Some assessment tools

While there are many assessment tools freely available online, some of them are of dubious quality. Hosted by Yissim, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's technology transfer company, the Making Better Career Decisions (MBCD) is a not for profit site containing some sound assessment tools, here (Yissim, 2024b). 

As well as the Career Decision-making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ) here *(Yissim, 2024a), this site includes a further eight free tools designed to assist individuals through the career decision process by clarifying difficulties (SCCI), providing career decision-making frameworks (CDMP), and a three-stage decision-making process (PIC). There is also some information about the MBCD planning system. 

The link for the CDDQ was originally at the National Career Development Association's website https://www.ncda.org/aws/NCDA/pt/fli/61764/false, but this has now been permanently moved to Yissim's site at https://kivunim.huji.ac.il/eng-quest/cddq_nse/cddq_nse_main.html (Yissim, 2024a). If we have the old link, it should continue to auto-route us onto the Yissim site.

Lastly, if we are seeking some homegrown Kiwi tools, we should head over to https://www.careers.govt.nz/tools/ for career checker, CareerQuest, Skill Matcher, Study Matcher, CV Builder and some planning tools (Careers New Zealand, 2024). 

All useful stuff!

Sam

References:

Careers New Zealand. (2024). Tools: Use our tools to get career ideas, explore study options and make your CV. https://www.careers.govt.nz/tools/

Yissim. (2024a). Career Decision-making Difficulties Questionnaire. https://kivunim.huji.ac.il/mobile/cddq/cddq_nse_2024/cddq_nse_main.html

Yissim. (2024b). Home. https://kivunim.huji.ac.il/cddq/