Community Services

Career Counseling
Other Specialized Testing Services

Career Counseling
The Career & Academic Counseling Center offers career services to UVSC students as well as to individuals and agencies from the community. These services include:

• Career testing
• Career counseling
• Career exploration
• Use of the career library
• Use of the computer program, CHOICES

The full process involves:

• An intake interview where background information is gathered.
• Administration of appropriate tests
• A personal, career counseling session, where test results are interpreted and reviewed
• A brainstorming session on this person's specific circumstances, needs, and preferences

This usually takes between 2 and 3 hours. Individuals are welcome to call 863-8386 to set up an appointment for these services. Click here for our office hours. We have 11 counselors, at a Masters degree level who are available to assist at times that are convenient for the individual. For more information about our office staff click here. There is a charge for the testing services, as listed below.

The most commonly used tests to help in career counseling are:

• STRONG INTEREST INVENTORY - This is a very popular interest test that shows where an individual's interests lie in the six General Occupational Theme areas (Social, Enterprising, Realistic, Conventional, Investigative, and Artistic.)  It compares an individual's interests to individuals who are employed in different occupations (on a scale of dissimilar to similar).  It also gives Personal Style Scales in regards to work style, leadership style, approach to risk taking and learning enviromnent preference.  Cost:  $10.00 for UVSC students, $15.00 for non-students.  The test takes approximately 1 hour.
• MYERS BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR (MBTI) - This is another very popular test that measures personality type and how it relates to careers.  It will list 50 most popular occupations and also 25 least popular occupations for that specific personality type.  It will also give a description of strengths and weaknesses as they relate to occupations and interpersonal relationships.  Cost:  $10.00 for UVSC students, $15.00 for non-students.  The test takes approximately 1 hour.

Other career assessment instruments are available such as values, alternative interest and personality inventories, etc. Please check with office staff on additional tests available.

Other Specialized Testing Services
Other specialized tests are also available for the community, but are usually referred from agencies like Vocational Rehabilitation, Department of Workforce Services, private schools, and local high schools.
These tests include:

• McCarron Dial, which is a battery of neurometric and behavioral assessments which measure and identify relative strengths and weaknesses in five areas of functioning: verbal-spatial-cognitive, sensory, motor, emotional, and integration-coping. It is used mainly for neurologically impaired or intellectually handicapped individuals.
• MMPI, which is a personality test.
• WAIS-III or WISC-III, which are IQ-tests.

Often, some of these tests require the interpretation of a licensed psychologist, and are therefore, not given out independently to the general public.