CAREER

COUNSELLING
INTAKE
INTERVIEW and
ASSESSMENT
TECHNIQUES
Goals for Career Assessment

• Career assessments can help you narrow down your job

choices and explore career options.
The goal of a career assessment:
• is to evaluate the qualities and talents of an individual.
• strengths and weaknesses
• What interests you and which job would fit you best
• A career assessment can also be used as part of an
outplacement process.
The Intake Interview

• The intake interview includes background information,

presenting problems, current status information, health
and medical information, family information, social and
developmental history, life roles, problems that
interfere with career counseling and development,
clarifying problems, and identifying client goals.
The Intake Interview Cont’d

Things to observe for during Intake Interview

• establishing rapport.

• gear vocabulary towards the audience’s level’

• ask questions in a warm, professional manner.

Interviewing Techniques

• Interviewing involves the gathering of information over a

short period, usually one or two sessions.
Active Listening
• When you meet with your client, go beyond listening to the
content; listen to the whole person. Carefully observe non -
verbal cues like gestures, facial expressions and changes in
posture. Be aware of any cultural differences and hidden
barriers underlying the conversation
 Reflection
Interviewing
Techniques
cont’d Learn to read between the lines. When
you restate the emotional quality of
the client's response, identify the
feelings behind them. Empathize with
his point of view and encourage him
to use his feelings as a springboard to
action.
Interviewing Techniques
Cont’d
• Role Playing
You can easily introduce situations that your
client will face in the future.
• Creative Imagining
If a session stalls, ask your client to envision a
desired outcome. Imagination and
visualization tap into the right side of the
client's brain, where intuition and dreams float
freely .
 Approaches to Career Assessment

Qualitative assessments focus These techniques create a

on you as an individual and
aim to assess your perceptions
and preferences about your
work life. They may involve
informal tests or discussions
rather than formal tests.
narrative for a counselor based
on the theory of
constructivism, which states
that a person has their own
subjective ideas about their
lives based on individual
experience.
 Quantitative Career Assessment
Quantitative assessments use
standardized tests that measure
Approaches specific attributes or skills. They
reveal latent abilities and the
to Career potential to do specific jobs and
Assessment show whether you have the capacity
to follow a particular career.
 Standardized
Assessment
• Standardized tests are examinations
administered and scored in a
predetermined, standard manner. They
typically rely heavily on question formats,
such as multiple choice and true or false,
that can be automatically scored.
• Reliability is the extent to which a
measurement tool gives consistent results.
It does not have to be right, just consistent.
Standardized Assessment

• Validity is the extent to which a

measurement tool measures what it is
supposed to. More specifically, it refers to
the extent to which inferences made from an
assessment tool are appropriate, meaningful,
and useful (American Psychological
Association and the National Council on
Measurement in Education )
APTITUDE TEST

• An aptitude test is a form of

psychometric assessment, used to
measure an individual’s natural
strengths in a given area. It differs
from a knowledge-based test in that it
does not require familiarity with a
particular subject.
 The most common tests
include:

• Verbal reasoning tests.

APTITUDE • Numerical Reasoning test.

TEST cont’d • Abstract reasoning tests

• Diagrammatic reasoning test

• Mechanical reasoning tests

• Situational judgement test

• Clerical skills test

 • A personality inventory is a
self-assessment method, often a
Personality standardized questionnaire, that
Inventories reveals insights into an
individual's character.
Achievement Tests

• The achievement tests that most people are

familiar with are the standard exams taken by
every student in school. Students are regularly
expected to demonstrate their learning and
proficiency in a variety of subjects.
Interest
Inventories

• This is a testing instrument designed for the purpose of

measuring and evaluating the level of an individual's
interest in, or preference for, a variety of activities; also
known as interest test.
Values Inventories

• Work values can be defined as the qualities that people

seek in their work, occupation, or career.

• Super ’s inventory was devised to assess15 values, such

as achievement, prestige, esthetics, and economic
returns, using a five-point scale to rate the importance
of each to the respondent.
References

• What Is An Aptitude Test? (n.d.). Practice Aptitude Tests. Retrieved

November 22, 2022, from
https://www.practiceaptitudetests.com/what -is-an-aptitude-test/

• Dwilson, S. D. (2022, October 1). Compatibility Tests for Individuals to

Job Types. CHRON. https://work.chron.com/compatibility -tests-
individuals-job-types-30497.html

• Henderson, W. (2017, July 5). Five Principles of Motivational

Interviewing. Career Trend. https://careertrend.com /five-principles-
motivational-interviewing-16358.html