CMAP+ : Guidance on Career Decision & Suggestions – Global Education Services - TC Global

CMAP+ stands for Career Motivation Analysis Profile Plus and is the name given to one of the world's most popular and high-quality international Career Guidance psychometric Reports specifically designed for Students.

CMAP+ is a comprehensive Psychometric assessment which produces a 16-page report with three sections:

Results: Strongest Career Interests, preferred Personal work needs style and comparative Reasoning abilities
Career Suggestions: Around 50 career options, from a database of more than 550 global Careers, uniquely matched to the students’ Results
Research and exploration guide: takes the student through a shortlisting, research and prioritization process

The Career Motivation Analysis Profile Plus was designed to provide a comprehensive and fully integrated assessment for career guidance and development. It is partially based on the pioneering work of John Holland in the area of general career themes, though it also incorporates personality characteristics, motivators and reasoning abilities.

Career themes, along with personality, characteristics, motivators and reasoning abilities help in giving us a recommendation on the type of job or vocation an individual may thrive in, what work environment suits them and how will they cope with the intellectual capabilities required for the job.

This solution is suitable for career guidance and development and it is recommended that every student aged 15 and over should take up the assessment before making significant career-related decisions. There are significant benefits, which ensure that an informed decision is made at every step: Stream choice, Course choice, University and country choice.

It is designed and published by Psytech International UK :

Psytech International UK

TC Global are the exclusive distributors in India, Nepal, Singapore and other Asian nations. The tool has been customized for this market, with local terminology, culturally neutral questions and an Asian student norm group.

CMAP+ is a combination of 4 tests in one sitting: Personality, Verbal, Numerical, and Abstract Reasoning,

Assessment Sections

Section	Duration
Verbal Reasoning	4 minutes
Numerical Reasoning	4 minutes
Abstract Reasoning	6 minutes
Personality*	Around 20 minutes
Total duration **	34 Minutes

* Estimated The duration of the personality questionnaire as section is not timed

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Best Psychometric Test for Career Planning

There is a huge amount of scientific work that needs to go into making a good psychometric test.

Often, test reports look very convincing, but they may have little or no science behind them, and can do more harm than good, with hidden ‘false positives’ and ‘false negatives’.

So, what is the answer? How can you know? How can you choose whether one test is better than another?

Below are listed the things to look for to determine a good psychometric test for Career Planning.

To decide what tool is best, compare CMAP+, our career planning tool with others.

	What to look for	What CMAP+ offers
1	Gives you true results, with minimum ‘false positives’, not just good-looking reports	√
2	Is designed according to international academic and scientific Psychometric Principles, as defined by the British Psychological Society, not according to someone’s individual principles	√
3	Has a published Technical Manual, accessible and free, containing all the research which was done BEFORE the test was published as a commercial product	√
4	Claims of high validity and reliability are supported by data published in the Technical Manual	√
5	The certainty that the test questions are held securely and not copiable, so test results can’t be manipulated	√
6	Results matched against a relevant ‘norm’ or demographic group e.g, Indian students	√
7	Career options with terminology customized for Indians	√
8	Up to date database of global careers, including STEM and digital revolution jobs	√
9	The user-friendly report, not full of technical jargon	√
10	Globally recognized, used and approved, not just domestic relevance	√
11	The report includes a student research guide	√
12	The report encourages open exploration, not just a prescriptive narrow option.	√
13	Designed is based on globally accepted and proven psychological models, not something someone has just made up, e.g., John Holland’s ‘Career Interest’ themes, Cattell’s ‘Trait theory’ and Spearman’s ‘G Factor’	√
14	Requires ID verification during a test administration, to avoid repeat distortion	√
15	Published by an established global leader in psychometric test design, such as Psytech International UK	√
16	Supported by expert feedback and counseling delivered by internationally trained personnel	√
17	Online anytime anywhere test, using cloud technology. No paper-based testing	√
18	Test questions are designed to be ‘culturally neutral’- they do not cause a disadvantage to certain cultural groups	√
19	The test measures all three aspects which affect Career fit: Career Interest, Personality Motivations, and Reasoning Ability	√

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