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The 16 Personality Factors Questionnaire measures anxiety, tough-mindedness, independence, extraversion, and self-control. The unifying traits of the different areas of evaluation seem to be maturity. After all, most people are not born with a sense of tough-mindedness or even self-control; these attributes are usually developed over time and are indicative of a person's level of maturity. Although it is true that most personality fluctuations in an individual occur during childhood, adolescence and early adulthood, some people never reach the state of maturity that others do. This questionnaire, then, is an effective means of assessing one's maturity.

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Form M. predominantly reveals the set of values that are important to a person. It does so by examining different areas of personality...

The results of questions which individual write responses to help to determine what sorts of things are important to them in terms of values.
Career assessments are extremely useful tools for counselors because they reveal a fair amount of knowledge about different aspects of a candidate's personality. Oftentimes, an individual's personality can directly correlate to the type of work that he or she will extract the most value from and perform the best. Career assessments can elucidate various values, interests, and levels of maturity of candidates. This information is applicable to career types which can assist candidates who do not otherwise know which sort of occupations to pursue.

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