Development of an Automated Instrument to Assess Career Maturity: The Career Plans Check-Up

Because many military recruits are young, unskilled workers, there is a need for assessment of career maturity as part of the recruiting process. An existing pencil-and-paper measure, the Career Maturity Assessment (CMA), was validated on Navy recruits, using another existing measure, My Vocational...

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Main Authors: Baker,Herbert G, Berry,Virginia M, Kazan,Jennifer B, Diamond,Esther E
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
ADJUSTMENT(PSYCHOLOGY)
AUTOMATION
CAREERS
DECISION MAKING
INSTRUMENTATION
JOBS
Maturity
MILITARY PERSONNEL
MILITARY TRAINING
NAVAL PERSONNEL
PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT
Personnel Management and Labor Relations
Psychology
RECRUITING
RECRUITS
SKILLS
UNSKILLED WORKERS
VALIDATION
VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE
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Summary:Because many military recruits are young, unskilled workers, there is a need for assessment of career maturity as part of the recruiting process. An existing pencil-and-paper measure, the Career Maturity Assessment (CMA), was validated on Navy recruits, using another existing measure, My Vocational Situation, as the criterion. A computerized version of the CMA was developed, called Career Plans Check-Up, which was validated on Navy recruits, with the CMA as the criterion. The measures were highly correlated. All three instruments measure the same construct, career maturity. Keywords: Armed services recruiting, Vocational guidance.