Career Connections
Assessment Center

1025 Amsterdam Road
Covington, KY  41011
Attn: 
Eileen Arnold
Email: eileen.arnold@kctcs.edu
Phone:
859-442-1625 
Fax: 859-442-4192

What are Vocational Assessments?

What happens after the Assessment?

What happens after I define my Goals?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What are Vocational Assessments?


Vocational assessment is the process of matching your aptitude, interest, and personality to a career requiring similar characteristics.  The assessment consists of the following tests, customized for each person:

1. The Vocational Interests Inventory measures your interest in a particular job.

2. Worker Attitudes measures a worker’s attitudes as they relate to specific work-related situations.

3. The Temperament Factor relates to adaptability requirements made on the worker by specific types of job-worker situations.

4. Academic Test measure your math, language, and reasoning ability.


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 The Vocational Aptitude Test measures eleven aptitudes such as Finger Dexterity, Manual Dexterity, Color Discrimination, Motor Coordination, Form Perception, Clerical Perception, Spatial Aptitude, Verbal Ability, Numerical Ability, Eye-Hand-Foot Coordination, and General Learning Ability.

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 16PF– 16 Personality factors measure attitudes and personal styles as it relates to specific employment.

 


What happens after the Assessment?



A profile of your aptitudes, interest and abilities will be compiled and matched to possible job /careers. 

A counselor will evaluate your profile and explore careers for which you are suited and provide up –to-date occupational outlook and salary range information.  Reference materials will be made available in your private career consultation also.

 

What happens after I define my Goals?

 A counselor can refer you to:

  • Vocational / Technical Education

  • A 2-year or 4-year College

  • Job Training

  • Employment

  • Further Career Exploration

  • Financial Aid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

How do I get started?

>> Call our department at 859-442-1171  to schedule an appointment with Jana Camm, Assessment Center Certified Counselor.

 



For more information, call Cindy Sproehnle, 859-442-1159