Information for Career Practitioners
Career Voyage Features
Information for Individuals and Clients
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Information for Career Practitioners

Career Voyage is a comprehensive career guidance tool used by career practitioners. Before using Career Voyage with clients, practitioners need to become JIIG-CAL Accredited. Career Voyage can be used in the Young People mode (15 to 18 years) or the Adult mode. Career Voyage saves practitioners' time by collecting all relevant details from the client. Powerful software algorithms ensure that the computer takes care of aspects that computers do best (eg matching client preferences to suitable jobs) while releasing career practitioners to work at higher levels, such as reviewing reports, negotiating or facilitating decision-making.

Career Voyage leads clients through a systematic decision making process. It broadens horizons by looking at the whole range of occupations. Sometimes the jobs suggested confirm a client's existing ideas and provide backup by listing similar jobs. For other clients, the program often suggests jobs not heard of or not previously considered. Career Voyage notifies Advisers of problems clients may have (eg inconsistency, confusion, negativity) and suggests courses of action.

Career Voyage takes clients through a four stage process:

1. Section Choice
Clients choose the appropriate level of education and training by selecting one of five levels. These levels range from minimum education and training to university graduate level. The language used, items presented and jobs suggested have been thoroughly researched to suit each level.

2. Occupational Interest Guide
An interactive questionnaire asks clients about their occupational interests as they relate to the world of work. An occupational interest profile is produced for each client with clear, specific and supportive graphical and text information. The practitioner can enter the Adviser screen and check the client's results for problems needing attention. The Adviser report outlines any particular concerns and suggests appropriate courses of action. Printable interest profile reports for both client and adviser are available.

3. Job Suggestions
The client moves on to a second interactive questionnaire involving a further eighty job factors (including working conditions, health, talents, working hours, etc). Completion of this section leads to twenty job suggestions for all clients, based on what they have said about themselves. Each job suggestion has key information about that job.

4. Research and Action Planning
Using software features such as "Pros and Cons" of each job,"Similar Jobs", "Other Jobs" (ie those not originally listed as suggestions), together with the flexibility to change aspects of the results, the client can interrogate the jobs database and develop realistic career plans.

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Career Voyage Features

• Excellent career outcomes for career practitioners and clients.
• The result of many years of research and development at JIIG-CAL Australia and the University of Edinburgh. Supporting research data, including validity and reliability are readily available.
• Saves career practitioners a huge amount of time while helping to deliver high quality career guidance to clients.
• Suitable for all ability levels, from university graduate level to minimal education and training.
• Sensitive to all equal opportunity issues.
• Clear, specific and helpful reports for clients and advisers.
• Ideal for a wide variety of client groups, including secondary schools, universities, polytechnics, government agencies, rehabilitation counsellors, private practitioners, outplacement agencies, etc.
• User friendly and designed to maintain interest of virtually all client groups. People find it fun to do.
• Database of jobs and training updated annually to reflect the changing job market.
• A wide range of software options enabling configuration to local conditions.
• Different versions are available for Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia
• Free Trial version
• Accreditation Workshops provide practitioners with skills to use the program in the most effective way.
• Sensitive to all equal opportunity issues.