Career Assessment Essay

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MAPP Career Assessment Natasha Kelley Just One Mentoring Program 12.9 Professor Emma Palmer July 8, 2009 MAPP Career Outline I. Abstract II. Interest in job content III. Temperament for the job IV. Aptitude for the job V. People VI. Things VII. Data VIII. Reasoning IX. Mathematical and language capacity X. Five career choices a. Paralegal and legal assistant i. Job description ii. Salary b. Lawyer i. Job description ii. Salary c. Judicial law clerk i. Job description ii. Salary d. Arbitrator i. Job description ii. Salary e. Judge i. Job description ii. Salary f. Chart i. MAPP assessment ii. Occupational analysis XI. Resume and Cover Letter XII. Overview XIII. Bibliography Abstract: In class we took the MAPP Career Assessment test, a personality test, and an occupational analysis. I found taking the three tests were very useful in helping me see that the career field that I have chosen, paralegal, just maybe a good fit for me. The occupational assessment showed me that there are a variety of different jobs that I could go into with just one degree which include arbitrator, mediator, law clerk, legal assistant, and lawyer. The personality showed me that there a lot of things that I have to work on with my personality and the way I deal with people. Although the MAPP test didn’t quite take me in the direction that I was hoping as far as my career path goes, but it did reveal some helpful information in a variety of categories including; interest in job content, temperament for the job, aptitude for the job, how I relate to people, how I relate to things, how I relate to data, my reasoning skills, mathematical capacity, language capacity, and my top career areas. Interest in Job Content: The test pointed out that I am interested in

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