Self-Directed Search – Revised (Australian Edition)

Form R

Author(s): Meredith Shears

Publisher: ACER Press 2000

Purpose: To explore career options by matching interests and abilities to occupations

Candidates: 14+ years of age

Administration: 30-45 minutes - Individual and group

Scoring: By hand or computer

Features:

• Australian adaptation based on Australian data
• Internationally used assessment tool
• Based on Holland's theory of career development
• Self-administered and self-interpreted vocational counselling tool
• Over 1000 Australian occupations listed in the Occupations Finder

Content:

The SDS is a self-administered, self-scored, and self-interpreted career counselling tool which yields six scores based on Holland's theory of careers. It is used extensively to explore career options.

The Australian edition has undergone a major revision to incorporate changes that have occurred in the workplace over the last twenty years:

• New items reflecting changes in technology and the world of work
• Occupations in the Occupations Finder have been revised and linked to the revised Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO II)
• Instructions have been modifi ed for easier completion
• Expanded Australian Manual includes more interpretive information

Specimen Set includes a Manual and one of each Assessment Booklet, Occupations Finder, Alphabetical Occupations Finder and You and Your Career