CAREER ASSESSMENT INFORMATION:
Rosemary I. Patterson, Ph.D. is a former District School Psychologist to the Surrey School District in the Greater Vancouver B.C. area. She was also an Educational Consultant to the Hope, B. C. School District. Rosemary is an out-of-state member of the Hawaii Psychological Association.
Rosemary is certified to administer the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), a Government of Canada test that measures sptitudes related to work situations and vocational settings. As well, a vocational interest pattern questionnaire (The Canadian Work Preference Inventory) is administered to locate individual interest patterns. The information from both the GATB and the CWPI is then entered into the Profile Professional Software protram that contains and indexes the National Occupation Classification. The result is the selection of realistic occupations that fit the client's aptitude and interest profile. This can enable clients to find the perfect occupation for their talents and interests. It can also help guide a client's selection of appropriate training and education.
The career assessment procedure allows answers to the questions:
What can I do? What occupation should I choose? Is my choice of occupation or training realistic?
Interest Patterns on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory can answer the following questions?
Why have the jobs I have been doing provided me with job satisfaction? Is there a reason for the huge amount of frustration that my job is causing me? Is there a job or career that would be a better match for my particular interest patterns?
