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ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION Holiday Inn, Stratford-upon-Avon Friday 8 November 2013. . Chintha Dissanayake, PhD Chartered Occupational Psychologist . Why Psychometrics don’t always ‘work’ in Career Guidance . .. and how to make them ‘work’ better!. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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WHY PSYCHOMETRICS DON’T ALWAYS ‘WORK’ IN CAREER GUIDANCE
.. . AND HOW TO MAKE THEM ‘WORK’ BETTER!
ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITIONHoliday Inn, Stratford-upon-Avon
Friday 8 November 2013.
Chintha Dissanayake, PhDChartered Occupational Psychologist
Chintha is an HCPC registered British Psychological Society (UK) chartered psychologist specialising in talent assessment & development nationally and internationally. And the Career-Launchpad is a bespoke career coaching programme developed specifically for young people.
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ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITIONHoliday Inn, Stratford-upon-Avon
Friday 8 November 2013.
Introduction
Student Survey results
Why Psychometrics do not always work in Career Guidance
An alternate approach
Case study
Discussion
ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION8 November 2013 Holiday Inn, Stratford-upon-Avon
Why Psychometrics don’t always ‘work’ in Career Guidance ... and how to make them ‘work’ better!IN
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CTION
Department for Education (DfE) … definition of ‘Career Guidance’
‘Individual students are signposted to different career guidance activities at the relevant stage of their development and decision-making’.
A loose definition with the premise is that:
a) not all students need the same level of guidance b) Schools will best understand individual student needs
Source: ‘Going in the right direction?’ Careers guidance in schools from September 2012. Published Ofsted Report, September 2013. Reference no: 130114
Ofsted Findings – report September 2013
Individualised careers guidance to students
(n=12)
Teachers & other specialists discussing
careers in assemblies etc.
General direction of students towards
websites and Prospectuses (n=48)
OXFORD-PSYCHOMETRICS survey of student forum Nov 2013 www.thestudentroom.co.uk
ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION8 November 2013 Holiday Inn, Stratford-upon-Avon
Why Psychometrics don’t always ‘work’ in Career Guidance ... and how to make them ‘work’ better!IN
TRODU
CTION
Oxford Psychometrics Survey – November 2013 (n=62 mean age range 16-21)
So, what works and what does not work?Source: ‘Going in the right direction?’ Careers guidance in schools from September 2012. Published Ofsted Report, September 2013. Reference no: 130114
ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION8 November 2013 Holiday Inn, Stratford-upon-Avon
Why Psychometrics don’t always ‘work’ in Career Guidance ... and how to make them ‘work’ better!IN
TRODU
CTION
Inventory type tools
Source: ‘Going in the right direction?’ Careers guidance in schools from September 2012. Published Ofsted Report,
September 2013. Reference no: 130114
“If you already know what you want to do, the computer profiler will confirm this for you. But if you are unsure, then it can only confuse you further”
(Steve, aged 16)
Nearly all focus groups found the workbooks with collections of careers related quizzes or word searches unhelpful
ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION8 November 2013 Holiday Inn, Stratford-upon-Avon
Why Psychometrics don’t always ‘work’ in Career Guidance ... and how to make them ‘work’ better! WHY PSYCHO
METRICS DO
NO
T ALWAYS W
ORK IN
CAREER GUIDAN
CEPsychometrics
‘the science of measuring mental capacities and processes’.
Source: Oxford Dictionary
Career interest inventories & Values questionnaires
Personality Indicators
Capability tests
Roy Child investigates Psychometric Tests and how to choose & Access the Right Ones.Career Matters, October 2013, Issue 12.Page 30
ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION8 November 2013 Holiday Inn, Stratford-upon-Avon
Why Psychometrics don’t always ‘work’ in Career Guidance ... and how to make them ‘work’ better! WHY PSYCHO
METRICS DO
NO
T ALWAYS W
ORK IN
CAREER GUIDAN
CEPsychometrics
Reberts & Mroczek (2008) Personality Trait change in Adulthood. Curr Dir Psychol. Sci. 2008 February 1; 17 (1): 31-35
ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION8 November 2013 Holiday Inn, Stratford-upon-Avon
Why Psychometrics don’t always ‘work’ in Career Guidance ... and how to make them ‘work’ better!…
AND HO
W TO
MAKE THEM
WO
RK BETTER !Department for Education (DfE) … definition of ‘Career Guidance’
‘Individual students are signposted to different career guidance activities at the relevant stage of their
development and decision-making’.
Source: ‘Going in the right direction?’ Careers guidance in schools from September 2012. Published Ofsted Report, September 2013. Reference no: 130114
ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION8 November 2013 Holiday Inn, Stratford-upon-Avon
Why Psychometrics don’t always ‘work’ in Career Guidance ... and how to make them ‘work’ better!…
AND HO
W TO
MAKE THEM
WO
RK BETTER !
A Two Dimensional Model of Readiness for Career Decision – Making
‘Individual students are signposted to different career guidance activities at the relevant stage of their development and decision-making’.
Source: ‘Going in the right direction?’ Careers guidance in schools from September 2012. Published Ofsted Report, September 2013. Reference no: 130114
Capability Low High
Complexity
Low
High
Readiness High
Readiness Low
Readiness Moderate
Readiness Moderate
Sampson et al (2000) Using readiness assessment to improve career services: A cognitive information processing approach. The Career Development Quarterly, 49, 146 – 174.
ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION8 November 2013 Holiday Inn, Stratford-upon-Avon
Why Psychometrics don’t always ‘work’ in Career Guidance ... and how to make them ‘work’ better!…
AND HO
W TO
MAKE THEM
WO
RK BETTER !
A Two Dimensional Model of Readiness for Career Decision – Making
‘Individual students are signposted to different career guidance activities at the relevant stage of their development and decision-making’.
Source: ‘Going in the right direction?’ Careers guidance in schools from September 2012. Published Ofsted Report, September 2013. Reference no: 130114
Capability Low High
Complexity
Low
High
Very Low / No Support
High Support
ModerateSupport
ModerateSupport
Sampson et al (2000) Using readiness assessment to improve career services: A cognitive information processing approach. The Career Development Quarterly, 49, 146 – 174.
ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION8 November 2013 Holiday Inn, Stratford-upon-Avon
Why Psychometrics don’t always ‘work’ in Career Guidance ... and how to make them ‘work’ better!…
AND HO
W TO
MAKE THEM
WO
RK BETTER !
A Two Dimensional Model of Readiness for Career Decision – Making
‘Individual students are signposted to different career guidance activities at the relevant stage of their development and decision-making’.
Source: ‘Going in the right direction?’ Careers guidance in schools from September 2012. Published Ofsted Report, September 2013. Reference no: 130114
Capability Low High
Complexity
Low
High
Self - Help Career
Services
Individual counsellingCareer course (Small
group)Group counselling
(long term)
Self-directed career decision makingCareer courses
(group)Group (short term career counselling)Work shops
Sampson et al (2000) Using readiness assessment to improve career services: A cognitive information processing approach. The Career Development Quarterly, 49, 146 – 174.
ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION8 November 2013 Holiday Inn, Stratford-upon-Avon
Why Psychometrics don’t always ‘work’ in Career Guidance ... and how to make them ‘work’ better!THAN
K YOU
!
‘Individual students are signposted to different career guidance activities at the relevant stage of their
development and decision-making’.
Source: ‘Going in the right direction?’ Careers guidance in schools from September 2012. Published Ofsted Report, September 2013. Reference no: 130114
