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The choice of a career is among the most important decisions of our life….or so it should be. For most however, this choice is still made based on their instincts, and the word of others. And that’s where we come in! We at Tucareers are passionate about helping decision makers reach the right career choice. Using the latest research in decision theories, psychometric assessments, analytics and data from the world’s largest occupational database, O* NET, we bring a unique career planning framework to facilitate your search for the right job, education and skills, across your lifetime. We offer accurate psychometric assessments to help you make the right choices across your lifetime

Our career assessments use standardized and well researched psychological tests. We assess a wide set of psychological and behavioral traits like interests, work styles and personality traits, abilities and work values. Our assessments also measure your preferred work contexts, skills and knowledge preferences thus providing a very comprehensive profile which makes our tests very accurate and recommendations for your career planning that can be trusted. Further our recommendations are based on actual data collected from industry professionals. This ensures that the recommendations being made are highly reliable. !!

As part of our career toolbox, we provide reliable career assessment tests that work across an individuals lifetime and helps in career decision making. We have separate career tests for students in Grade 8-9, Grade 10, Grade 11 - 12, graduates, post graduates and working professionals. We also provide free personality tests like Myer Briggs, DISC and competency assessment, which help in self development and career planning. The Learning Styles assessments help students to understand how best they learn. The maladjustment inventory and the career test for kids with disabilities are emerging needs in schools and colleges.

The career exploration models we use are age appropriate and cover the entire world of work. The recommendations are made at multiple levels (clusters, pathways , job families and specific job roles) and also considers country specific career standards. Our career library is mapped to career standards of United States of America (USA) and the equivalent ISO career standards in several countries and regions like United Kingdom, Canada, European Union, South Africa, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Singapore etc.. The alignment to global career standards is a unique feature of our career planning framework and we believe an essential in an increasingly globalized world and a fast changing world of work.

CAREER COUNSELLING AND GUIDANCE APPROACH

The trend currently is for individuals to pursue multiple careers in their lifetime. This is being called as the new career paradigm where the need for continuous learning is increasing by leaps and bounds, and gigs are becoming popular. Modern research advocates a self discovery based approach rather than a prescription based approach for discovery. The key is to equip individuals to fend for themselves across the various pivots in their professional lives, and be able to make consciously considered career and skill building choices. This includes looking into the current and future job markets, considering one’s own need for fulfillment, economic needs and work life balance.

So in simple planning terms we may have to think through internal (strengths/weakness) and external (opportunities/threats) factors and devise actionable, practical and flexible plans.To facilitate the above we follow a research recommended six phase career planning model (ONETCP^TM) which reduces career difficulties systematically and is available across the lifetime of an individual. The model is published as part of research and is based on O*NET, the largest occupational database in the world.

EMERGING NEED FOR CAREER GUIDANCE IN COUNTRIES LIKE INDIA

While career planning has always been relevant, significant changes to the traditional career paradigm and the rise of the gig economy have now made this an essential life skill. The need is even more acute in developing economies (like India) which lack comprehensive, non proprietary tests and where career decisions traditionally have been taken based on the vocations, opinions and instincts of parents and mentors. These traditional models of career decision can no longer be carried on in the light of advancements in technology and rapid globalization. The need of the hour, thus, is a framework which provides accurate recommendations and also broadens an individuals worldview.

The Tucareers career tests are increasingly being used by several independent career counselors & mentors, counselling and guidance organizations. Tucareers is thus one of the most comprehensive, widely used and accurate career assessment solution available. But don’t just take our word for it. Take one of our free career test and decide for yourself!!

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