Career Counseling
Helping
people find their ideal career can be a very challenging task. One of
the biggest challenges career counselors face is to accurately assess
people's interests and abilities and provide a list of careers that provide
the best match. This problem is confounded by the fact that people are
resistant to take a long battery of tests and assessments to obtain the
help that they need. Adaptiqs has developed technology to help with this
problem - ACORN.
What's the problem with other career counseling tools?
With other career counseling tools, people seeking information about suitable
careers typically search through a database of jobs manually. For example,
possible jobs could be summarized into the following categories:
- Management
- Professional/Technical
- Service
- Sales
- Installation/Repair
- Construction
Grouping
similar jobs allows individuals to browse jobs in some meaningful fashion.
However, whenever people have an interest or ability that spans multiple
groupings, people must now search the entire database to make sure they
didn't miss anything. For example, what if someone had a diverse array
of computer skills? Most computer-related professions exist under the
professional/technical category, some also exist elsewhere:
- Manager
of IT Department (under Management)
- Sales
Associate for Computer Hardware/Software (under Sales)
- Computer
Installation & Repair Specialist (under Installation/Repair)
- Computer
Assembly Production Worker (under Production)
ACORN
fixes this problem by using artificial intelligence to customize the
list of ideal jobs. The user provides information about their interests
and abilities, and ACORN does the hard work for them. The result is
a list of career options that most closely matches the individual's
requirements.
