Pub. date: 2008 | Online Pub. Date: June 25, 2008 | DOI:
10.4135/9781412963978 | Print ISBN: 9781412909280 | Online ISBN:
9781412963978| Publisher:SAGE Publications, Inc.About this
encyclopedia Fred H. Borgen The assessment of different
measures, such as an individual's interests or personality, can
influence career development and counseling, giving both the
individual and the career counselor useful information for
decision making. This entry discusses three central points
regarding career assessment: (1) career assessment has a long
and distinguished history forged by some of the leading test
developers in psychology; (2) the reliability, validity, and
usefulness of career assessment measures are unsurpassed in
psychology; and (3) comprehensive and multivariate assessment
with a variety of high-quality and specific measures will best
reflect the individuality that underlies career development.
Modern psychological assessment began just over 100 years ago
when Alfred Binet created the first intelligence tes