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Work Preference Match
2006
Price $42.95
10+ $38.66
Order Code: JA3081
Interest Level:
High School
Grades 8-Adult
Comes in pkg. of 25
10+ Quantity Discounts
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Work Preference Match Inventory
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A structured way to prioritize work needs and preferences,
consider education, and create a grid to use for pro/con career
decision-making.
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Helps people learn their “unwritten rules” about employment,
gather essential information for an informed career choice, and
find a job they’ll love.
The Work Preference Match is an easy yet structured way
for individuals to identify and compare their work needs, skills,
interests, and desires to the realities of jobs. Individuals consider a
broad range of 125 work-related factors, grouped by work tasks,
environment, schedule, supervision, compensation, work culture, and
social issues. After following some easy steps, test takers have a completed grid of their most important work-related preferences for use
in exploring and deciding on careers. Identifying work needs and
preferences prior to or as part of career exploration, job preparation,
and the job search makes these processes realistic, targeted, and
effective.
This assessment uses “discrepancy analysis”—a side-by-side comparison
of one’s needs and preferences to a career. Through this format, people
make the connection between their skills, desires, and needs with the
requirements of desired jobs. If discrepancies are identified,
individuals can devise a plan to resolve them or look for other options.
Discrepancy analysis is the primary way that vocational evaluators
(professionals assisting individuals with disabilities in the career
decision-making process) determine if the individual’s career choice is
appropriate. The Work Preference Match provides an
opportunity to observe a person’s commitment to making a good career
choice and awareness of his or her situation. Useful with a variety of
populations. 8th grade reading level but has been used with assistance
by people with 5th-to-6th grade reading skills.
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Customer Reviews
12/13/2005 Melissa Hensel writes:
Fills a gap in the career assessment tools available by
providing structured exploration of specific work factors. I find it
especially useful with transitioning students and career changers.
Melissa Hensel, Ed.S., CVE
Career Resource Center Coordinator
Community Preservation and Development Corporation
Washington, D.C.
12/13/2005 Donna Keegan writes:
A great assessment tool that will provide valuable information.
l am planning on adding it to our repertoire of career assessment
resources.
Donna Keegan, M.Ed., CRC, CVE
Program Coordinator, Curtis Work Rehab Services
Union Memorial Hospital, Medstar Health
12/13/2005 Amy Donovan writes:
An essential tool for gaining insight into individual
preferences within a work environment. I have used the Work
Preference Match with all of the individuals I work with,
regardless of age or disability. The Work Preference Match is
easy to administer and provokes thought into likes and dislikes on the
job that might otherwise be overlooked.
Amy Donovan, M.A., CVE
Certified Vocational Evaluator
Bay Shore Services, Inc., Salisbury, Maryland
12/13/2005 Dr. Juliet H. Fried writes:
At last there is a career exploration tool that deals with all
of the important factors and considerations in one’s life, not just
some of them!! The Work Preference Match is a unique,
practical, and straightforward system for assisting people in planning
for and making decisions about their success in a job or career…I’m
excited to use this instrument in the classroom with students pursing
degrees in rehabilitation counseling and vocational evaluation, and
for them to use this tool in the field with clients upon their
graduation.
Dr. Juliet H. Fried, CVE, CRC
Professor, Human Rehabilitative Services
University of Northern Colorado, School of Human Sciences
Greeley, Colorado
12/13/2005 Lisa Blakeney writes:
The Work Preference Match is an EXCELLENT assessment tool! It
assists the evaluator and client in pinpointing the perfect job match
based on working conditions, preferences, and temperaments. As a
vocational evaluator, I have utilized a variety of tools over the
years, and the Work Preference Match has everything you need to
conduct an extensive career exploration discussion at your fingertips.
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