Tests Available
JIST Assessments:
| Barriers to Employment Success Inventory (BESI) A self-assessment tool that helps an individual to identify barriers and challenges to obtaining and succeeding on a job. The BESI takes 10 to 20 minutes to complete and is comprised of 50 items rated on four-point scales. It is written at the eighth-grade level and is suitable for both high school and adult populations. Learn more |
 | Career Exploration Inventory (CEI) |
 | College Survival and Success Scale (CSSS) An assessment designed to help identify the skills and attitudes necessary to be an excellent college student. The CSSS targets the positive academic habits as well as good personal, interpersonal, social, and resource-management skills that are required for success in college. It is comprised of 60 rating scale items and can be completed in less than 15 minutes. Learn more. |
 | Job Search Attitude Inventory (JSAI) A tool which provides a quick assessment of how motivated an individual is likely to be in seeking employment. Now in its third edition, the JSAI can be completed in less than 20 minutes and is comprised of 32 items rated on a four-point scale. It is written at the seventh-grade level and is suitable for both high school and adult populations. Learn more. |
 | Job Search Knowledge Scale (JSKS) A self-assessment tool that determines how much an individual knows abut looking for work. The JSKS takes 20 to 30 minutes to complete and is comprised of 60 true/false statements organized into five major areas of job search. It is written at the eighth grade level and is suitable for both high school and adult populations. Learn more. |
 | Transition-to-Work Inventory (TWI) A self-assessment career-exploration tool that links an individual's nonwork activities to work and employment opportunities. Using 5 point scales, test takers rate their degree of interest in 84 nonwork activity statements. The TWI is written at a seventh grade level, and most test-takers can complete it in about 20 minutes. Learn more |
Assessment by other publisher:
Career Orientation Inventory (COI)
by Pfaff and Associates
A tool based upon John Holland’s well-known RIASEC model of occupational themes. Test takers are asked to rate themselves on a series of 20 clusters of three words by identifying those which are most and least descriptive of themselves. The COI first identifies an individual's work preferences and then generates a listing of the jobs and occupations that are most consistent with them.
