workshops WOWI Interpretation II
A WOWI Interpretation II Workshop is designed to provide career professionals with more advanced interpretation skills and resources, a capacity to interpret uncommon and challenging profiles, and involves extensive individual participation in practice profile interpretation sessions. The day usually begins with a brief overview of major issues from the WOWI Interpretation I Workshop, and quickly moves to discussion and practice of new and more advanced interpretation techniques, highlighting the incorporation of the WOWI into the entire counseling process.

Prerequisites

Mastery of WOWI Interpretation I Workshop is required in order to attend a WOWI Interpretation II Workshop.

Agenda

Introduction

• Orientation to the day

Overview of Fundamentals

• Idiographic and Nomothetic Components of the WOWI
• Using Norms for Grade Level Equivalents
• Central vs. Peripheral Preference Structures
• General Normative Orientations of People
• Work Style Preferences
• Task vs. Environment vs. Leisure Driven People

Understanding Unusual Profiles

• All Positive Profile
• All Negative Profile
• All Neutral Profile
• Negative CIA, Well Differentiated JSI Profile
• Undereducated Profile
• Questionable VTP Profile

Lunch Break

Using the Profile Report with Other Resources: Counseling with the WOWI

• Using the Summary Section to Assess Career Directedness
• Cross-Referencing / Triangulating the WOWI Scales
• The Learning Curve and Job Satisfaction
• Incorporating Leisure Time Activities in Recommendations
• Information Interviewing Using the World of Work Inventory

Practice Profile Interpretations

Conclusion

• General summary and discussion
• Questions and answers