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Aptitudes, Abilities and Skills: Start with Highlands
Understand the difference between aptitudes, abilities and skills, and why the Highlands Ability Battery is the starting point for a fuller career profile.Continue reading→
Interpersonal Needs Assessments: Work Relationships
Understand interpersonal needs assessments and how FIRO, personality and behavioral information contribute different perspectives on work relationships.Continue reading→
Work Values Assessments: What Matters to You
Explore how work values assessments clarify priorities and how consultation connects those priorities with practical career decisions.Continue reading→
Natural Ability Assessments: What They Reveal
Learn what natural ability assessments reveal, how abilities differ from learned skills, and how consultation connects findings with career direction.Continue reading→
A New Len: Why Harris Lost and Trump Won
by Marjorie Wall Hofer, TheCareerProfiler November 14, 2024 The blame game among Democrats is raging but none of the arguments speaks to a fundamental innate human ability as a factor. In the world of aptitudes and natural abilities, the focus is almost always directed at career or employment purposes. But it offers insights into the...Continue reading→
Highlands Ability Battery vs. Johnson O’Connor
Compare online Highlands testing with Johnson O’Connor’s testing-center approach, including delivery, reports, interpretation and the questions to ask before choosing.Continue reading→
A Career Profile Isn’t Enough… Get a Consultation!
Your career profile identifies work that fits you. Consultation connects those findings with your external needs, circumstances and the next step toward your goal.Continue reading→
Career Test Consultations: What to Expect
See how Marjorie Wall Hofer connects assessment results with your goals, compare debrief formats, and understand included sessions versus the free introductory consultation.Continue reading→
Memory Tip 10: Solitary Learners
If you read our last blog post and thought, “Ugh! That is NOT me!” Don’t worry! This week’s blog post IS for you! Solitary learners feel like they don’t even need a classroom or meeting. These people read and study on their own and that’s how they best remember information. Of course, it takes a lot of research, study,...Continue reading→
Memory Tip 9: Social Learners
We are all social animals. But that does not mean that’s the best way for us to learn or remember information. In order to improve your memory and learn at your peak, you should know if you are a social or solitary learner. Social learners live for study group, group projects, and task force teams...Continue reading→
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