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The Highlands Program
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“I
did the Highlands this year and going back to
school is going wonderfully. It’s new, challenging,
and fun at the same time – all three elements
I needed in my life and now I have them!"
DFB, 31 year old participant
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Learn how use your strengths in your work and in choosing a career
Benefits
What kind of work environment you will be most
happy
Your natural aptitudes and how to use them
How your learn best
What careers might be a good fit for you
The
Highlands Program Ability Battery
- 3 - 3 1/2 hours CD taken at home or work (can be done in multiple sittings)
- 2 hour customized feedback
- Go over the results of CD and discuss implication for career, work, college, or other interests
Description
Abilities are our permanent set of talents and natural strength. They stabilize in the person at about age 14 and are virtually the same throughout the person’s working years. They include ways we learn, communicate, make decisions, work with objects, and use our creative and mental talents. The Highlands assessment is one test that yields objective information. It is the basic knowledge a person needs before making any career decision. It is compared to a CAT –Scan for ones’s body.
Research has proven to us that certain kinds of tasks use definite patterns of our aptitudes. Research has also show that if a person works in a situation that matches his or her individual ability pattern, the chances of being successful will definitely increase. If you know and understand your natural aptitudes, you will be able to work more effectively. Conversely, more stress is created in any situation when we go against our natural aptitudes.
The
Highlands Ability Battery is a test available
on a CD that takes between 3 and 3½ hours to complete.
It is a set of 19 validated, objective worksamples
that show you where your natural aptitudes lie.
By yielding objective information, it is the basic
knowledge a person needs before making any career
decision. It is compared to a CAT-SCAN
for one’s body.
The assessment is not like other kinds of tests. You cannot prepare for it—it is not learned material. All scores, high and low, illustrate individual ability patterns.
From
the assessment, you find out how you naturally work
best, and what are good career fits for you.
Group
Feedback
After taking The Highlands Ability Battery, feedback
can be done individually or in small groups. Some people
prefer a small group as it is less expensive and information
is learned from others in a similar situation.
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"Taking
advantage of THP definitely gave me the focus
that I had been seeking for a long time. Thank
goodness for THP and the way it is designed to
give such specific feedback on a person's gifts
and styles of work. I am a great advocate of the
program."
JF,
48 year old adult participant
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Career
Seminars
Seminars are used after a person has taken the test
to help an individual look at all areas of career
development. It will cover information you need to
design a life plan or new career. They are all lead
by an experienced leader and include persons who have
all taken the battery. The seminars range from 3-9
weeks, depending on a person's needs and have from
4-8 participants. They include experiential exercises,
and group interaction. You will leave with a more
focused career vision and an action for achieving
your goals. Please call for current schedule.
Excerpts
from a Ability Battery Report
Work
Setting
Generalist: A person who is a generalist
likes to work with and through People. This person
also likes to work towards a common goal and do many
different tasks.
Specialist: In contrast, a specialist likes to find a particular area ofknowledge, pursue it, and become an expert. Most specialists see things from their unique point of view.
Driving Abilities
The driving abilities are very powerful and influence almost every part of our work lives. This is true whether the abilities are high or low. Each one of these abilities asserts itself. To find a satisfactory job it, it is critical to take these abilities into account. Here are a few of the driving abilities:
Classification
Classification is the ability to see relationships between unrelated events, situations or information. It is an ability that allows you to move from the specific to the general. It is called inductive or diagnostic reasoning. People who are high in classification will prefer to work in a fast paced job environment with many problems to solve and would be fine in a chaotic situation.
Idea
productivity
Idea productivity describes the rate of flow of
ideas. Idea productivity Refers to quantity, not quality
or creativity. A person with high idea productivity
if asked to think of solutions to a problem might
come up with 25 different ideas in the space of 5
minutes. A person with low idea productivity might
come up with two in the same period of time.
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