There’s a saying that perfectly describes the rationale for career assessment and planning:
“If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there”. A job seeker must have a specific destination in mind, in order to pick the best path to get there. But before picking a destination and planning the journey, the first step is to know your current location.
The purpose of the assessment process is to help each job seeker get an accurate picture of his or her job-readiness, as the foundation for selecting a target career field, (“Ready, Fire, Aim!”) and for acquiring the skills needed to get and keep a good job (“Armed & Ready!”).
Worksource Career Centers use a variety of assessment tools to determine a person’s job-readiness and to identify issues that need to be resolved prior to employment:
Initial Assessment
Worksource centers perform an initial assessment that includes testing of a client’s:
Comprehensive Assessment & Diagnostic Testing
Comprehensive assessment includes: basic skills, English as a Second Language (ESL), high school equivalency (GED), disability assessment through the Department of Rehabilitation, and any other barriers a client may have to attaining employment.
Regardless of which assessment instruments are used, the goal of the process is to define a person’s Abilities, Aspirations, and Attitudes -- the “3A’s”:
