In the end, the JVIS report for clients (Career Exploration Guide):
- recommends the steps to be taken after the questionnaire completion;
- provides short descriptions of occupations in correspondence with their own
structure of interests; - signals additional self-information sources;
- suggests a strategy for self-knowledge, decision-making and career planning.
Clients can opt for a more condensed form of the profile or a more detailed report (JVIS
Extended Report), which should include their profile of interests (scales BI), the list of
scores for the general occupational themes (GOT), correspondence with certain types of
educational and training pathways, correspondence with certain occupational clusters,
scales of academic satisfaction, as well as a list of additional information sources focused
on the aspects specific to the results obtained. The administration index is destined for use
only by the counsellor in the interpretation of profiles.
There is the possibility – for a fee – to administrate online the standard version of the
questionnaire; in this case, the report is generated on the spot.
The complete form of the questionnaire includes: Instruction manual for completion of
the questionnaire, Answer sheets (that can be scanned for computerized scoring),
Brochure (reusable) with the questionnaire, Answers necessary for manual scoring,
Sheets for compiling the profile, etc. It takes approximately 45-60 minutes to complete
the questionnaire.
The results can be registered manually (in 10-15 minutes, only for BI scales) or
automatically (electronically) by scanning the answer sheets. The interpretation of the
questionnaire can have variable durations, according to the type of report offered to the
client (short, detailed, accompanied or not by explanations).
The questionnaire must be administrated by career counsellors, school counsellors,
psychologists, specialists in psycho-diagnosis, people trained in the field. The latest
revision of the scale was done in 1990, and the most recent edition of the Manual and
Guide was released in 1977.
Target population
The categories of persons targeted by this method of investigation are: high school
students, vocational school students, post-high school students, undergraduates and
adults.
JVIS is meant to identify the interests and offer an image of the various academic and
occupational roles the subjects might undertake in the future. The full picture of the