- The Non-Sexist Vocational Card Sorting (NSVCS). The technique was initiated by
Dewey (1974) in the article “Exploring interests: A non-sexist method”. It requires 76
occupation cards and mostly follows the classical administration procedure. The
occupations are however distributed unevenly both according to the Holland types (from
9 in the category Conventional, to 21 in the category Social), and education (12% require
average or inferior education, and 65% higher).
The non-sexist character of the technique is given by the fact that, unlike many
contemporary NSVCS instruments, here:
- the same occupations are proposed both for women and men;
- occupational titles are neutral from the gender point of view;
- the process-oriented the technique allows the counsellor to intervene and
explore gender biases the moment they occur during sessions.
- The Missouri Occupational Card Sorting (MOCS), elaborated for university level
(Krieshok, Hansen and Johnston, 1982) includes 90 occupations distributed enenly
around the Holland vocational personality types. Since the target group is specified
(undergraduates and post-degree students), 25% of the occupations require high school
level, 63% BA degree and 12% MA or PhD. MOCS is the only card sorting technique
without self-testing, where the counsellor’s presence is necessary. In addition, the authors
require the ordering not only of the first 10 preferred occupations, but also of the rejected
ones. Dolliver himself considered that MOCS provided the most information in the career
exploration process, but no empirical studies could be found to prove it. - The Vocational Exploration and Insight Kit (VEIK) (Holland et al, 1980), represent a
combination of card sorting and SDS (Self-Directed Search ). The card sorting includes 84
occupations distributed evenly around the Holland vocational personality types. The
occupations are the same with those used by SDS and VPI (Vocational Preference
Inventory).
In a meta-analysis, Dolliver (1981) considered VEIK to benefit from the richest and most
varied list of reflection questions. The kit allows the calculation of the Holland codes and
confronting the person with the various roles played during the sorting of occupational
cards by gender, religion, social status, etc.
- The Missouri Occupational Preference Inventory (MOPI) (Moore, Gysbers and
Carlson, 1980) includes 180 occupations evenly distributed for three educational levels
(average or high school, college or post-high school, university or post-), but unevenly
distributed according to the Holland types. The manual accompanying MOPI relates