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Show TheSalt Lake Tribune BUSINESS Sunday, September 14, 1997 E8& Tests Can Determine Best Career BY DIANE STAFFORD ents.” KANSAS CITY STAR. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — I couldn't decide among the four multiple-choice definitions fetid. for i couldn't tell up from down on the little black and white drawings of boxes stacked like broken Rubik's Cubes and twisted every which way across the page in place by the time we're 14 years old and don't change much after that. That's why all sections of the tests are timed: answers that come first and fastest are better indicators of innate abilities than answers that are given a lot of time to figure out Rosen also was careful to ex 1 couldn't tell whether one group of tones beeping in my headphones was the sameas the groupof tones that precededit Fortunately, story These talents, he said, are I can write this 1 just surviveda battery of abily tests that said | amsuited to do t I do. In fact, the test giver said it wouldbe hard to think up a job that would fit myinnate abilities more. Whew When I sat down recently to take The Highlands Program Ability Battery at the Kansas City counseling offices of Robert Ro- sen, | did what a lot of people searching for career advice do. I wanted to learn whatjob is “perfect” for me. Abilities assessments often are the first step in career counseling programs. Typically, they're accompanied by additional skills and interests tests. Complete career counseling at The Highlands Program also examines personal- ity, family uevalues, personal visious and goals 1 ety after the first step. Rosen, who has spent 22 yearsin career orpersonal counseling, explained measured “permanentsets of ae explained. “If you don't have an outlet for yourstrongest abilities ported opinions, to measureabili Before the tests began, I was luding myself for 25 years in this wouldfit you to a T. But it does ined being. er to be successful or fulfilled doing somethingelse. Well, maybeI could see teaching, but the itch got enough pie, | might want to take up martial arts or ballroom dancing, Rosen suggested, to respond to my strong “rhythm memory” score — tence over and over as fast as I And why on earth am I squeez- ing some metal stirrup that fe like a broker door handle? Rosen hadthe answers— even», tually. First, may test wentio High-2, lands headquarters. in Atlanta, 5 where a cémputer churned * through my Tesponses and compared them with those from hundreds of thousandsof others who have taken the same battery. _ computer programmers Bread A Farm : ThéHighlands Progam activity or someother way touse yourinnate strengths. For exam- an indicatorof aneed to have out- lets for physical activity Rosert emphasized that any one innate strength must be taken in context with others. For example, i my 99 percent ranking in visual accuracy, coupled with my 95 percent ranking in manual accuracy, showed that I'd be a whizat sol i Pig ceteee Wheat the threeillustrations that havea logical connection. , iF Answers: Spatial reiations jure A is correct Concept wF p organization Classification Lines violinist, things that shape myability to feel fulfilled and challenged. Clearly, too, I will not be a sym- did myold music teacher always have to tune my violin. They said | like to work with people, movefromtask to task, be partof a team andthink aboutthe CACC drawinga line through Ahigh scoreindicates you would function well in a fast-paced, chaotic environment. phony conductor. Not for nothing deritig minuscule parts on an assembly line. I'm not sending out applications. Those abilities have to be considered along with other relationships between seemingly unrelated informationis called inductive reasoning by Such as writers, lawyers and People with this ability tend to be happy working with physical objects. It also meansthat if those natu skills atall Why am puttingall theselittle >>» Measure your People who dothis well are good analytica! thinkers, mean you may be happier doing it, or you may haveto work hard- ral talents aren't fulfilled in your job, you may need a hobby. sports Whyara Lwriting the same sen- inductive reasoning. appropriate box. doa job that such tests indicate scratching from occasional speaking and seminar requests. As the timed tests ground on, though, | grew less confident I had any dotsin little cireles? Theability to see relationship amongthe six words. Arrange the wordsin logical order, putting the first letter of each word in the you won't be satisfied with what you do. It creates stress on the job. ‘That doesn’t mean you haveto profession. A newspaper writer wasthe onlything I'd ever imag- This diagram represents the Assuming the objects are composed that contribute to work style and personaldrive “Whena particular task comes measuresneither intelligence nor what we learned in school. It uses pretty confident I hadn't been de- Concept organization This exercise measuresyour ability of cubes, try to imagine the object on theleft being turned in front of you. Circle the correct figure. showed, compared with others. plain thatthe abilities assessment work samples, rather than self-re- Spatial relations to Visualize and mentally manipulate objects in three dimensions. whether I had high, moderate or low ability in different factors easily, quickly and effortlessly to a person, thatis a trueability,” he ties. Test your judgment with this ability quiz The results came back to Kansas City, and Rosen explained what the standardized and graphed results meant. They H s the and painter Knight-Rkisey Tribune organization as a whole. It labeled me a “generalist” and an extrovert. It said I have a “people-influencing pattern.” Thus, jobs that need persuasive skills, seeing big or broad issues, thinking up different ways of doing things or giving advice would be afit for me, Rosen said. mee mato tehi eye a ri oa GRANITECu Lied a Reeser PNtimer Co) Pe oeCet Maytag Extra LargeSea Cea Pa0Oeteee cycle, on/off end-of-cycle signal, pre-washcycle, delicate wash cycle, hand washable Cian Bc) cnn) option. renscTy Maytag 19 ¢v. 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