Transcript Introduction to the O*NET Career Exploration Tools

An O*NET Academy Briefing
Whole Person Assessment Using the
O*NET Career Exploration Tools
Presented by Dr. Janet Wall
Senior Trainer, O*NET Academy
Goals of Webinar
• Discuss concept of assessment
• Review kinds and purposes of assessment
• To introduce you to the 3 O*NET career
exploration tools
– Interest Profiler
– Work Importance Profiler
– Ability Profiler
• To show you how these tools help to direct
you to occupational information
Two Major Documents
• Standards for Educational and
Psychological Testing (AERA, NCME,
APA, 1999)
• Testing and Assessment: A Guide to
Good Practices for Workforce
Investment Professionals (December,
2007) from http://www.onetcenter.org
What is Assessment?
• A systematic way of gathering information
about a person’s behavior or characteristics
• Data Gathering Techniques (a few)
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Observation
Interview
Test
Checklist
Rating Scale
Purposes of Assessment in
Workforce Development
• Career counseling and development
– Use assessment information about clients’
backgrounds, experiences, interests,
abilities, self-esteem
– Identify other personal characteristics that
help or inhibit their work readiness and
career planning
Purposes of Assessment in Workforce
Development
• Training
– help identify those applicants and
employees who might benefit from either
remedial or advanced training
– monitor individual progress
– evaluate training effectiveness
Decide on Your Purpose for
Using Assessment
• Why do you want student or client
information?
• What are you trying to do/know?
Standard 11.4 The test user should have a clear
rationale for the intended uses of a test or
evaluation procedure in terms of its validity and
contribution to the assessment and decisionmaking process.
Match Your Purpose to
Assessment’s Purpose
• What Assessment Can Measure
– knowledge, skills, abilities, personality
traits,
– work styles, work values, vocational
interests, managerial potential, sales
potential, physical skills,
– job satisfaction
Check Technical Information
• To determine
– Match to target audience
– Whether or not the instrument measures
what you want to measure
– How results can and should be used
according to the research available
Standard 11.1 Prior to the adoption and use of a published test, the
test user should study and evaluate the materials provided by the test
developer. Of particular importance are those that summarize the
test’s purposes, specify the procedures for test administration, define
the intended populations of test takers, and discuss the score
interpretations for which validity and reliability data are available.
Multiple Perspectives
• No one assessment should be used in
career exploration and career guidance.
• Include other information as well –
personality, motivation, preferences,
emotional intelligence, etc.
Standard 11.20 In educational, clinical, and
counseling settings, a test taker’s score should not be
interpreted in isolation; collateral information that may
lead to alternative explanations for the examinee’s
test performance should be considered.
Assessment in Workforce Development
Typical Career Development Programs
Assessment helps here.
Three Major Foci of Career
Development Programs
• What You Like -- INTERESTS
• What You Value -- WORK VALUES
• What You Know and Can Do -- ABILITIES
O*NET Assessment Tools provide each.
O*NET Career Exploration Tools
• Developed only for career exploration,
career counseling
• Not for job selection or selection into job
training programs
Standard 11.2 When a test is to be used for a
purpose for which little or no documentation is
available, the user is responsible for obtaining
evidence of the test’s validity and reliability for
this purpose.
Kinds and Versions of Tools
Tool
Format
Purpose
O*NET Interest Profiler Paper/Pencil
Work-related
Interests
O*NET Computerized
Interest Profiler
Standalone or
Network
Work-related
Interests
O*NET Work
Importance Locator
Paper/Pencil
What is Important in
a Job (Values)
O*NET Work
Importance Profiler
Standalone or
Network
What is Important in
a Job (Values)
O*NET Ability Profiler
Paper/Pencil
What Individual Can
Do Well (Ability)
Many Support Materials
Excellent Web Resources
Review of Instruments
The Interest Profiler
What Interests You?
Relevance
• People who have interests that
are congruent with their
occupations are happier, more
productive, and are likely to
stay on the job.
• Many career development
programs focus on interests as
the primary exploration factor
for a person.
Areas Measured
The O*NET Interest Profiler and Computerized
Interest Profiler measure six types of
occupational interests:
• Realistic
• Investigative
• Artistic
• Social
• Enterprising
• Conventional
O*NET Occupations Master List
Computerized version
offers the occupations
automatically
Sample of Master List
Note: Job Zones
Versions Available
• Paper/pencil
• Computerized
– single desktop
– computer network
• Paper and computer files can be
downloaded off the onetcenter.org
website
– not Internet-delivered and scored
The Work Importance Profiler
What Do You Value?
Relevance
• People who hold work values that are
supported by their work situation are
happier, more productive, and are likely
to stay on the job.
Areas Measured
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Achievement
Independence
Recognition
Relationships
Support
Working Conditions
Versions Available
• Paper/pencil
• Computerized
– single desktop
– computer network
• Paper and computer files can be downloaded
off the onetcenter.org website
– not Internet-delivered and scored
Work Values Master List
Computerized version gives
occupations automatically
Combined Master List
Job Zone
Interest
Work Value
The Ability Profiler
• What Can You Do?
• What are Your Work-Related Skills?
Paper-based instrument
Power
Eleven Subtests
Non-Psychomotor
Arithmetic Reasoning
Speeded
Psychomotor
Mark Making
(paper/pencil)
Vocabulary
Place
Three-Dimensional Space
Turn
Computation
Assemble
Name Comparison
Disassemble
Object Matching
Automated Scoring
• Scoring program can be downloaded from
http://www.onetcenter.org
• Individual score report provided
• Occupations for all 5 jobs zones are provided
for the person’s profile
Job Zone 1 Occupations
Job Zone 2 Occupations
Job Zone 3 Occupations
Job Zone 4 Occupations
Job Zone 5 Occupations
Exploring an Occupation
• Select occupation to explore – based on
INTEREST, WORK VALUES, OR
ABILITITES
• Example: Instructors
• Go to O*NET ONLINE
– http://online.onetcenter.org
O*NET Online
Select Occupation
Obtain Summary Report
Some Supporting Webinars
• How to Download and Use the O*NET
Interest Profiler and Work Importance Profiler
• Overview of the O*NET Ability Profiler
• How to Administer the O*NET Ability Profiler
• How to Interpret the Ability Profiler
• O*NET for Job Seekers and Students
• Linking Education, Occupations and Pay
• O*NET Tools for Military in Transition
• O*NET Tools for School Counselors
QUESTIONS ??
Opportunities for You
• Spotlight – www.onetknowledgesite.com
• Podcast – audio interview
• User-Focused Webinars
– Contact [email protected]
ASSESSMENT RESOURCES
http://assessmentresources.pbwiki.com