Vocational Interest Career Examination: Use and Application in Counseling and Job Placement.

This report describes scales and supporting empirical documentation associated with the Vocational Interest-Career Examination VOICE. The instrument provides a reliable quantitative basis for describing the vocational interests of people who may have little or no experience on the job and for relating this information to the appropriate choice of an occupational area. Basic interest and occupational scales are defined in terms of their relevant psychometric properties and potential applications in vocational counseling and job placement. Studies bearing on the reliability and validity of the scales for purposes of estimating future job satisfaction are summarized to provide users of the instrument with appropriate source material. Author