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ASSESSMENTS

CareerLink assessments are designed to help you in many different areas. They can be used to identify career choices that are best suited to your skills, gifts and abilities. They can help you make training or education decisions, aid in personal development and identify your core strengths.

CareerLink staff are available to help you decide which assessments would be best to participate in, depending on your situation, explain your personal results, answer any questions you may have, and help you plan your next steps.

Your results are confidential. Consider them your personal discovery tools designed to help you make sound decisions about your future!

Here is a list and brief description of some of our assessments:

[ Interest & Aptitude Assessment ][ Career Exploration ][ GATB ]
[ Principles, Attitudes and Values for Employment ]
[ English/Math Diagnostic ][ Basic English/Math Upgrading ]
[ Mini Battery of Achievement ][ Hogans Personality Inventory ]
[ Dvorine Colour Test ][ Critical Thinking Appraisal ]
[ How Supervise? ][ Oral Directions Test ][ PreValuate ]
[ Bennett Mechanical Assessment ]

• Interest & Aptitude Assessment
  Assists in choosing a career focus through an interest and aptitude assessment.
  
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• Career Exploration
  A list of over 12,000 career choices and descriptions on the computer. Printouts describe jobs and generate job descriptions.
  
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• GATB
  Generay Aptitude Test Battery including fine motor dexterity.
  
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• Principles, Attitudes and Values for Employment
  Alerts individuals to the types of attitudes and values that employers seek in their employees.
  
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• English/Math Diagnostic
  A personal computerized assessment of basic academic skills in math and language which identifies gaps related to a career goal.
  
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• Basic English and Math Upgrading
  Computer directed upgrading that assigns lessons based on basic academic skills necessary for employment in chosen career.
  
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• Mini-Battery of Achievement
  Gives a measure of grade level equivalent in reading, math, writing and factual knowledge.
  
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• Hogan Personality Inventory
  Provides a detailed report on how personality relates to various occupations.
  
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• Dvorine Colour Test
  Designed to determine an individual's ability to identify colours and to distinguish between shades of similar colours.
  
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• Critical Thinking Appraisal
  Measures an individual's ability to draw inferences, recognize assumptions and pick out strong and weak arguments. Specifically designed for jobs which require reasoning and problem solving abilities.
  
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• How Supervise?
  Measures supervisory attitudes in business and industry.
  
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• Oral Directions Test
  Measures the ability of lower functioning clients to understand and follow work related oral directions.
  
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• PreValuate
  Assesses your skill level in many different software applications and program versions.
  
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• Bennett Mechanical Assessment
  Identifies an individual's mechanical aptitude and understanding and application of mechanical principles.
  
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