Career Sure Test

Psychometric Testing is widely used in the areas of Career Mapping /Career Profiling. This profiling will help students to choose from many options and decide their career path. Career Sure Test is developed by a team of psychologists who have expertise in the field of Educational and Organizational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Education and Career guidance. It has been meticulously tested by individuals, educational institutions and corporate houses. It is made to suit the Indian culture and standards unlike certain standard tests which are attuned to the western mind.

Target Audience

Methodology

Types of Test

CST assesses Students Interests, Internal Motivators Aptitude and Personality to identify their accurate career fit. Career Sure Test comprises of the following test:

This test is designed keeping in mind the key factors that are necessary in finding a person’s Right Career Fit.

CST Test Pattern

1) Interest & Internal Motivators Report.

Interest in a subject plays a major role in deciding one’s career path. This test is designed to identify individual’s core areas of interests. It will also give the persons knowledge about the work and activities to be performed in that field. Our Interest Inventory has 31 factors (24 areas of interest and 7 motivators).

Each one of us has certain core internal factors which need to be present if one is to derive job satisfaction. This is what we have termed as motivators. There are 7 Motivators which are identified along with the interests

2) Aptitude Test and its types:

Verbal ability is used to assess how well you are with words. It is the capacity to perceive connections between various words. These tests usually include grammar, analogy (the association of words), and following written instructions. There may also be tests in spelling, reading comprehension and completion of sentences. Verbal ability is tested because the employer needs to know if a prospective employee communicates well.

These tests may involve basic arithmetic such as adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing skills. Also tested is the ability to recognize number sequences and some mathematical skills such as fractions, decimals, etc.

Mechanical or Technical aptitude enables you to understand how things work and function. This test requires specific knowledge of levers, pulleys, gears, springs, tools, electrical circuits and shop arithmetic. These tests are designed to gauge how smart and fast you can interpret and solve problems related to mechanical faults. It deals more with your basic reaction to a practical problem than your learnt knowledge.

Spatial Ability can be defined as ‘The ability to interpret and make drawings, form mental images, and visualize movement or change in those images.’ Spatial ability test measures your ability to manipulate shapes in two dimensions or to visualize three-dimensional objects presented as two-dimensional pictures.

The process of using a rational, systematic series of steps based on sound mathematical procedures to arrive at a conclusion; the drawing of conclusions from given facts and mathematical principles; often used as a problem solving strategy.

This test tells us about an individual’s ability to complete a given task in a stipulated amount of time.

3) Personality Profiling:

The Personality Profiling helps to measure the traits and characteristics that make a person unique. The various characteristics of an individual such as outgoing, inward looking, calmness, responsiveness, impulsiveness, Judgment about others, emotional stability etc are assessed and a personality profile is developed. These tests measure the enduring characteristics of the person that are significant for interpersonal behavior.

Personality is the uniqueness of a person. It is the collection of emotions, thought and behavioral patterns that is consistent over a period of time. In reality, it has a great impact on the person’s performance. Hence, it is necessary to know one’s own personality in selecting careers.

CAREER PLANNING:

Once the above 4 factors in an individual have been identified, the next step is to match these factors with different job profiles and choose the best suited careers for you. In depth Knowledge of different jobs in the various fields and the essential skills sets to be successful in each fields required. This is where the experience and expertise of a professional career consultant becomes vital.

The report at the end of the test will list out the best suited careers for you based on your Interests, Internal Motivators, Aptitude and Personality. Once you know which your best suited careers are, then you can explore them in depth and then shortlist them further to one or two before you make the final decision.

Career planning is a process and one has to go through the different stages. Once you are clear about the perfect Career for you, then you can start moving in that direction by choosing the Course, that is the undergraduate degree or diploma. Choosing the Career should precede choosing the course. This is where most parents and students make a mistake. They choose the course first, based on the current trend. It is only after they finish the course and start working, they realize the mistake and quite often it becomes too late to make a career change.

This model integrates all the 4 crucial factors – Interest, Motivators, Aptitude & Personality to identify your Right Career. Discounting any one FACTOR can cost you heavily, often irreversibly.

Benefits of the Career Sure Test:

At the end of the Career Sure Test, the following reports are generated