When It Is Used
Use this tool after vocational interest information already exists and the client needs a manageable set of specific career or occupation targets to explore next.
Career Exploration Shortlist
Career Exploration Shortlist is a ready-to-send career guidance tool for practitioners working with clients who have vocational interest information. It helps the practitioner and client narrow interest-grounded candidate targets into a manageable set of careers or occupations the client can investigate next.
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Tool guide
Learn more about this tool
Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.
What It Captures
The tool captures the interest pattern or source result, candidate exploration targets, client selection states, and the resulting shortlist. It keeps reported interest information, client preference, system organization, and practitioner interpretation distinct.
Repeat Use and History
Prior shortlists remain viewable so the practitioner can see which targets were selected at a point in time and compare later exploration direction without recalculating old results from changed inputs.
Important Limits
The tool does not create a full career assessment, rank careers, predict fit or success, provide labor-market facts, or explain occupation meanings unless that information is supplied from a supported source or practitioner-provided content.
Is Career Exploration Shortlist a career assessment?
No. Career Exploration Shortlist uses existing vocational interest information to narrow candidate targets; it does not create a new assessment score or interpret career fit.
What does the client do in this tool?
The client marks interest-grounded candidate targets as included, not included, or undecided so the final shortlist reflects their preferences.
Can the practitioner control how many targets appear in the shortlist?
Yes. The practitioner can set a shortlist size or size range when they want to define what counts as manageable for this use.
What happens if the client selects too many targets?
The result shows that the shortlist is not yet manageable and prompts further narrowing or practitioner review.
Does the tool recommend the best career?
No. The tool produces exploration targets to investigate next, not rankings, fit scores, or predictions of career success.