What the OIP measures?
The OIP provides a comprehensive assessment of vocational interest and personal
work needs. The vocational interests refer to work areas which an individual
would enjoy, (e.g. administrative, computational, persuasive, practical).
Whereas the work needs are related to the individual's personal needs within
a chosen area of work (e.g. variety, structure, people, control).
Advantages
Quick to administer, yet producing a comprehensive and detailed career orientated
assessment, this battery provides a psychometrically sound solution for all
those who are engaged in vocational guidance and counselling. It can be administered
in either traditional or computer-based format but in either case the GeneSys
software will integrate the results from the component parts of the battery
thereby saving considerable manual computational and report-writing commitment.
With the option to administer graduate reasoning tests, as opposed to the
default general level reasoning test, this battery may also be used for graduate
careers assessment and counselling as well as managerial out-placement. occupational
interest profile.
Reports for OIP
These have been designed to fully integrate the results of the different elements
of the battery (i.e. the aptitude tests, the occupational interests and work
needs questionnaires) into one report which focuses upon a successful career
choice. Written in the second person the report has been compiled so that
it can form the basis of a discussion with a careers adviser or counsellor
and then be given to the respondent to take away for further reference. In
addition, the report produces a detailed list of career suggestions based
on the person's profile over the range of tests taking into account the respondent's
aptitudes where available.
