Vocational-Preference-Inventory
Vocational Preference Inventory™ (VPI™)
John L. Holland, PhD
Your client can complete this psychological career inventory in just 15 to 30 minutes.
Purpose:
Assess career interests
Age Range:
Adolescent
Adult
Admin:
Individual or group
Time:
15-30 minutes
Qualification:
B
Sample Reports:
N/A
Related Products:
You and Your Career
My Vocational Situation
Making Vocational Choices, 3rd Edition
Assess career interests with this brief personality inventory. Clinicians and career counselors find the VPI to be useful in one-on-one counseling sessions with high-school and college students, as well as with adults.
Although the VPI is similar to the Self-Directed Search® (SDS®), it is a psychological inventory, whereas the SDS is similar to a vocational counseling experience. The clinician scores the VPI, and the user scores the SDS. The VPI assesses five dimensions not covered by the SDS, but offers less comprehensive career assessment than the SDS.
Description
The VPI consists of 160 occupations representing the six personality types in the RIASEC theory of personality as well as five additional dimensions. The theory states that people search for work environments similar to their personalities. VPI users decide if they like or dislike each of the occupations.
The VPI parallels other Holland instruments that match user interests to occupations. The Manual provides the most current research.
Administration/Scoring Options
The VPI user completes the inventory in just 15-30 minutes by simply recording occupational preferences in the all-in-one Test Booklet/Answer Sheet. For easy administration and scoring of the VPI, this booklet contains inventory items, a self-scoring carbonless Answer Sheet, and the male and female Profile Forms. In about 1 minute you can hand score all 11 VPI scales: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional, Self-Control, Status, Masculinity/Femininity, Infrequency, and Acquiescence.
You can use raw scores from the 6 RIASEC scales with the SDS Form R Occupations Finder, The Leisure Activities Finder, and the Dictionary of Holland Occupational Codes, to help clients explore career options and aid in career guidance.
Reliability/Validity
Reliability and validity of the VPI are supported by a large body of research. Comprehensive data support the construct validity of the VPI scales, which have an average internal consistency of .88. The VPI has been normed on a variety of populations.