The South African-developed CIP v7 and its narrative, life-story supplement helps learners and young adults identify their main interests in order 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. In order to meet this aim the CIP v7 incorporates both the questionnaire and narrative supplement in one easy to use format. An instructional two-DVD set, now also available as a CPD webinar (3 hours), 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
• Entrepreneurship
• Practical Creative and Consumer Science
• Office-based Activities
• Musical
• Sport
• Adventure, Plants, Animals and Environment
• Research
• Word Artistry
• Medical and/or Paramedical Services
• Social Caregiving and Community Services
• Engineering and the Built environment
• Marketing
• Legal Practice and Security Services
• Information and Communication Technology
• Executive and Management Practice
• Mathematics and/or Accounting Industry
• Tourism, Hospitality and Tourist Transport
• Arts (planting, sculpture and decorating) and Culture

AREAS OF APPLICATION

The CIP v6 can be applied in:

• Educational settings
• Career counselling settings
• Career redirection setting
• Mid-career guidance

‘A guide to reflective career counselling’ assists the Professional to:

• Gain an understanding of the key concepts of reflective career counselling
• Gain insight into how the CIP v6 can assist practitioners in reflective career counselling
• See the process of reflective career counselling in action on the basis of two real-life case studies

SOUTH AFRICAN RESEARCH

The CIP v6 is a South African developed product. It has been used in research studies and features in a number of books.