CAREER_COUNSELLING_EN

Synthetic presentation of the main card sorting ver

sions

Technique

name

Author,

year

Description

Contents of cards

Testing forms

Procedure

Dewey’s Non-Sexist Vocational Card Sorting

• NSVCS

Dewey, 1974

• 
  

77 occupational cards, grouped unevenly, according to the 6 Holland personality types (9 under Conventional, 21 under Social)

• 
  

12% of occupations require an average education level, 65% higher education and 23% no education

Two forms of administration: •

in the counsellor’s presence

• 
  

self-administration

• 
  

standard administration procedure

Missouri Occupational Card Sorting

• MOCS

Krieshok, Hansen and Fohnston, 1982

• 
  

90 occupational cards, grouped equally according to the 6 Holland vocational personality types

• 
  

25% of occupations require an average education level, 63% higher education and 12% post-degree

Administration only in the counsellor’s presence

• 
  

standard administration procedure, plus a hierarchy of the first 10 occupations under “

I

would not choose

”.

The Vocational Exploration and Insight Kit

• VEIK

Holland and associates, 1980

• 
  

84 occupational cards, grouped evenly according to the 6 Holland vocational personality types

• 
  

25% of occupations require medium education, 50% higher and 25% post-degree

Two forms of administration: •

in the counsellor’s presence

• 
  

self-administration, with additional materials

• 
  

standard administration procedure