CareerScope - Computerized Career Assessment, Reporting System - Career Planning, Counseling, Educational Planning, Aptitude Testing, Career Guidance and Interest Inventory

One Assessment Does It All

Measures both aptitude and interest in a completely "user-friendly" environment.
CareerScope^Ž takes career and educational planning to a new level. The proven career assessment and reporting system from Vocational Research Institute is a powerful, yet easy-to-use program. With more than 40 years of experience developing world-class assessment programs, VRI has designed a self-administered system that measures both aptitude and interest through valid and reliable assessment tasks. The results are instrumental in helping an individual begin the career or educational planning process.

CareerScope English w/Spanish delivers assessments in which the Interest Inventory, Numerical Reasoning, and Word Meanings items are presented in Spanish. Contact your Sales Representative for more information on this CareerScope option.

CareerScope with Audio! A friendly voice that slowly and carefully reads the Log-in, Orientation, Instructions, Practice Items, and the Interest Inventory Items. Contact your Sales Representative for more information on this CareerScope option.

The newest features of CareerScope further enhance its user-friendly assessment process.
- There is a user-friendly crosswalk between O*NET and Department of Education's Career Pathways.
- Administrators now have greater control of the orientation process.
- Data management capabilites have been enhanced.
- The CareerScope Mouse Practice Utility is automatically installed.
- Numerical Reasoning and Word Meanings can be administered as untimed assessments.
- O*NET information has been upgraded to reflect O*NET version 8.0.
- All CareerScope reports can be saved or exported as PDF, Word or Rich Text documents.
- The default evaluee-generated report includes Job Titles.
- The Audio template can be set as the default administration template.

Interest inventory helps to target key areas of interest.
The Interest Inventory measures and identifies a user's attraction to careers that correspond to the U.S. Department of Labor's Interest Areas. These areas are:

The results from the Interest Inventory are compiled into a comprehensive Individual Profile Analysis (IPA). The IPA objectively identifies each evaluee's most significant interest area preferences. This analysis is unique to VRI assessment products.

Critical aptitudes measured by CareerScope.
The aptitudes measured by CareerScope are the most critical for today's high growth and high replacement rate occupations, as well as for the emerging careers of the 21st century. The aptitudes measured are:

CareerScope can even incorporate physical performance scores including motor coordination, finger dexterity and manual dexterity.

Designed to meet the counselor's needs.
Career and guidance counselors appreciate CareerScope because results help focus the career exploration process and establish the foundation for building career development portfolios. Counselors can even customize test administration templates to control the traits assessed and the administration order. Supplemental counseling tools provide career awareness and exploration activities

Assess one person or an entire group at one time.
CareerScope's versatility provides additional advantages. It allows for the assessment of one or many people at the same time, and evaluees can proceed at their own comfortable pace.

Minimal intervention frees up staff time.
In the past, professionals supervised the assessment process from start to finish. They could do little else with their time. CareerScope gives this time back to them. The system is self-administered so counselors and staff members can pursue other duties.

Designed to meet the evaluee's needs.
CareerScope is easy to use and information is presented in a friendly interactive format. The multimedia introduction, CS Intro, provides a brief introduction to the CareerScope Interest and Aptitude assessment. Evaluees quickly develop a sense of confidence in completing their assessment tasks.

Self-administered tasks take 60 minutes or less to complete.
CareerScope is self-administered and each evaluee works on a different workstation. This enables evaluees to work at their own pace and comfort level. The entire assessment process takes only 60 minutes or less to complete.

Helpful tools guide people with all levels of computer experience.
Even people with limited computer experience are quickly "up and running" on CareerScope. All that is required is minimal proficiency with a mouse and a fourth grade reading level. There is even a Mouse Practice utility for those new to using one or in need of a refresher.

CareerScope features easy-to-follow instructions, step-by-step practice items and lively animated graphics to help guide the evaluee through the assessment process. Each activity begins with exercises to familiarize users with the assessment tasks and increase their confidence before starting.

Eliminates paper and pencil tests.
It's a self-administered assessment.
Results are available immediately.
Matches high aptitudes with high interest areas.
Assessment is automatically timed and scored.
Provides concrete results for the career exploration process.
Great for middle school students through adults.

CareerScope's Assessment Profile provides the evaluee with career recommendations. These are based on the results of the completed assessment tasks. Written in clear, concise language, the profile also explains the standards on which the recommendations are based. Recommendations can be presented in O*NET or DOT format.

Counselor Report summarizes data for quick analysis.
This report provides the guidance or career counselor with a quick overview of pertinent assessment information.

Summary Report provides a snapshot of all assessment data.
This easy-to-follow, one-page report is great for a quick parent/child or counselor/evaluee overview. It highlights all of the information found in the more in-depth Assessment Profile and Counselor Report.

Data and reports easy to access.
CareerScope's assessment results can be stored locally or on a network server. This makes it a simple procedure to access information from remote PCs.

Reports can be generated from the CareerScope Management System individually or in groups, or may be printed directly from the evaluee's workstation immediately following the completion of the assessment. Counselors can use "filters" during the report generation process to identify and report on groups of evaluees who achieve specific assessment outcomes. And, full legends can be printed on each report to assist in the interpretation of results. All CareerScope reports can now be saved or exported as PDF, Word or Rich Text documents.

Since CareerScope was introduced in late 1996, VRI has enhanced the system every year based on "best practices" in the field as well as on customer feedback. Our latest version (7.2) was launched in January 2006. We are always seeking input from our customers, and if you have any comments or suggestions on new features, please contact us.

CareerScope^ŽLicensing Plan (Pay by the workstation)
Available for a single workstation, an entire lab, or anything in between, the CareerScope Licensing Plan allows unlimited use.

CareerScope^Ž Metered Plan (Pay by the administration)
Created for those with limited budgets that do not require unlimited use, the Metered Plan allows you to pay for your career assessments by the administration. A minimal initial investment allows unlimited installations at a single site.

PC or Laptop? Single workstation or network? CareerScope meets your requirements.
Even with this flexibility, CareerScope tasks are presented in a completely standardized format, regardless of the computer, platform, Windows^Ž version, or monitor.

Windows workstation specifications
Pentium 90 MHz minimum, 133 MHz or higher recommended
Pentium 350 MHz or better for Multimedia Introduction
Microsoft Windows^Ž 98, 2000, ME, XP or NT 4.0
Free memory (RAM)
32 MB for Management and/or Assessment
96 MB for Multimedia Introduction
Free hard drive space:
- Management and Assessment: 119 MB, with Audio 141 MB
- Management only: 12.1 MB
- Assessment only: 110 MB, with Audio 131 MB
VGA monitor with high color (16 bit) capability
Windows network server
specifications
Pentium 300 MHz or higher
Novell® Netware v. 4.11 or higher,
Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows
2000, or Windows® Peer to Peer
64 MB of RAM
64 MB free hard drive space