You may have gone through various forms of career testing in books, at school, or at a career counselors office. That testing wasn't sufficient to help you decide on your direction or you probably wouldn't be reading this.

The most effective way of deciding what to do with your life consists of asking the question, "What am I sure will definitely be some of the important components of my future work?" Rather than develop a lot of speculative possibilities, you more likely will want to make some smaller choices that point directly toward defining what you will do.

The foundation of any good career choice is to have a clear understanding of your natural talents and personality traits and build your future work from them, so that you more naturally fit with your work. Your interests and most everything else can change as your life moves forward, but the elements we measure remain the same throughout your life. They are the hand you have been dealt by Mother Nature. They are the "bottom line" of what makes you exceptional at and enjoy your future work.

1) The depth of the interpretation. We have spent decades studying and researching the way abilities combine and the implications of various combinations on your future career satisfaction and success. We recognize more than 30,000 possible combinations of abilities and personality traits. Other testing organizations are only able to distinguish only approximately 200.

2) Other organizations that do similar testing have a very narrow, clinical interpretation of test results. "You are high in X, Y and Z which means you would be good at A but not B". This is obviously useful data, but data are not enough. Remember, the whole reason to do career testing is to help answer the question, "What am I sure will definitely be some of the important components of my future work?" The best way to answer this question is to have your own internal sense of certainty rather than to trust the data of some external source. We conduct your interpretation session in a way that helps you see and experience your areas of talent for yourself. You are much more likely to base your choices on what we suggest if you know in your heart, your gut, that what we are saying is true.

3) Our founder, Nicholas Lore, was the creator of holistic (whole person) career coaching. He developed many of the methods used by the best leading edge career coaches. These approaches and methods are built into the Rockport testing program. We do our best to understand your unique situation so that interpreting test results takes into consideration the other elements and forces that play a part in your life and career decisions. If you are sure you are unwilling to go back to school, we will not suggest that you become a brain surgeon. If you are a student who is not yet ready to make a definite choice, we will make suggestions appropriate to your situation.

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