Take a Career Aptitude Test

Have you wondered if it would be helpful to take a career aptitude test? An aptitude test can be used to assess your capacity to learn a variety of different skills. It can help you to understand the types of skills that you will likely learn easily and those that will be more challenging for you to learn.

A career test aptitude assessment does not:

• Assess whether you would enjoy using certain skills on the job. Career aptitude tests are often confused with interest tests. An aptitude test predicts how easily you will learn a skill. Interest tests help to predict whether you would enjoy certain types of jobs.

• Rely on skills that you have learned in the past. Although skills and aptitudes are related, your skills are things you have learned to do in the past. Your aptitudes are things that you have the ability to learn. So, even if you have not studied math at an advanced level, an aptitude test could still predict that you have the ability to learn math without undue difficulty.

Depending on the test that is used, aptitude tests can be used to assess everything from spatial perception to verbal ability to finger and manual dexterity. Most commonly, aptitude tests are used to assess general learning ability (your overall ability to learn and understand), verbal ability (language) and numerical ability (math).

Like interest tests, good aptitude assessments are developed using extensive objective scientific testing and research. Also, like taking interest assessments, if you decide to take a career aptitude test, ideally the process will include a follow-up with an experienced professional who can interpret the results of the test, explain the results to you, answer your questions and help you to understand what the results mean in terms of your career choices.

A valid career assessment can provide useful information if you are considering training for a new career. The test will help to show areas of strength and forewarn you of areas where learning new skills may be more challenging. If, in the past, you had difficulties in school, you might not feel confident about your ability to learn; aptitude tests can help you discover strengths that are valued in the job market, but are not used as often in typical school settings.

If you do decide to take a career assessment test, it can help you to build a career around your strengths. You will understand yourself better, and be able to work with, promote and feel confident about your strengths.

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