Not sure what to study after school?
Current field of study not working out?
Making sense of the world of work can be difficult without the right information.
One's first career choice usually happens paradoxically when one has relatively little wisdom, but must decide about how to earn a living, and live with it for the rest of one's life (unless one is a Millennial. They get to do do-overs. Often.)
We provide an in-depth personalised assessment of the student's personality, values, interests and aptitude strengths and weaknesses to assist with selection of appropriate tertiary studies and a career path.
The assessment is designed to help students understand themselves, which will assist with career planning. It further informs parents in terms of financial planning, managing expectations, and encouraging their children from a position of certainty in terms of what they can realistically hope to achieve.
Career guidance assessments typically involve:
Current field of study not working out?
Making sense of the world of work can be difficult without the right information.
One's first career choice usually happens paradoxically when one has relatively little wisdom, but must decide about how to earn a living, and live with it for the rest of one's life (unless one is a Millennial. They get to do do-overs. Often.)
We provide an in-depth personalised assessment of the student's personality, values, interests and aptitude strengths and weaknesses to assist with selection of appropriate tertiary studies and a career path.
The assessment is designed to help students understand themselves, which will assist with career planning. It further informs parents in terms of financial planning, managing expectations, and encouraging their children from a position of certainty in terms of what they can realistically hope to achieve.
Career guidance assessments typically involve:
- An in-depth interview with the learner to gain information on their schooling experiences, work history, extra-curricular and academic performance, including consideration of academic results.
- Comprehensive psychometric tests focusing on interests, values, cognitive skills, personality and aptitude. This takes approximately 5 hours.
- A feedback session is scheduled one week from the day of assessment to discuss results and recommendations.
- A comprehensive report written by a psychologist .
Special Student Career Guidance Package
It is important to do a job you love. We generally spend more time at work in a day than with our loved ones. You want to make a difference through your work and have a fulfilling job that makes you ‘tick’. Sometimes students don’t know what career would work for them, and this can be very confusing. Career guidance takes a holistic approach that looks at various aspects of yourself in order to guide you towards a career you may really enjoy and be good at. Through a vigorous assessment process you will be able to explore your aptitudes, personality, interests and values, and see common threads emerge that can point you towards the right career for you. The assessments that you will be taking are detailed below:
Standard student package at R4 300 excl. VAT
Pre-work to be done on your own: half day of completing Psychometric Aptitude Tests
Price includes one hour feedback session with the candidate. Parents / guardians welcome to attend.
A written report is provided.
Aptitude Tests
The Psychometric Aptitude Tests used are the Differential Aptitude Tests (DAT). These tests are registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA). Aptitude is the potential an individual has which will enable them to achieve a certain level of ability with a given amount of training and/or practice. Aptitude tests provide information on an individual’s relatively strong and weak aptitudes and also indicate how their aptitudes compare with those of a comparison group, on the basis of which certain deductions can be made. Aptitude tests, together with other information predicts possible success in a specific field of study/ training programme /occupation, should an individual make a particular choice. The following aptitudes are tested: Verbal Reasoning, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, Logical Reasoning, Calculations, Attention to Detail, Spatial Reasoning, Mechanical Reasoning, and Memory. For example, individuals with an interest in Engineering need to be strong at Calculations, Logical, Spatial and Mechanical Reasoning. Those interested in Accounting need to be strong at Calculations and Attention to Detail.
Personality Type Questionnaire
The Personality Questionnaire used is the OPQ, the the same instrument used in recruitment, as it gives a good indication of whether an individual is a good fit with a particular job. The benefit of using this in the career guidance space is that individuals can be matched with careers that suit their personality. The OPQ, like the DAT, is also a registered HPCSA instrument. The OPQ provides detailed information on 32 personality characteristics which support performance on key job competencies. Scales need to be interpreted in relation to specific occupations. For example, if someone is interested in sales, they need to be socially confident, good at persuasion, and tough-minded. If an individual is interested in being a social worker, then scales such as caring and an interest in other people’s behaviour would be an advantage.
Interest Inventory
The online interest inventory helps an individual to determine broad occupational categories of interest. The questionnaire will help individuals to identify the types of occupations they can investigate relating to their interests. Upon completion individuals will be presented with a graph indicating their results from highest field to lowest field or report with a list of interest types. Individuals can then select their highest fields to explore more about the related occupations they may be interested in.
Complete an Interests Inventory provided by the Department of Higher Education and Training for free: http://ncap.careerhelp.org.za/.
Values/Motives Questionnaire
Values and Motives need to be aligned to career choices as research shows that young people want to have a sense of purpose, and make a difference in the world through their careers. It is therefore important that the areas individuals choose to investigate as careers are aligned with their values and motives. This questionnaire looks at identifying satisfaction an individual may seek in their job. The Values/Motives assessed are: Creativity, Management, Achievement, Surroundings, Supervisory Relations, Advancement, Security, Associates, Aesthetics, Prestige, Independence, Variety, Economic Returns, Altruism, and Intellectual Stimulation.
Custom Assessments
Should you have any specific issues to be investigated, e.g. learning difficulties, attention problems, and specialized career assessments, please contact us using the form below, and we will provide you with further information.
It is important to do a job you love. We generally spend more time at work in a day than with our loved ones. You want to make a difference through your work and have a fulfilling job that makes you ‘tick’. Sometimes students don’t know what career would work for them, and this can be very confusing. Career guidance takes a holistic approach that looks at various aspects of yourself in order to guide you towards a career you may really enjoy and be good at. Through a vigorous assessment process you will be able to explore your aptitudes, personality, interests and values, and see common threads emerge that can point you towards the right career for you. The assessments that you will be taking are detailed below:
Standard student package at R4 300 excl. VAT
Pre-work to be done on your own: half day of completing Psychometric Aptitude Tests
- Personality Type Questionnaire
- Vocational Interest Questionnaire
- Values / Motives Questionnaire
- Aptitude Test
- Learning Orientation to assess cognitive ability (supervised – Skype or on site)
Price includes one hour feedback session with the candidate. Parents / guardians welcome to attend.
A written report is provided.
Aptitude Tests
The Psychometric Aptitude Tests used are the Differential Aptitude Tests (DAT). These tests are registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA). Aptitude is the potential an individual has which will enable them to achieve a certain level of ability with a given amount of training and/or practice. Aptitude tests provide information on an individual’s relatively strong and weak aptitudes and also indicate how their aptitudes compare with those of a comparison group, on the basis of which certain deductions can be made. Aptitude tests, together with other information predicts possible success in a specific field of study/ training programme /occupation, should an individual make a particular choice. The following aptitudes are tested: Verbal Reasoning, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, Logical Reasoning, Calculations, Attention to Detail, Spatial Reasoning, Mechanical Reasoning, and Memory. For example, individuals with an interest in Engineering need to be strong at Calculations, Logical, Spatial and Mechanical Reasoning. Those interested in Accounting need to be strong at Calculations and Attention to Detail.
Personality Type Questionnaire
The Personality Questionnaire used is the OPQ, the the same instrument used in recruitment, as it gives a good indication of whether an individual is a good fit with a particular job. The benefit of using this in the career guidance space is that individuals can be matched with careers that suit their personality. The OPQ, like the DAT, is also a registered HPCSA instrument. The OPQ provides detailed information on 32 personality characteristics which support performance on key job competencies. Scales need to be interpreted in relation to specific occupations. For example, if someone is interested in sales, they need to be socially confident, good at persuasion, and tough-minded. If an individual is interested in being a social worker, then scales such as caring and an interest in other people’s behaviour would be an advantage.
Interest Inventory
The online interest inventory helps an individual to determine broad occupational categories of interest. The questionnaire will help individuals to identify the types of occupations they can investigate relating to their interests. Upon completion individuals will be presented with a graph indicating their results from highest field to lowest field or report with a list of interest types. Individuals can then select their highest fields to explore more about the related occupations they may be interested in.
Complete an Interests Inventory provided by the Department of Higher Education and Training for free: http://ncap.careerhelp.org.za/.
Values/Motives Questionnaire
Values and Motives need to be aligned to career choices as research shows that young people want to have a sense of purpose, and make a difference in the world through their careers. It is therefore important that the areas individuals choose to investigate as careers are aligned with their values and motives. This questionnaire looks at identifying satisfaction an individual may seek in their job. The Values/Motives assessed are: Creativity, Management, Achievement, Surroundings, Supervisory Relations, Advancement, Security, Associates, Aesthetics, Prestige, Independence, Variety, Economic Returns, Altruism, and Intellectual Stimulation.
Custom Assessments
Should you have any specific issues to be investigated, e.g. learning difficulties, attention problems, and specialized career assessments, please contact us using the form below, and we will provide you with further information.
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