Audience
This Guide is appropriate for:
Students in high school, college, and various post-secondary schools making their first career choice.
Adults attempting to change careers.
Military veterans entering the civilian workforce.
Retirees looking for a new career path.
Career guidance professionals looking for a program for use with clients.
File Format
All Guides are PDF files which can be read with any PDF Reader on any computer, laptop, or tablet. Click here if you need a free PDF Reader.
Find your place in the World of Work!
Purpose
This Guide - used by thousands of students and adults - will help you select an occupation that best matches who you are as an individual, specifically the occupation that best matches your interests and, if you so desire, your skills, values/needs, and behavioral traits.
Two versions
(1) Basic - a Guide for individuals who prefer to identify occupations related to just their interests, and then to evaluate each occupation to determine which occupation is best to pursue. The Basic comes in two flavors:
Student (for High School, College, and Post-Secondary Students)
Adult
(2) Advanced - a Guide for individuals who prefer to identify occupations related to their interests, skills, values/needs, and behavioral traits, and then to evaluate each occupation to determine which occupation is best to pursue. The Advanced version is suitable for post-secondary students and adults.
Note: If you begin with the Basic version you may afterwards use the Advanced version if you wish to follow a more comprehensive approach to career selection.
Self-Instructional
You should be able to complete each Guide without any assistance. However, assistance is available from the author if so desired. Click here for details.
Directions - Please Read Carefully!
First decide if you wish to use the Basic or Advanced version below (see descriptions above).
If you wish to use the Basic version, click on the Student (B1) or Adult (B2) version below to download the Guide. Then open the Guide with any PDF Reader and follow the directions within.
If you wish to use the Advanced version below, click on the A1 button below to download the Guide. Then open the Guide and follow the directions within. At some point in the program, you will be directed back to this page to download the A2, A3, and A4 items.
Identify occupations related to just your interests.
Use items B1 or B2 below.
Identify occupations related to your interests, skills, values/needs, and behavioral traits.
Use items A1, A2, A3 and A4 below.
