Strong vs. SDS occupations January 9, 2011

I just had a question come in that I thought might interest others . . . “In the career class that we teach at our college we use both the Strong and the SDS. Students seem to get the same overall theme codes most of the time and often the same occupations. But the occupations [...]

Strong Themes Out of Order August 12, 2010

I just got a Strong Profile for a client whose theme code is IRS. Her scores are: Investigative = 64 (very high) Realistic = 57 (very high) Social = 64 (high) The colored bar for the Realistic theme is much shorter than the colored bar below it, Social. It looks like the computer listed the [...]

RIASEC coding of Strong Occupational Scales vs. O*Net April 24, 2010

I was wondering if you could help answer something for me.  I’m learning that oftentimes, the Theme Codes for the OS scales can be slightly or very different from the codes on O*Net Online.  I imagine that this is due to human decision making but how do counselors work with this when working with a [...]

Production Worker occupational scale on college students’ Strong Profiles?? March 11, 2010

I work at a university, and frequently the occupation “Production Worker” shows up on the list of top 10 occupational matches for students I meet with.   I am a little confused about why this occupation is on the college version in the first place.  Secondly, if this particular occupation does not appeal to my client [...]

The Law Basic Interest Scale vs. the Attorney Occupational Scale on the Strong January 6, 2010

I’m confused . . .  why is Law under Enterprising and Attorney under Artistic? This is at the root of how the Strong is constructed. The Law BIS is homogeneous. All of the items correlated with each other and have to do specifically with law. The BIS is then correlated with each GOT — see [...]

Newly revised distance learning Strong Interest Inventory Certification Program launching in January! November 20, 2009

We’ve had eight years of success with our online Strong Certification Program, and it was time for a complete overhaul–new content and updated format. We’re looking for Beta group participants to start on January 4th — we’ve reduced the price if you’re willing to give us some feedback and complete the 30-hour program in 60 [...]

Inconsistent Strong September 26, 2009

I have a Strong Profile for a young woman with a “Very High” Teaching & Education Basic Interest Scale, but with low scores on the occupations related to teaching.  How do I explain this to the student? The answer to this question all comes down to the way the scales are constructed and normed. The [...]