Ability Explorer, Second Edition
The Ability Explorer, Second Edition is a paper-based, self-scoring assessment designed to help individuals evaluate their personal strengths for career development and vocational planning. Completed in under 30 minutes, this 120-statement test is written at an 8th-grade reading level. It asks users to rate their current or potential proficiency in various activities to map out their core skills. Rather than focusing strictly on traditional academic aptitudes, it ranks a person’s strengths across 14 distinct workplace abilities, including vital soft skills like leadership, interpersonal communication, and organizational talent.
About this Test
Purpose:
The Ability Explorer, Second Edition is designed to help people identify their strongest abilities for career and vocational planning. It’s ideal for individuals and career counselors.
The Ability Explorer ranks the strengths of the 14 abilities most important in today’s workplace.
In less than 30 minutes, individuals learn their strongest abilities, plus related courses, activities, and careers for developing and using these abilities. Individuals are asked to read each statement and then indicate how good they are or would be at doing an activity. Matches 14 work-related abilities with careers, courses, and activities for future planning Measures more abilities than traditional aptitude tests, including key soft skills
Written at an 8th-grade reading level, this 120-statement assessment raises self-awareness, provides practical insights and information, and creates a foundation for informed career and educational planning. Individuals are asked to read each statement and then indicate how good they are or would be at doing the activity. They then progress through steps that show the abilities they are best at and present career choices that match their abilities.
Ability Explorer, Second Edition measures these 14 abilities:
- Artistic
- Clerical
- Interpersonal
- Language
- Leadership
- Manual
- Musical/Dramatic
- Numerical/Mathematical
- Organizational
- Scientific
- Persuasive
- Spatial
- Social
- Technical/Mechanical
Key Features and Benefits
- Measures more abilities than traditional aptitude tests, including key soft skills. It covers the following abilities: artistic, clerical, interpersonal, language, leadership/persuasive, manual/technical, musical/dramatic, numerical/mathematical, organizational, scientific, social, and spatial.
- Self-scoring and self-interpreting, the AE is an ideal career exploration tool that can be used in any educational or workforce-related setting.
- The AE aligns with National Career Development Guidelines and National Standards for School Counseling Programs.
- Focuses on career planning with an “Abilities-to-Careers Finder” that matches users’ results to occupations with a bright outlook, including a special emphasis on STEM careers.
- Includes free User and Instructor Resources.
This assessment can be used with groups or individuals. It directly links to career guidance and counseling literature and to resources from the U.S. Department of Labor, particularly the Occupational Outlook Handbook. It has excellent reliability and validity, was normed on over 8,000 people, and has been tested and used in many states and settings.
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