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The Challenge and Promise of Cognitive Career Assessment

Linda S. Gottfredson

University of Delaware

Abilities are as important as interests in career choice and development. Reviving cognitive assessment in career counseling promises to help counselees better understand their career options and how to enhance their competitiveness for the ones they prefer. Nearly a century of research on human cognitive abilities and jobs' aptitude demands in the U.S. economy reveals that the two domains are structured in essentially the same way. The author describes that common structure and how it can be used in assessing person-job match in terms of general ability level and ability profile. She also suggests ways of resolving various technical and professional questions, such as which cognitive abilities to assess, how to assess them, what the most useful aptitude-based occupational classification would be, and how to use cognitive assessments in a broader "reality-based exploration" process intended to expand people's career opportunities.

Key Words: Career assessment • cognitive abilities • career choice • aptitude requirements • occupational classification

Journal of Career Assessment, Vol. 11, No. 2, 115-135 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/1069072703011002001
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