Career Assessment

Our program helps you to increase self-awareness as well as your understanding of the job market. You will learn the skills and background required to pursue a career in the areas that align with your specific career matches. The results also help you positively present your strengths during the interview process.

Most people are familiar with career assessments that gather information about your personality or interests. While Priority Candidates recognizes the value of these tools, we use the Pathway Planner and Profile XT Select, which are only available to professionals like Sarah, who are authorized to use them. These assessments provide a better foundation for our in-depth process and have the following benefits:

• Our comprehensive assessments evaluate multiple aspects of the individual,including thinking styles, behavioral traits, and occupational interests. This is the only way to accurately match an individual with a job that is a good fit.
• We work with concrete data to uncover meaningful insights into your behavioral strengths and areas for improvement.
• Different from more subjective career assessments, the Priority Candidates assessment process matches you with specific jobs and careers that are a high-percentage fit. At the end of our assessment process, you will have clarity, focus, confidence, and direction.

There are numerous free assessments available online, but their accuracy, precision and ultimate effectiveness can be undermined by the following issues:

• These are self-reporting assessments that rely on the individual’s understanding of the questions and ability to select answers that accurately reflect their own abilities, preferences and interests.
• Most assessments were not developed with rigorous scientific methods, raising questions about the validity and reliability of their results.
• Overly simplistic assessments cannot predict future behaviors or job performance. After completing a “free” assessment you are on your own to make sense of the results and plan your next steps, which frequently leads to frustration and a lack of direction. With our assessment expertise, we will help you narrow your options to your best-fit careers, and our Career Coaches are ready to help you plan and execute your job search.

Yes! The Priority Candidates Career Assessment Program combines your data with your personal preferences and interests. The Assessment Specialist spends time interpreting what your results mean for you and listening to your input.

Our Career Assessment program is an individualized, coach-guided exploration of the 800+ careers you have to choose from. Whether you are a college student, recent graduate, or a young professional considering a career pivot, our assessment process maximizes the chances that you will find the right career match so you can excel and bring passion to your work. The strong relationship between job fit and engagement is critical to identifying options that are at least a 75% job match with your assessment profile. Our clients have greatly benefited from this process because it has led them to choose careers that they succeed in and enjoy.