You do the testing program in the privacy of your home. It takes approximately three and one half hours to go through the entire testing process. All of the tests are done on paper and are administered by audio CDs or tape cassettes. All you need to provide is a quiet place, some pencils and a player for the CDs or tapes. There are a total of thirteen tests, twelve of which are timed “performance” tests. Each of them measures one or more innate abilities. The Test Administrator’s voice gives you complete instructions, tells you when to start, stop and when to turn the page. You also complete a multi-page client information form that inquires deeply into many aspects of your life and work. When you are finished, you send everything back to us.

Within three business days, we score and interpret everything and then send the results back to you. This package includes your test results score sheet, written materials, and a 90 minute generic interpretation audio that explains each of the tests, what it measures, and what it means if you are high, low or in the middle in a particular ability. These materials could be thought of as the “101 course” on your innate abilities. Clients find they become very clear about their individual abilities by matching what we're saying on the audio with their day-to-day life.

The final step is a one hour telephone conference with us. At the appointed time you call us for your conference. During that conference, we go over your unique situation, talk over the issues that you are trying to resolve, teach you to understand how your abilities and your personality fit together and suggest specific careers that will best express your strengths. If you are in mid-career, we help you to diagnose and understand what is not working in your present job. We suggest that you spend some time before your phone conference determining what you want to tell us at the beginning of the session so that you and we use our time together in the most productive way possible.

One of the most valuable aspects of this telephone conference is understanding how all of your abilities and your personality/temperament can fit together. Understanding the individual abilities was a first step, but now it is time to talk about how they combine. Each of us has a unique profile of abilities and personality traits. This complex mix is the hand each of us has been dealt by Mother Nature. There are more than 30,000 different possible combinations of the traits we measure. We show you how your natural talents "play" best together and what careers best fit your profile.

Potential clients often ask us just how specific are the suggested careers we recommend. The great majority of the time, we can be extremely specific. (For example, medical students use the testing program to help choose a specialty.) An even more important benefit is that the way we interpret and explain your abilities and personality traits teaches you to accurately assess how well you and various careers fit together. As the old expression goes, “Give them a fish and they will eat for a day; teach them to fish and they will eat for a lifetime.” We teach you to fish rather than just give you a fish. We describe your innate talents to you in a way that you can look into yourself and actually experience them. You can look back through your life and begin to understand exactly why some tasks are enjoyable and others are pure torture. You are not just limited to a list of potentially fitting careers. This method gives you the ability to assess other options that may appear after your Career Testing Program. In addition, since your understanding is based on your own inner experience and personal sense of validity, you will be much more likely to incorporate what you have learned in your career decision making.

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