Career assessment : integrating interests, abilities, and personality /
Rodney L. Lowman.
- 1 online resource (594 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- 1. Scope of Career Assessment Work -- Part I. Assessing Vocational Interests -- 2. Defining and Contextualizing Vocational Interests -- 3. The “Big Six” RIASEC Interest Types -- 4. Applications -- Part II. Assessing Career-Related Abilities -- 5. Career-Related Abilities -- 6. Mechanical and Physical Abilities -- 7. Spatial Abilities -- 8. Artistic and Creative Abilities -- 9. Social Abilities: Social and Emotional Intelligence -- 10. Managerial and Leadership Abilities -- 11. Perceptual, Computational, and Other Abilities -- 12. Case Illustrations of Ability Profiles -- Part III. Assessing Career-Related Personality Characteristics -- 13. Conceptual and Measurement Issues of Career-Related Personality -- 14. The Five-Factor Model of Personality -- 15. Other Career-Relevant Personality Characteristics -- 16. Applications -- Part IV. Applying the Interdimensional Model -- 17. Relationships Across Interest, Ability, and Personality Domains -- 18. Applying the Interdomain Model Assessment Data -- 19. Client Feedback and Report Preparation -- 20. Ethical/Legal and Technological Issues -- References -- Index.
"Career and work contribute significantly to personal and life satisfaction-and, when they are problematic, to personal unhappiness and stress. In this comprehensive career assessment book, Rodney L. Lowman addresses the three major areas that matter the most for understanding and helping people with their career choices: occupational interests, abilities (broadly defined), and personality characteristics. Chapters examine how these factors relate to career satisfaction, how to assess them using psychometric measures, and how to integrate the results of these assessments with the clients' specific needs and goals. Detailed case examples are included, as well as a nuanced discussion of ethics and technology. Lowman's career assessment model is the only one to integrate vocational interests, abilities, and personality characteristics-three domains that have proven their value in career assessment across a broad range of career concerns. By applying this model, career assessors can offer practical career guidance that makes a big difference in peoples' lives"--