Picture Interest Career Survey, Second Edition

Now there is an easy way for people with limited reading ability or special needs to explore their career interests and find a job that fits. The Picture Interest Career Survey (PICS) is a quick way for people to identify occupational interests by using pictures of people at work rather than text-based items.

Test takers are presented with 36 sets of three pictures and choose which of the three portrayed occupations seems most interesting. Based on the pictures selected, PICS creates a profile of the individual that leads directly to career information and potential job matches. The assessment takes less than 15 minutes to complete and score and is suited to both genders and people from all backgrounds. It can be self-administered and self-scored, given individually or in groups, and is ideally suited to today's changing workforce. PICS has solid reliability and validity and has been tested on a wide variety of populations.

Being picture-based and easy to use makes PICS the perfect choice for individuals who might struggle with more traditional, text-based assessments, including:

• Individuals with limited familiarity with English.
• Individuals who are developmentally delayed or have a learning disability.
• Individuals with limited access to education.
• Individuals who are chronically unemployed.

PICS uses two of the most widely accepted occupational coding systems—RIASEC and people, data, things, and ideas. Test takers can easily deepen their career research by matching their test results with references that are based on these same systems, such as the O*NET and 50 Best Jobs for Your Personality.

This edition includes streamlined instructions, an updated design, some modified pictures for greater clarity, and expanded validity information.

Robert Brady, Ed.D., is a consulting psychologist in private practice and professor emeritus of Counselor Education in the Graduate College of Siena Heights University, Adrian, Michigan, where he has taught and mentored students for more than 35 years.

As a clinician he has experience in relationships, career life, and health issues with individuals and families in independent practice, hospital, family clinic, school, and agency settings.

As an educator he has held faculty appointments at the University of Cincinnati, The University of Toledo, and Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine. He has been active in training counselors, teachers, nurses, and physicians.

Brady's specialties include vocational testing, neuropsychological evaluation, rehabilitation consultation, developmental disabilities, and individual and group psychotherapy. He earned his doctorate in Counseling and Educational Psychology from the University of Cincinnati in 1971.

For interview requests or questions about Brady, contact Selena Dehne at sdehne@jist.com or (651) 215-7548.