Summer 2005

By George Fitzsimmons

The most widely used career planning instrument in the world has been revised for 2005. The new Strong Interest Inventory is more powerful than ever, with major updates and new content that reflect the way people work today. Since the last revision of the Strong, in 1994, the world of work has changed. The newly revised version takes these changes into account and will help provide better direction to thousands of students and adults exploring their career options every year.

By Helen Davies

As a relatively new student in the career development field, I have been exposed to a plethora of career-related resources, all competing for my attention. As an on-line student, I spend several hours a week tapping at the keyboard to produce assignments, and surfing numerous websites in the hope of finding the ‘perfect’ quote or succinct article that is lurking somewhere in the labyrinth of information we now have at our fingertips. It would seem that we are almost overwhelmed by the choice of resources we have at our disposal. As a result we often identify a shortlist of key tools and resources that seem to work for us and remain faithful to them over a period of time, until they become outdated or updated, or we discover something new, maybe recommended by a colleague.