A Publisher’s Commentary on Assessment Tools

By Angus McMurty

I got my introduction to assessment tools in the late 90’s. I was working with a number of other researchers on Career Cruising’s occupational database. We had just completed putting together several hundred in-depth occupation profiles and almost one thousand multimedia interviews for our CD-ROM and online versions of Career Cruising.

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Seven Habits for Effective Career Assessments

By Roberta Neault

In writing about the use of career assessments, Spencer Niles, president of the National Career Development Association in the US, cautions, “[Some] practitioners… conceptualize career counselling as a process of administering tests and providing occupational information. Such views freeze career counselling at the turn of the last century.” (Niles & Harris–Bowlsbey, 2002, p. 123). Thankfully, most of today’s career practitioners have moved far beyond this “test and tell” approach to career decision–making. However, appropriate use of career assessments can certainly assist clients and career practitioners to form a clear picture of skills, interests, values, personal style, barriers and other characteristics that might impact job satisfaction or career success.

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The Evolution of Assessment Technology: An Ontario School Counsellor’s Perspective

By Marc Verhoeve

Last month, I was cleaning out some cupboards in our Counseling Office when I came across the Occupational Card Sort. The concept of the use of an awl to continually release occupational cards whenever an additional parameter was chosen was brilliant in its apparent simplicity. The evolution of career assessment from this low–tech tool to the present web–based assessment “virtual tools” in less than thirty years is extraordinary!

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Lessons Learned from “Honouring Boundaries” Presentation

By Sandra Lim

I had the opportunity to hear Gillian Johnston deliver a presentation entitled Honouring Boundaries at the OACDP 2001 Annual General Meeting. Using Gillian’s presentation as a framework, this article will highlight the insights I gained with respect to several different boundary issues including: professional, time, and information boundary issues.

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