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

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Lead Programmer: Tara Munier