Skill Set Ass

Skill-Set Assessment

This service is offered to able-bodied persons interested in developing
greater skill and increase knowledge relative to their existing occupation.
Others who utilize this service include individuals interested in changing
career direction or students interested in vocational exploration with a goal
of locating and selecting a career goal.

This process entails completion of an exhaustive interview and series of
comprehensive assessments--aptitude, achievement, personality, interest,
leisure & recreation, life values, etc.

"Fail to focus and you will very likely fail."

This process culminates with the development of a detailed professional
vocational assessment report summarizing evaluation results and outlining
occupational recommendations for career possibilities.

The occupational assessment report includes the following information:

1. Identification of existing vocational skill-set

2. Identification of skill-set deficiencies related to career goal

3. List of existing transferable work skills and related occupations

4. Identification of matching job titles relative to skill-set / evaluation results

5. Educational training requirements

6. Licensing requirements and criteria

7. Professional certifications--though not required, will enhance
employability

8. Detailed local wage information

9. Detailed local growth trend information

10. List of area employers who employ specific occupations

Re-employment and Outplacement Services

Re-employment services apply to persons who have been out of the job
maket for a significant period of time, regardless of the reason. Significant
period of time is varies for different occupations. 18 months is a significant
period of time for some computer-related occupations, while four years
does not constitute

a significant barrier in terms of returning to teaching school.

"Not all of us from Nashville can sing, at least not well enough to earn a living."

Some individuals take extended time off for a variety of reasons, not the
least of which, is medical care, physical or mental/emotional in-nature.
Other reasons a person might be displaced from the job market include,
relocation of spouse, divorce, to home school a child, to provide care-
giver services to a family member such as an elder parent, or sick child, or
just to be a stay-home parent. Other scenarios involve persons returning to
direct employment versus a former self-employment setting.

Regardless of the reason, any person having been absent from the labor
market for a significant period of time, will VERY likely benefit -- if not
require -- vocational counseling relative to skill-set maintenance and
development. All vocational counseling recommendations will be made in
accordance with the Occupational Information Network - O*NET as
identified by the United States, Department of Labor as the national
standard of practice for any given occupational group or individual activity.