CAREER ASSESSMENT

Program Description: 

CT Works North Central Region in conjunction with Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) provides basic skills (i.e. reading & math) assessment and career interest inventories to Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and Dislocated Worker customers and career interest inventories to training- ready Jobs First Employment Services (JFES) cash recipients at the One-Stop Center in New Britain. Customers are referred for services by Employment Specialists and scheduled for Mondays and Wednesdays sessions. Customers complete their assessments in small (i.e. 10 or less) sessions or an individual basis, as needed. Typically, a customer will complete the appropriate assessment(s) in a single assessment session, receiving feedback on his/her reading and math scores and additional career exploration resources within the session. Referrals to Adult Education Programs are made at this time for customers who need to complete their high school diplomas or who need to augment their skills.

Primary assessment includes

1. Basic Skills/Literacy:
• CASAS, Employment Competency System (ECS) Appraisal, Form 130

2. Career Interest Inventories
• Self-Directed Search (SDS)
• Career Decision-Making System (CDM)

Other assessments may include:

• CASAS, ESL Appraisal, Form 20
• Reading Free Vocational Inventory (for any customer who either due to disability or other circumstances needs a career inventory in pictorial/visual format)