Interest Determination, Exploration and Assessment System (IDEAS)

The IDEAS™ assessment is designed to be used in conjunction with career exploration and guidance units. The IDEAS inventory helps to develop an awareness of possible career choices. The IDEAS test offers 16 Basic Scales based upon the widely-accepted RIASEC themes.

How to Use This Inventory

Materials are self-contained for administration, scoring, and interpretation. Career counsellors can use the IDEAS inventory with to help job seekers:

• Familiarise themselves with careers and the world of work
• Explore career paths that match their interests and aptitudes
• Explore higher education alternatives
• Develop an awareness of likes and dislikes that can have a bearing on career development and direction 
• Indentify interests for individuals with limited work experience 

Key Features

• Career seekers use the IDEAS workbook to develop their own profiles and action plans
• Individual results usually can be understood with minimal interpretation by a counselor

Report Options

IDEAS Test Booklet includes instructions for self-scoring.
Individuals score their own responses and record results on a profile grid. Combined gender norms are provided for use in comparing their scores with those of other individuals of their own age. Descriptive paragraphs and references to the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) and the Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) are also included in the test booklet. The IDEAS manual provides additional information about how to interpret an individual’s score based on the six RIASEC themes.

Q Local Software

Q Local is a flexible, powerful scoring and reporting software tool that allows the clinician to administer and score the IDEAS as well as more than 30 other Pearson assessments. More about Q Local.

NOTE: This software is not Mac OS compatible.