Career Interest Profile Version 7 (CIP v7)

The South African-developed CIP v7 and its narrative, life-story supplement helps learners and young adults identify their main interests to assist them in deciding which careers will best suit them. To accomplish this, respondents are guided to first find out what their specific talents and preferences are. 

An instructional 3-hour CPD webinar, entitled ‘A Guide to Reflective Career Counselling’ demonstrates how to use the CIP v7 to facilitate career construction counselling. During this process, clients are gently guided to reflect and meta-reflect on their own career-related responses.  The described strategy should provide career counsellors with a guide to help clients not only choose ‘appropriate’ careers, but more importantly, advance their unfinished stories through constructing themselves and using their careers to design and live successful lives.

ASSESSMENT SCALES

The 19 categories of the CIP are:

• Practical-Technical

• Practical-Creative and Consumer Science

• Musical

• Arts (painting, sculpture, and decoration) and Culture

• Word Artistry

• Office-based (administrative, clerical, and organisational) activities

• Marketing

• Information and Communication Technology

• Mathematics and Accounting Industry

• Social, Caregiving and Community Services, and Teaching

• Entrepreneurship

• Adventure, plants, animals, and the environment

• Sport

• Research

• Medical and paramedical services

• Tourism, the hospitality, and the tourist transport industry

• Legal practice and security services

• Executive and management practice

• Engineering and the built environment

AREAS OF APPLICATION

The CIP v7 can be applied in:

• Educational settings

• Career counselling settings

• Career redirection setting

• Mid-career guidance