SkillGapfinder helps students and professionals plan more fulfilling lives by making well-informed decisions about their education and careers. Whether you’re planning ahead for your first career, or thinking about making a career change, SkillGapfinder can help you explore options and bring clarity and insight into figuring out what’s right for you. Our research and data is the most comprehensive you’ll find anywhere on the subject. And, with dozens of easy-to-use tools, we’ve made getting to that information convenient, simple and fun. SkillGapfinder is an online career guidance tool designed by qualified professionals, after assessing the intelligence, interest and personality of an individual to identify the careers in which the individual will succeed. It helps students to know about matching occupations based on their level of intelligence, interests, personality and to prepare for appropriate careers. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities along with work characteristics and interest are better identified and assessed through scientifically designed online tools. SkillGapfinder, helps individual to identify their skills gaps compared to the surveyed data across millions of people to the matching and/or desired occupations. This is where scientifically validated career assessment and psychometric tests help in evaluating oneself in a short span of time. It also ensures privacy, as the assessment are fully secure and also can be taken at home online.

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2. Program Review
The SkillGapfinder Career Exploration Program provides
high quality, career exploration and planning materials at
no cost to schools across the country. The Program
encourages students to explore a wide variety of careers,
rather than limiting their exploration by telling them what they
can or should do.
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3. Keeping Options Open
Planning and decision making will benefit students
throughout their lives.
Career Development is an Ongoing Process
Students’ career plans are in formative stage
Career plans develop and change over time
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4. Importance of Career Exploration
Students make decisions about college or careers before
they have spent time thinking about the following key areas:
The SkillGapfinder Program gives students the opportunity
to explore a variety of careers using knowledge they have
gained about their interests and skills through assessment
components and structured activities.
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5. Student Benefits
The SkillGapfinder Program encourages students to:
• Explore
– Learn about themselves and the world of work
• Plan
– Find out what they need to do to
“It’s a great break-down of their types,
meet career goals and it links seamlessly to appropriate careers.
It also interests students in careers they may
• Do not have otherwise considered.”
– Take steps toward getting -- High School Counselor
skills and qualifications
for various occupations
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6. School and Counseling Benefits
The SkillGapfinder Program gives schools and counselors:
• Comprehensive Career Program
– Designed for all students, regardless of future career or educational
plans
– Aligned with current career development theory and practice
• Ready-to-Use Activities
– Created to guide students through career and coursework planning
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7. Educational Benefits
• Generates standardized/aggregate test data
• Meets many requirements for career exploration
• Supplies resources and tools that support state
or school district career portfolio requirements
• Provides a comprehensive career planning
product that doesn’t add to school’s workload
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8. What are the Main
Components?
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9. The Main Components
• Multiple-Aptitude test – SkillGapfinder MAP
• Interest Inventory – My Interests Profile (MIP)
• Career Exploration Tool – OCCU-Match
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10. Multiple-Aptitude Test
SkillGapfinder MAP Test
• Assessment of student’s ability to learn new skills
• Predictor of success in training and education programs
General Science Arithmetic Reasoning
Knowledge of life science, earth and space Ability to solve basic arithmetic word problems
science, and physical science
Word Knowledge Paragraph Comprehension
Ability to understand the meaning of words Ability to obtain information from written
through synonyms material
Mathematics Knowledge
Knowledge of mathematical concepts and
applications
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11. Interest Inventory
My Interests Profile (MIP)
• 60-item interest inventory
• Work-related interests
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12. Career Exploration Tool
OCCU-Match
• 900+ occupations
• Skill Importance Ratings
• Occupational descriptions
• Career Category linkages
• Descriptions for the 23
career categories
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13. The Career
Workshop
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14. Career Workshop Overview
Who Runs the Sessions? How Long do They Last?
• Education Services • 45-90 minutes
Specialists • Customized to fit your
• High school counselors schedule
What do Students Receive?
• SkillGapfinder MAP test
results
• MIP
• Web Access Code for Online
search tool
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15. Interpreting Test Scores
SkillGapfinder MAP Test Summary Results Sheet
Percentile Scores 11th Grade Female Standard Score Bands
11th Grade
SkillGapfinder Result 11th Grade 11th Grade 11th Grade Standard
Females Males Students Score
Career Exploration Scores 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Technical Skills 44 45 45 X 46
SkillGapfinder Tests
General Science 56 43 49 X 49
Arithmetic Reasoning 36 34 35 X 44
Word Knowledge 75 74 75 X 57
Paragraph Comprehension 44 56 50 X 51
Mathematics Knowledge 49 56 53 X 48
20 30 40 50 60 70 80
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16. Interpreting Test Scores
• Score sheets show students’ areas of strength
and areas of potential growth
• Scores motivate students to go forward
• Schools receive roster of scores and electronic
aggregate data available upon request
• Career resources provide tutorials that show the
relationship between test scores and occupations
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17. MIP and OCCU-Match
• Reveals work-related interests types that link to
career development and enjoyment of life
• Exposes students to career exploration
opportunities and develop a career focus
• Helps students understand difference between
careers and work
• Validates relationship between strengths and
interests
• Broadens student exploration of careers vs
narrowing focus
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18. Job Category
Job Category are to connect what a student
learns in school with future employment or
career.
• Occupations in OCCU-
Match link to Job Category
• Descriptions for Job
Category and Occupations
• Search by Job Category or
occupation
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19. Career Planning Materials
Classroom Activities
• Coursework planning
based on career
interests and goals
• My Educational and
Career Plans summary
• My SkillGapfinder MAP
Test Portfolio
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20. Is the Program
Right for Your
School?
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21. How does the SkillGapfinder CEP add value?
• Important component in
career counseling
• Objective ability
assessment with links The SkillGapfinder MAT test “is
to career planning distinguished by superior
norms, a thorough
• Appropriate career planning investigation of test fairness,
and unsurpassed criterion-
tool regardless of post- related validity data.”
secondary intentions -- M K Gupta
Ability Assessment in Career Counseling
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22. Administering the SkillGapfinder Test
What Role Does the School Play?
• Determines test date
• Sets aside a quiet, well-lit room for three hours
What Role Does the SkillGapfinder Program Play?
• Administers and proctors the test
• Arranges follow-up interpretation session
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23. Let’s Review
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24. How the Program Benefits You
• The SkillGapfinder Career Exploration Program is a
comprehensive program for high school students.
• Students explore occupations in line with interests and
skills, and develop strategies to realize career goals.
• The Program is easily integrated into the high school
curriculum.
• The Program presents a full-spectrum of career
opportunities to students.
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