationale for each is provided and well supported (20 |
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Assessments Well-developed descriptions include information on appropriateness for client, validity and reliability possible (CACREP 2F.4.h, 2F.7.i; 4.9) |
Description |
Description explanations incomplete, or not well supported (10 points) |
Description complete; explained, and well supported (20 points) |
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Source Use Descriptions of how to use O*NET, CAGS as well as the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (CACREP 2F.4.h, 2F.4.i, 2F.7.i; 4.9) |
Description |
Description explanations incomplete, or not well supported (10 points) |
Description complete; explained, and well supported (20 points) |
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Summary Includes jobs that would meet the client’s abilities, talents, and skills and provide discussion regarding |
Summary inappropriate (0 points) |
Summary includes relevant information that describes |
Excellent information clearly client considerations and special needs; |
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and any special needs of the client. (CACREP 2F.4.f, 2F.4.g, 2F.4.h, |
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includes a development (20 points) |
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Is correct sentence structure utilized? |
Contains sentence ons; points) |
Formulaic sentence patterns or overuse of simple sentences; errors in |
Effective present) due careful proofreading (6 points) |
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Are |
Numerous capitalization; communication is hindered (0 points) |
Contains errors interfere (3 points) |
Virtually capitalization errors (no more (6 points) |
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Is APA |
Contains many and/or serious APA format errors (0 points) |
Contains several minor APA format errors (up to 3) (4 points) |
Both in-text citations and reference list are free from errors (8 points) |
