“Career and educational
resources designed to help people discover how God
has uniquely gifted them for work and life”
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Career Direct® is a complete guidance system
to assist those making career or educational decisions
at various stages in life. Adults/Occupational—for
those seeking career direction or confirmation that
they are in the right career, feeling that a career
change may be needed, or are entering or reentering
the work force. Students/Educational—for
high school juniors/seniors who are making postsecondary
educational decisions and college freshmen/sophomores
deciding on a major
course of study. Both options are included in the
repackaged format introduced in 2003.The assessment
instrument profiles personality, interests, skills,
and work priorities and instantly generates over
30 pages of individualized reports. Also included
electronically on the CD-ROM are a career matching
feature, an “Action Plan, a “Job Sampler,”
and the electronic book, Guide to College Majors.
The package also includes the softcover resource
book, The PathFinder, and a series of audio messages
to aid in occupational and educational decision
making. (Available in paper, CD-ROM, and soon-to-be-released
online formats!)
The Career Direct CD-ROM guidance system
listed above is also available in an Institutional
version at a significantly reduced cost per person.
It is specifically tailored for Christian high schools
and colleges, home schools, churches, career counseling
practices, adult career counselors and coaches,
ministries, and similar organizations with 30 or
more users. It includes the complete guidance system
package with 365 consecutive days of unlimited assessments
on a single computer installation. Multi-computer
installation packages are also available for computer
labs and similar uses. For more information, please
call 1-800-822-1943.
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The Career Direct—Youth Exploration Survey
is for teens 13 to 16 years old. It helps young
people identify their unique,  God-given
design and understand how their talents fit into
career fields. Included is an exciting and engaging
guidebook with self-scoring assessments that measure
personality style, interests, abilities, and priorities.
YES! teaches students a biblically based process
for making decisions about their current activities
and relationships, as well as future careers. The
entire program integrates biblical principles of
work and stewardship of talents in an innovative
format that engages and informs the student. The
YES! packet includes a Passport
that guides them through their results and encourages
them to set goals for the future. Also included
is a Parents’ Guide to involve them in the
process. A YES! Leaders’ Guide is
also available. (Available in paper format only.)
is a reference book for those contemplating higher
education. It offers principles for making sound
career decisions and evaluating schools, how to
choose a college major, tips on the college admissions
process, how to stay on schedule in applying for
college, and how to find a job while you’re
in school. It also cross-references academic majors
to more than 700 related occupations. (Ellis/McNeilly,
195 pages, softcover)
is an excellent
resource book for anyone making career decisions.
It provides a biblical perspective on work and focuses
on practical steps for evaluating occupational areas,
searching for a job, writing a résumé,
and interviewing for a job. A special questionnaire
will help you accurately assess your current situation
before you select a future career field. (Ellis,
124 pages, softcover)
workbook is a low-cost option for career assessment.
This companion workbook to Your Career in Changing
Times includes the Personality I.D.,
as well as surveys for examining skills and work
priorities. It is totally self-scoring and enables
a person to work through the self-assessment process
to gain a clear understanding of talents and job
search strategy. This workbook is suitable for individual
or group use. Available in paper only. A soon-to-be-released
Leaders’ Guide will be an excellent
resource for conducting small group studies or large
seminars.
(Ellis/Burkett, 122 pages, softcover)
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