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Assessing aptitude using the Morrisby Profile  
This instrument assesses six abilities, along with issues of temperament, and attributes like flexibility and confidence.  It helps to identify the most appropriate career areas.  There is a Guidance Report, based on the Morrisby Profile and the information from the Morrisby Vocational Questionnaire (completed before the test session).
•...abilities measured:  reasoning, verbal, numerical, perceptual, spatial mechanical
•...the whole process takes just over three hours with a break in the middle
•...when you have received your Guidance Report, you will be invited to come back for a .....discussion
Assessing general personality using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

This instrument identifies sixteen personality types which are assumed to have equal value. Its benefit is in providing a useful shortcut to helping you understand yourself and others better, by getting to know your fundamental preferences.  Your type preferences can help you to identify:
•...how your natural preferences may be a strength to you as a leader
•...where they may also get in the way
•...where you may need to develop skill or awareness in the opposite preferences
Assessing personality characteristics in the world of work using the
Hatfield-Jefferies HJ17 Personality Measure

This instrument has a clear focus towards commercial activity. It measures along scales such as: Supportive/Dominant; Sharing/Cooperative; Hard-nosed/considerate. It is very effective in assessing leadership qualities in management situations and is used in selection, team-building, personal and management development, and counselling.
Copyright Judith Elkan 20040
Judith Elkan has extensive experience in giving careers guidance to clients of all ages.

Combining psychometric testing with counselling skills, she specialises in helping people at times of critical decisions about education and careers.

She holds British Psychological Society Level A and Level B Certificates in Psychometric Testing.
 
In her guidance sessions, she is concerned to help the client to discover their own personal needs and aptitudes as a necessary background to career choices.