Adapting the career interest test QIP in career counseling for Junior high school students

DOI: 10.18173/2354-1075.2020-0095

Abstract

Career advising is an activity in which advisors rely on professional measures to offer guidance to students on the choice of a science-based integrated career, allowing students orient in their choice. Finding a suitable career is very essential for one to have the ability to contribute talent and intellect, to make professional advancement, and to stay steadfast in the future. In order to achieve these values, it is necessary for the consultant to have a system of resources, including equipment such as testing, self-evaluation charts, measuring devices for physical strength, visual and auditory system,… One of the most commonly used methods for career counseling today is the quiz templates. By way of illustration, Raven’s continuation frame test, V.P. Zakharov’s communication skills test, John Holland’s personality test, or Carl Jung’s research-based MBTI test, career interest test QIP… However, these inspections are mainly from abroad, with different contexts, occupational frameworks, cultural and economic conditions compared to Vietnam, it is therefore important to take a step towards adapting the toolkit before experimentation on Vietnamese students. This article mentions how to adapt the career interest test – QIP for Junior High school students, thereby offering advice on the use of the test to assist Vietnamese middle schools in career counseling