There are a massive number of career assessments on the market. This was true back in the early 90s when I was the Associate Director of a college career center. Back then (and still today), most career counselors and coaches used several different

assessments to help their clients. I did that too, but I was frustrated.

Let me paint the picture. A client comes to you at a crossroad. They need to identify a college major and/or determine a career path. You encourage the student to engage in a career assessment process so you:

• ·     Administer the Strong Interest Inventory, the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, a skill card sort, and a values assessment.
• ·     All have their own cost, foundational theory, time to complete and, in the old days, postage and time delays waiting for scoring and returned reports.

When all the data is collected you schedule time with a busy student and spend hours going over the uncorrelated data. You’ve taken a client who is, by definition, confused and deliver an overwhelming assessment process.

I began to hunt for a single assessment that addressed values, skills, interests, and personality. I was sure it was out there because it made so much sense to me. But I could not find it.

Fast forward to the early 2000s. By then I had quit my job at the university. Now I was serving adults making career transitions. I was still slugging through an array of tools, complaining about the lack of a single comprehensive assessment.

Then the opportunity arose. I secured a contract to administer career development services for 12,000 employees working for a local government agency. I was ecstatic. I shared my good fortune with a friend, and he said, “Now you can create that assessment you keep talking about.”

While the idea of inventing an assessment was intimidating, I had a design in mind that would integrate all the key elements of the career assessment process into a single platform. I spent three years in development and released a manual version of the Elevations career assessment in 2003. Just one year later, I released an online version that has serviced over 70,000 adults and students to date.

I share this with you today to let you in on my journey and to announce a big reveal that will occur on January 23, 2025. Over the next six weeks, I will share more about the tools and resources me and my team have created for you. Hang in there, more to come soon!