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Career Preference Record

Introduction:
Interest is a psychological attribute which indicates an individual’s preference for engaging in
one or more specific activities relative to others. Interest, along with aptitudes and abilities can
help determine the selection of a course of study or occupation. Often, however, decisions are
made through chance influences rather than through self-evaluation and information about a
field of study or of an occupation. Several devices, therefore, have been developed to assist in
the process of self-evaluation.
The present test, Career Preference Record (CPR), is one such instrument to measure interest.
It is a standardised tool to measure career preferences or vocations. It was developed by Vivek
Bhargava and Rajshree Bhargava. In CPR there are ten different fields.
It measures career choices in ten broad areas:
Mass Media and Journalism (MMJ)
Artistic and Designing (AD)
Science and Technology (SCT)
Agriculture (AG)
Commerce and Management (CM)
Medical (M)
Defence (D)
Tourism and Hospitality Industry (TH)
Law and Order (LO)
Education (E)

These ten fields are distributed twice in the Career Preference Record from left to right and top
to bottom along with two options each. Thus, there are a total of 200 options for careers in the
Career Preference Record. And the student chooses the appropriate option.
In their career preferences students can take support of their peers, parents and teachers. By
choosing the right career, a student charges ahead in his/her life and can be successful. An
individual’s career choice acts like a stimulus for a better result in the chosen field. Career
Preference must be flexible and within realistic zones of our life so that we can take effective
decisions to promote a satisfactory life.

Problem: To assess the career preferences of the subject.


Materials Required: CPR answer sheet, CPR manual, pencil, eraser.
Subject Particulars:
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Class:
Method:
The subject was seated comfortably in a well-ventilated room and the following instructions
were given “The aim of the record is to know which career you would like to undertake when
you finish your studies. Each cell of this inventory has two careers. Please express your
preference or dislike for the career given in each cell. Do not leave any cell blank. There is no
time limit for this, however it will take about 20 minutes. Please ask if you do not know what
a career preference is”.
Precautions:
1.Care was taken to see that the subject marked all the responses either vertically or
horizontally, so that no cell was left blank.
2. After the completion of the test the experimenter checked if all the cells were filled.
Results
Table 1 shows the scores of the subject on the ten career preferences.
Discussion

Conclusion:
The subject’s career preferences were assessed.
References:
Manual for CPR, NCERT Class 12th Textbook were used.

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