Career Assessment as a Learning Tool

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Career assessment instruments summarize the consequences of past learning experiences and have traditionally been used to match respondents with occupations and educational institutions. However, the instruments can also be used to suggest additional learning experiences needed by clients. Clients need not merely match current interests to occupations but can learn new interests. Current beliefs may not be nearly as useful as beliefs learned after a new look at the evidence. Values, traditionally sacrosanct, are similarly subject to change as the result of new learning. Personality preferences and inclinations were learned in the past and continue to be modified by daily interactions. Career counseling can thus be seen as a complex process of helping people design and implement a continuing series of learning experiences to enhance their lives.

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