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Highlands Career Exploration Supplement

Student Version

Customized Career Exploration Report

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Take Charge of Your Career

Congratulations! You’ve taken the Highlands Ability Battery (HAB), an important step in discovering your natural talents. Now you’re ready to make informed decisions as you begin to manage your own career.

Your Highlands Career Exploration Supplement (HCES) is a powerful tool that will take your career search to the next level. Turn what you know about your abilities into action and take charge of your career.

  • Know what you do best. Your HCES will confirm your natural gifts and will guide you to position yourself where you can use them.
  • Find the right fit. Careers to explore are based on your combinations of abilities and personal style, rather than just one ability at a time, which can give you a clearer picture of how you may be suited to different career paths.
  • Assess realistic options. Let’s be real, you may be suited to some careers better than others. Follow the activities in your HCES and links to the O*NET, the US Dept. of Labor’s Occupational Information Network, to assess the amount of time and effort you may need to reach your goals.
  • Work together with a Career Advisor. Your Highlands Affiliate will help you navigate your journey to create your personal vision to success and satisfaction.

HCES Report Overview

This report is your launch pad for career exploration, here is what you will find:

I. Your Ability Profile
II. Your Personal Style
III. Your Reasoning Abilities
IV. Your Specialized Abilities
V. How You Learn
VI. Vocabulary
VII. Exploring Occupations & Careers
VIII. Next Steps


ONLINE EXPLORATION FOR MORE - access the Highlands Career Exploration report ONLINE for more in-depth descriptions of each ability and how they impact work roles. View an expanded list of ability patterns and careers to explore with hotlinks to the O*NET for information on careers.
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I. Your Ability Profile

Your HAB results were determined by using timed worksamples and are reported as percentile ranking scores. Worksamples are performance-based rather than self-report assessments. Percentile ranking scores are your score relative to tens of thousands of others in the Highlands database of test takers.

Your results from the HAB are displayed below. When accessing this HCES online, you can click on any of the abilities below to find examples of how that ability can be used in a variety of work roles/career fields. Doing this can help you better understand an ability; it is not meant to suggest a specific job or occupation.

This report emphasizes how combinations of abilities work together. The combinations are unlimited. Once you learn the basic combinations or building blocks you can combine them yourself to create additional careers not mentioned in this report! You’ll be able to integrate these combinations with your interests, values, and goals any time you want to expand or redesign your career path.

Your Highlands Ability Profile
Click On Each Ability For Fuller Explanations

Low
Med
High
Score
28%
72%
5%
95%
50%
35%
25%
5%
50%
15%
80%
35%
99%
85%
60%
95%
75%
83%
8%
55%
75%
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II. Your Personal Style

Detailed Researcher

As a Specialist, you gravitate toward activities that utilize your own direction and knowledge, and your Introversion allows you to get energy from working alone. Your natural inclination is to focus on and acquire more and more information about a specific area of interest, and it’s relatively easy for you to become more knowledgeable on a particular topic or issue than anyone else in the group.

You are likely to find a good fit with work that relies on your ability to complete tasks independently and deepen your understanding of a specialized topic. Campus activities that might draw your attention are going to be behind the scenes preparing materials for others’ use. Debate, scientific, or political researcher, team statistician, or researcher for a newspaper or a blogger are a few roles you might enjoy.


Time Frame Orientation


Intermediate: Combined with an intermediate completion date (1-5 years), work that requires relationship building or patience with a 1-5 year process before achieving an ultimate result may feel more motivating and meaningful.

You are drawn to activities that take time to achieve. You may feel that immediate, short-term tasks may hold little meaning to you unless you can see the connection to something you care about in the future. You are naturally able to hold 1-5 year goals in your mind, and you have the patience to work toward and see your activities as helping you achieve that goal. Examples are planning to finish a college degree four years in the future, getting physically fit to try out for a varsity position in two years, or saving money for a car purchase three years from now. Work or educational responsibilities that require patience with a 1-5 year process or building more meaningful relationships will probably feel like a good fit.
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III. Your Reasoning Abilities

Problem Solving (Convergent Reasoning)


Pragmatic

Your low Classification and low Concept Organization indicate you reach conclusions best by relying on your own knowledge and previous experience. When you have had a lot of experience with a particular type of situation or problem, you can become the quickest problem-solver of them all. If you don’t have your own experience with an issue, you will rely heavily on, and seek out, those that have.

You perform well and feel most at home when you are given the opportunity to learn the ropes and gain direct experience. As an experiential problem-solver you will feel most comfortable in situations where you have some experience. Gaining experience in positive, controlled environments, such as job shadowing, informational interviewing, and practical internships will be vital to your success.


Idea Productivity (Divergent Reasoning)

Your low Idea Productivity results in a naturally focused approach to thinking and working. You have the ability to stay focused on a goal or project until its completion, without the distraction of competing ideas in your mind. You are likely to excel in careers that draw on your strength to stay on task and possibly keep others focused on a single goal, in order to avoid distraction until a project is completed or a goal is attained. Because of your natural tendency to stay focused, you will prefer to work on one project at a time and you may have difficulty or feel stressed when multiple tasks need simultaneous attention for prolonged periods of time.

This means you would feel most comfortable in a career that values your ability to focus, helping others to focus, and the completion of one task before moving on to another.
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Spatial Reasoning


Between Spatial Theorizing and Spatial Executing

Your mid-range SRT and low SRV indicate you function most comfortably in the world of theories, physical laws, and math. You have a moderate innate ability to understand how we organize and control physical and mechanical systems, at an intangible/theoretical level such as astronomy, physics and pure mathematics. It is a focus on the “why” of things rather than on the “how”.

You are more likely to be drawn to majors that examine the theory behind ideas than majors that create tangible objects. Possible majors include those in the traditional “liberal arts” such as sociology, anthropology, psychology, and history. You may be drawn to professional fields that require post-graduate training or education.

IV. Your Specialized Abilities

Some Musical Influences. Music abilities include Tonal Memory, Rhythm Memory and Pitch Discrimination. Your combination of scores indicates you have some natural musical ability. You will want to have some connection to these abilities such as learning to play an instrument on your own, taking part in some musical expression like a choir, playing music in the background while you study or work, or incorporating music into events or presentations. Depending on which one or two of these abilities is strongest, you may be more sensitive to particular elements of sound and may find alternative outlets.

Moderately Strong Visual Proficiency. Visual proficiency (or dexterity) includes both Visual Speed and Visual Accuracy. Your combination of scores indicates moderately strong visual abilities related to paper work tasks. Your natural inclination is to emphasize speed over accuracy when proofing, working with numbers, coding and tracking inventory.

Robust Language Learning. Your ability to learn another language is primarily influenced by your Verbal Memory (learning the vocabulary and grammar from books) and your Tonal Memory (learning from hearing). Your Rhythm Memory and Pitch Discrimination can also influence your ability to replicate how the language sounds. Your combination of scores indicates you have a strong natural ability to learn a foreign language. The combination of using books and hearing the language being spoken will facilitate your learning.

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Somewhat Influential Creative Orientation. The HAB does not have a direct measure of creativity or artistic ability. The combination of Idea Productivity (thinking of many ways of doing something), Design Memory (remembering the overall pattern of something), and Pitch Discrimination (a sensitivity to small nuances of change and the effects of such a change) indicate a creative or artistic orientation. In addition to visual art, these abilities allow you to be creative with any kind of task you do. Your combination of scores indicates you have a moderate natural artistic/ creative orientation and you will want to choose work roles and other activities that allow you to express your creative side.

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V. How You Learn

Learning By Reading
Verbal Memory
Low
Med
High

99%
  • Reading is a very important tool for learning
  • Utilize text books, magazines, newspapers, internet sites, texts, and social media for learning
  • Encourage others to communicate with you in writing
  • Put your thoughts, questions and requests in writing
  • Work constantly to expand your vocabulary
Learning By Listening
Tonal Memory
Low
Med
High

85%
  • Listening/hearing is a primary learning tool for you
  • Relative fluency in a foreign language is likely manageable
  • Speak with others face-to-face while allowing for differences in learning styles
  • Read important documents and communications aloud
  • Listen to audio books, lectures, podcasts, and other auditory sources of information
Image Learning
Design Memory
Low
Med
High

80%
  • Incorporating graphic elements into the information you study is a strong learning tool
  • You may work comfortably with visual materials such as plans, maps, designs
  • Use visual presentation software, graphs, maps, and charts in communicating with others
  • Use show-and-tell when introducing a new topic or project
  • Use graphics to communicate with others while allowing for other learning styles
Learning Numbers
Number Memory
Low
Med
High

75%
  • Relating information to numbers is a strong learning tool for you
  • Use this learning tool to arrange schedules and time-tables for projects
  • Investigate majors and careers that require instant access to facts and data
  • Remember that others may be slower at working with numbers
  • Take time to reduce what you learn to lists
Kinesthetic Learning
Rhythm Memory
Low
Med
High

60%
  • Reproducing physical movements is relatively easy for you
  • Practice activities requiring skill in performance
  • Will feel a need for moderate physical activity
  • Present new ideas and projects through demonstration
  • Relax by participating in sports, dance, and music
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VI. Vocabulary

Your general vocabulary provides you with the foundation for the breadth and depth with which you learn and communicate. Vocabulary is a personal tool developed by each individual over time, rather than a natural ability, but the range of your vocabulary will affect how effectively you can use some of your abilities. The Highlands Ability Battery tests vocabulary in isolation, which means there are no context clues in a paragraph to help you know what a word means, only a group of synonyms from which to choose. Many universities/colleges require an adequate general vocabulary for entry, and yours will be measured further by entrance exams and potentially later for entry to graduate school.

Regardless of your current vocabulary level, knowing how to develop your vocabulary can help you. Many careers require a specific or technical vocabulary, so discovering how you best learn new words and ideas will support you in any career you choose. Also, over time, focusing on the development of a specialized or technical vocabulary may divert developing and/or practicing your general vocabulary which may decline with disuse. If you ever decide to increase your vocabulary, use your most efficient learning channels (Design Memory, Verbal Memory, Tonal Memory, Rhythm Memory, and Number Memory) to assist you with building this skill.

Your General Vocabulary score is in the high range. This indicates a broad general knowledge that affects your outlook in any work situation. You can think of Vocabulary as measuring both the number and precision of categories that you have for taking in, processing, and communicating your experiences. As a result, all of us are usually most at home with others who are at about the same Vocabulary level that we are. Although you can certainly communicate with a wide range of other people, you may find that it would be stressful for you to spend most of your day with others who are markedly lower in Vocabulary than you are. Your score is typical of high.level executives, people in literary and academic fields, diplomats, negotiators, and those at the top of many professions. You can think of your vocabulary as providing the driving force behind your career. This means that you should be able to rise to very high levels in any organization.
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VII. Use Your Abilities to Explore or Change Your Career

You now have a wealth of customized information at your fingertips. Depending on your objectives, we offer three avenues to help you direct your efforts:

For Career Explorers


If you are exploring careers, either as a student for the first time or as an adult returning to work after a hiatus, our interactive HAB-O*NET Career Exploration Tool is a great next step. Highlands’ research-based career fit algorithms align your HAB-measured abilities with the Department of Labor’s extensive database of occupations to identify careers individualized to your unique profile of abilities. Smart Start

For Experienced Career Changers


If you have years of employment experience and you are considering how to modify or enhance your current job or change roles within your career field, exploring our Ability Patterns will be an effective next step for you. Highlands’ career professionals with decades of experience in career development have identified patterns of abilities that reveal how you naturally approach your roles and responsibilities. Understanding your Ability Patterns can help you select aspects of your work to emphasize and de-emphasize as you grow in your career. Ready for Change

For Personal Vision Coaching


If you’re ready to take a deep dive into our Whole Person approach to career and life decision-making, consider working with one of our highly trained Highlands Certified Consultants to explore the other seven essential factors that make up the whole person. Factors such as skills, interests, personal style, family, values, goals and career development all contribute to making you the individual person you are today. Your Whole Self
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Interactive HAB –O*NET Career Exploration Tool

The Highlands Company has partnered with a team of O*NET consultants from HumRRO, an independent, non-profit research and consulting firm with expertise in vocational assessment and career exploration, to develop the Highlands Ability Battery (HAB) Person-to-Occupation Fit matching tool.

The Ability Battery Person-to-Occupation Fit programming uses the set of Common Attributes to generate a list of 50 O*NET occupations that most closely align with your unique HAB profile.

The Interactive HAB –O*NET Career Exploration Tool will sort your list of 50 occupations by Job Family, Career Cluster, Interest and Rank Order to enhance your career exploration.

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Job Family
Job Family

The HAB-O*NET Career Exploration Tool shows your top 50 occupation matches organized by Job Family or groups of occupations based upon work performed, skills, education, training and credentials, for ease of finding or eliminating your options.

Click on the name of each occupation for data including a brief description, anticipated future growth, how your abilities relate to O*NET attributes and to link to Occupational Information.


Construction and ExtractionConstruction, Building Inspectors

Education, Training, and LibraryEconomics Teachers, Postsecondary

Farming, Fishing, and ForestryAquacultural Supervisors

Healthcare Practitioners and TechnicalMRI TechnologistsHistotechnologists

Installation, Maintenance, and RepairAvionics TechniciansMedical Equipment Repairers

Transportation and Material MovingAviation Inspectors
This page includes information from the O*NET Resource Center by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark USDOL/ETA.
Sort your matches by: InterestRank OrderCareer Cluster
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Ability Patterns:Manage The Fit Between You And Your Work


Ability Patterns describe how your abilities interact. They reveal your natural approach to completing roles and responsibilities and are not tied to a single occupation.
Rather than considering one ability at a time, think of your Patterns as a way to customize or manage the fit between you and your work. By discovering your Patterns, you can modify or enhance your current job, change roles within your career field, and identify similar roles in new fields.
Over time, many satisfied (and dissatisfied) workers look for ways to emphasize and deemphasize particular aspects of their employment. Understanding your Patterns equips you with solid evidence for the changes you might want to make -putting you in the driver’s seat of your career.
Your profile has been compared to over 60 Patterns. The matches with your profile are listed in descending rank order in the table below.
Click on each Pattern to see a:
Visual Formula of this Pattern.
Score Graph of your ability scores relative to the Pattern.
Ability Patterns - Connections to Abilities
Very Clear Connection to Abilities
Next Closest Connection to Abilities
Click Each Pattern Online for Full Description

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Passion/Interest Driven


Abilities Constituting This Pattern
This pattern is the combination of a Detailed Researcher (Introverted Specialist) with a Pragmatic Problem Solving style (lower Classification and Concept Organization) and a deeper connection with the practical world (lower Spatial Relations Theory and Visualization). People with this pattern naturally apply their previous experience to new situations. Finding an area of focus or a specific niche will be based on your direct experiences. The sooner you begin your exploration, the more situations you will experience and the more likely you will find work roles that will fulfill your deep interest or passion. Keep in mind that learning what you don’t like is just as important as finding what you do.

Take some time to think about what your interests have been in your life. Do you have a passion, or something you love thinking about or doing? Are any of these interests or passions something you could turn into a job or a business? Your Specialist orientation will drive you to become an expert or authority in your field of choice and your natural drive to succeed will lead you to develop the skills required to competently do any job. In this pattern, your interest or passion becomes your driving ability, and provides the focus and energy to make your career a fulfilling and financially rewarding experience.Your specialized abilities will help you think about where you best fit in an organization or within your own business. Do you have medium to high visual design abilities such as Design Memory or Observation? If so, begin your search in industries with high design needs. Do you have medium to high musical abilities in Tonal Memory, Rhythm Memory, or Pitch Discrimination? These specialized abilities might create an interest or passion for working in a music oriented industry.

100
0
Classification
100
0
Concept Organization
100
0
Specialist
100
0
Introvert
100
0
Spatial Relations Theory
100
0
Spatial Relations Visualization

Your Scores (black dots) Relative To Required Ability Range
Your pragmatic, practical driving abilities mean that you are a natural at capitalizing on your experiences and that you have the necessary patience to develop the skills required to become an expert or authority. You will want to seek out opportunities that help you gain experience such as internships or apprenticeships. You work well in the intangible world and are comfortable dealing with emotions, ideas, theories, feelings and relationships. Having this ability will help you understand yourself and others in your industry and to create and sustain a network of clients or partners. There is a good chance you will eventually be drawn to open your own business, or become an independent consultant, because you probably have an interest in being autonomous. You will do well to develop a depth of experience before setting out, so that your expertise will be easily validated. Direction for this pattern is related to your unique interests, before you review the suggested careers below, click this link, http://www.mynextmove.org/explore/ip, to explore your interests on ONET's free, 10-minute Interest Profiler.
See next page for CAREERS TO EXPLORE.

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Careers to Explore for Passion/Interest Driven

Organized by Job Families which are groups of occupations based upon work performed, skills, education, training and credentials.

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Problem Solving - Practical Diagnostic


Abilities Constituting This Pattern
This pattern utilizes Diagnostic Problem Solving (Classification) with intangible, practical spatial abilities (Spatial Relations Theory and Visualization). The first ability to take into account is your strong Classification. With strong Classification you are able to solve problems quickly and well; communicating your ideas to other people may present more of a problem. People with this particular combination of abilities often enjoy functioning in a problem solving, or troubleshooting role. They are able to deal with problems quickly, and in fact, thrive on having different types of problems to work on. People with this pattern often ‘see’ the answer much more quickly than others, and can feel impatient at times unless they consciously make allowances for other people's problem solving styles.

100
0
Classification
100
0
Spatial Relations Theory
100
0
Spatial Relations Visualization

Your Scores (black dots) Relative To Required Ability Range
Additionally, your scores on the two spatial abilities reinforce each other. You are not going to relate well to mathematics or physical, three-¬dimensional space and objects. You are much more comfortable dealing in the intangible world of people, relationships, and ideas.

This combination of driving abilities is seen quite often in people who operate in fast paced, high-pressure environments that require on the spot decisions and a sense of certainty about them. Politics, fundraising, and troubleshooting are all career fields that use this pattern of abilities.
See next page for CAREERS TO EXPLORE.

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Careers to Explore for Problem Solving - Practical Diagnostic

Organized by Job Families which are groups of occupations based upon work performed, skills, education, training and credentials.

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Specializing - Logical Analysis


Abilities Constituting This Pattern
This pattern combines a Specialist orientation and Analytical Problem Solving (Concept Organization), with relatively strong Visual abilities (Design Memory, Observation) and an understanding of how interrelated pieces fit together (Spatial Relations Theory). It is the foundation for complex problem solving in higher mathematics and systems or program design. People with this pattern are able to understand and conceptualize the overall design of a project, application, or system, whether concrete or abstract. They are able to organize ideas into a logical sequence leading to a specific goal. Imagining several steps in advance and mentally manipulating outcomes might make strategy games such as Othello or chess enjoyable. This set of abilities has applications in any field in which a number of factors must be taken into account to develop a logical plan. For instance, market research firms try to provide a competitive advantage to their clients by predicting what consumers will respond to and why. You understand products, services and consumers and can project what factors will make a difference.

Your Design Memory enables you to see patterns that can be useful in any planning field. Combined with Concept Organization, you can consider all the relevant elements and put them together to create a logical design. Depending on your Spatial Relations Visualization ability, you may or may not actually transform a design into a tangible product.

100
0
Concept Organization
100
0
Design Memory
100
0
Specialist
100
0
Observation
100
0
Spatial Relations Theory

Your Scores (black dots) Relative To Required Ability Range
Your ability pattern is critical in computer design, computer engineering, and system design fields. Computer design or engineering requires the analyst to think and anticipate the cause and effect of every step in the design. You need to anticipate the normal usage of the customer and make programming steps to address possible options. Every business and industry in the world is dependent on good systems and these systems are written, designed, and maintained by people who have this ability pattern.

This ability pattern is also applicable in corporate systems like organizational development, where the inter-relationship dynamics of the staff and management are clearly understood. Your Specialist orientation will drive you to develop an expertise in whatever industry you choose.
See next page for CAREERS TO EXPLORE.

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Careers to Explore for Specializing - Logical Analysis

Organized by Job Families which are groups of occupations based upon work performed, skills, education, training and credentials.

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Technical - Hands-on


Abilities Constituting This Pattern
This pattern combines a Pragmatic Problem Solving style (lower Classification and Concept Organization) with stronger physical and hands-on abilities (Rhythm Memory, Spatial Relations Visualization) and the capacity to notice visual details (Observation). If Verbal Memory is relatively low, traditional academic settings are likely challenging and take extra effort to do well in. Instead, capitalizing on more experiential or pragmatic abilities is key. If you choose to pursue a career path that does not require advanced formal education, success will likely result from apprenticeships or technical training. If you choose to pursue a career path where more formal education is required, choose an institution where experiential and directed learning is promoted. Experiential learning is the key to your advancement in any educational setting or industry.

As you think about your past experiences, you may notice that you are naturally drawn to tasks which are hands-on and tangible, rather than idea-oriented or abstract. This is your Spatial Relations Visualization ability at work. In addition, Rhythm Memory and Observation make you a natural in work roles requiring physical movement and making adjustments based on what you see. As a person whose abilities line up with the Technical- Hands-on pattern, you can benefit from relying on your innate ability to see and manipulate physical objects. You will be more comfortable thinking about how work will be completed, and what you will need to complete it, rather than focusing on why it needs to be done.

100
0
Classification
100
0
Concept Organization
100
0
Observation
100
0
Rhythm Memory
100
0
Spatial Relations Theory
100
0
Spatial Relations Visualization

Your Scores (black dots) Relative To Required Ability Range
People with the combination of abilities typically work best when they follow a set of guidelines and have structure in their work. Having to make things up as they go, or facing new or complex tasks to analyze and complete on a regular basis can feel stressful. The key to success for those with this pattern is learning new tasks and responsibilities through on-the-job training and hands-on experience rather than reading a manual or listening to a lecture.

If you are a Generalist with at least mid-range Extroversion, you are well-suited to work on a team in your chosen field, and may make an excellent team leader. If you are a Specialist with mid-to-strong Introversion, you will be more concerned with your individual work and will want to contribute your abilities as an expert.
See next page for CAREERS TO EXPLORE.

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Careers to Explore for Technical - Hands-on

Organized by Job Families which are groups of occupations based upon work performed, skills, education, training and credentials.

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Specializing - Connecting/Helping People


Abilities Constituting This Pattern
This pattern combines the Detailed Communicator Personal Style (Extroverted Specialist) with Pragmatic Problem Solving (lower Classification and Concept Organization), a comfort with working with intangibles (lower Spatial Relations Visualization) and attentiveness to what is seen and heard (Observation, Tonal Memory). Naturally driven to understand specific areas of interest in great detail, they are patient and less likely to jump to conclusions when faced with new situations. In addition, people with this pattern have a natural comfort working in the intangible world of ideas, relationships and thoughts.

Specialists are most comfortable when they develop a specific area of expertise and deliver services from the perspective of an expert or specialist in the field. An Occupational Therapist, for instance, works in a very specific field, but may work with many different types of patients. Observation enables people with this pattern to notice changes in people’s faces, expressions, and moods, and Tonal Memory indicates an ability to listen and focus on people as they speak. Being conscious of your preference for Introversion or Extroversion will help you evaluate careers where interaction with people is almost constant or careers with a combination of interaction and solitary time. These interactive careers would be more taxing for you if you are more in the mid-range on the Introvert/Extrovert scale. Seeking a career with a combination of interaction and solitary time might be more satisfying for you.

100
0
Classification
100
0
Concept Organization
100
0
Specialist
100
0
Extrovert
100
0
Observation
100
0
Spatial Relations Visualization
100
0
Tonal Memory

Your Scores (black dots) Relative To Required Ability Range
As a Pragmatic Problem Solver you are able to draw on your own experiences as well as those of others to build a powerful database of information, solutions, and positive outcomes. Mastering a set of skills first will provide you with experiences from which you will select your solutions. Once you develop an area of competence and experience, you will be capable of moving to influential positions in almost any industry. As long as you stay in your chosen field and learn from your experiences, you can become the quickest problem solver in the organization, because you are able to cut through the distractions of too much information and get right to the point.

You benefit from getting to know people and enjoy building on those relationships. You work well in the intangible world and are comfortable dealing with emotions, ideas, theories, feelings and relationships. This powerful pattern makes you well-equipped to concentrate and focus on the problems that are presented to you. You have an understanding of the people involved, and will patiently work towards the best outcome for all. Direction for this pattern is related to your unique interests, before you review the suggested careers below, click this link, http://www.mynextmove.org/explore/ip, to explore your interests on ONET's free, 10-minute Interest Profiler.
See next page for CAREERS TO EXPLORE.

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Careers to Explore for Specializing - Connecting/Helping People

Organized by Job Families which are groups of occupations based upon work performed, skills, education, training and credentials.

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VIII. Next Steps

The Don’t Waste Your Talent: Personal Vision Coaching Program is the next step in the Highlands’ Whole Person Method, a holistic approach to create your personal vision to life and career fulfillment.

The single greatest predictor of success, a Personal Vision statement, is an articulated, detailed description of who you are and how you want to live your life. A powerful differentiator, this mission statement is a unique expression of what is important to you and will equip you to deal with any setbacks or obstacles that life may present.


Creating a Personal Vision Statement requires careful thought and reflection in exploring each of the 8 essential factors of the Whole Person Model.

Your Highlands Certified Consultant will guide you to create your Personal Vision of your ultimate goals and how to take practical steps to identify and pursue the career that best aligns with that vision in the Personal Vision Coaching Program. Discover the Highlands proprietary Whole Person Method -

Click here for your access to the e-book-
Don’t Waste Your Talent:
The 8 Critical Steps to Discovering What You Do Best
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Consult Your Highlands Affiliate

Your Highlands Affiliate is an active partner in your career exploration. The more effort you put in, the more your Affiliate can help. Your Affiliate will help you understand the benefits of making the following shifts in how you approach your results, and how you can make educational and career choices now and in the future:

Move from thinking
Move to thinking

There is an answer or formula that an expert can provide to tell me what I should be or do

By understanding myself in terms of my abilities and other factors, I can choose and explore multiple options to determine the best fit

There is one “right”, “best” or “ideal” ability profile

It is important that I understand my profile and how to best use my strengths

There is a perfect job/career

There is a job or career path that may fit me now and as I grow in my career

There is only one way to do a job

What is my best way of accomplishing specific job responsibilities

Jobs don’t change

Because jobs and careers can change, I need to be aware of how my strengths fit and what, if any, skills I need to build

Personal circumstances don’t change

Because personal circumstances can and do change I need to be aware of my personal style and abilities to learn to adapt to changing circumstances

The right job will just show up

I need to take action and explore options


Explore Your Interests

Abilities and interests go hand in hand. Abilities provide the potential for doing things well and interests provide the motivation and energy to use those abilities. Most of the time, a strong ability will assert itself and you will use it in a variety of ways without ever thinking about it. Sometimes, however, a strong ability may remain dormant due to lack of interest in applying it or lack of experience in using it. Conversely, a strong interest can provide the motivation to develop a particular skill even if your aptitude is low or moderate.

Take playing basketball as an example. Those who have a natural ability to play, and an interest in doing so, may play the game well with little effort. Those who have the natural talent and have never tried playing may not know their capability, while others with this natural talent may have no interest in playing. Either way, their natural talent for playing basketball will not be demonstrated. There is also a group of people who become very good basketball players through practice, practice, practice even though their natural talent is low to moderate.
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If you’ve never explored your interests or if you are curious about the alignment of your abilities with your interests, you can begin by going to the free Interest Inventory published by the US Department of Labor on the O*Net website at http://www.mynextmove.org/explore/ip. The O*NET is the nation’s primary source of occupational information. You can also work with your Highlands Affiliate who may have additional inventories and activities to explore your interests.


Seek Out Experiences

Building self-awareness is key to your success. Success in college, success in the world and how much you enjoy your life will be determined by how well you know yourself. Knowledge about your natural abilities is at the foundation. Knowledge about other internal factors is key.

Awareness of how each factor works for you and how all factors work together will only come from seeing them in action. That’s why proactively seeking out experience is critical.

You may consider volunteer work, clubs, committees, work-study programs, co-op programs, job shadowing, informational interviewing/surveying, part-time jobs, community service, and non-credit classes. You can tinker with computers, machines, equipment, instruments, artistic mediums, and other hands-on materials. You can run for office in a club, try your hand at public speaking or perform in a school or community play. Whatever experiences you have will help you expand or refine your career exploration.

Use the knowledge that you have gained to intentionally select experiences for the insights they will provide, to change what you notice as you explore and to refine how you articulate your experiences. Your Highlands Affiliate can help you be proactive in your choices. Work with your affiliate to identify options to explore based on your unique self. You can feel confident about the talents identified by the HAB. You are equipped with a language to connect what you know about yourself to the world of work. Now it’s up to you to use it!

“Some people use their talents: others ignore them. Our philosophy is this: TAP INTO YOUR TALENTS – DON’T WASTE THEM, they are your hard-wired key to personal and professional success” (McDonald et. al., DWYT)


CREDITS
The Highlands Career Exploration Supplement (HCES) is copyrighted by The Highlands Company 2014, all rights reserved. Material for this report comes from the knowledge and experience of all Highlands Affiliates. Developed for this report by primary author Dori Stiles, PhD with significant contributions by co-authors Tami Peterson, Leslie Martin and Robert Wall. HCES team members include Andrew Neiner, PhD – statistician and Natalie Pepper – editing.


Terms and Conditions of Use for the Highlands Ability Battery (HAB)

The Highlands Ability Battery (HAB) is not normed for use by employers to predict performance or success in a job, or screen applicants for hire or selection purposes. The HAB is to be used exclusively by Highlands’ consultants who have been trained and certified in the administration of the HAB and the interpretation of the Highlands report publications to equip individuals with knowledge of their aptitudes for making occupational and educational choices.

Your Highlands Ability Profile

Specialist-Generalist

This worksample measures the breadth and depth of information with which a person is comfortable, a person’s preference for assuming singular or shared responsibility for work outcomes, and one’s response to group dynamics.

If you scored low on Specialist it means that you scored high on Generalist. The following description can help you understand the types of work roles and career fields that often draw on a Generalist orientation, independent of all other dimensions measured by the HAB. It is not intended to suggest a specific job nor is it a comprehensive list of all the career fields in which Generalists are employed.

A person scoring in the Generalist range on this continuum prefers academic or work environments in which one can function as a part of a group or team, and achieving results by working through or with others. Generalists typically prefer variety in their work responsibilities, for example:
  1. Managerial, executive, administrative, business-oriented jobs.
  2. Engineering fields such as construction, civil, mechanical, or industrial.
  3. Heath-related sciences such as physical therapy, physician’s assistant, athletic coach or trainer, paramedic, general practitioner.
  4. Sales and group-influencing jobs, (especially if combined with strong Idea Productivity).
  5. In academic environments, study groups and group projects rather than independent study.
  6. Broad-based liberal arts and humanities curricula.

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Specialist-Generalist

This worksample measures the breadth and depth of information with which a person is comfortable, a person’s preference for assuming singular or shared responsibility for work outcomes, and one’s response to group dynamics.

The following description can help you understand the types of work roles and career fields that often draw on a mid-range Generalist-Specialist orientation, independent of all other dimensions measured by the HAB. It is not intended to suggest a specific job nor is it a comprehensive list of all the career fields in which mid-range Generalist-Specialists are employed.

A person scoring in the mid-range on the Generalist-Specialist continuum prefers academic or work situations in which one can have an area of expertise or specialization, and use it in group projects and situations, for example:
  1. Lawyers who might become real estate developers or the heads of companies.
  2. Study situations in which one can become expert and contribute knowledge to a group.
  3. Curricula in which one can get both specialized training and the breadth of the liberal arts and the humanities.
  4. Roles in which one is an information/communication conduit or hub.
  5. Professionals who may prefer group settings or shared responsibilities.

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Specialist-Generalist

This worksample measures the breadth and depth of information with which a person is comfortable, a person’s preference for assuming singular or shared responsibility for work outcomes, and one’s response to group dynamics.

If you scored low on Generalist it means that you scored high on Specialist. The following description can help you understand the types of work roles and career fields that often draw on a Specialist orientation, independent of all other dimensions measured by the HAB. It is not intended to suggest a specific job nor is it a comprehensive list of all the career fields in which Specialists are employed.

A person scoring in the Specialist range on this continuum prefers academic or work situations in which one can function independently or individually, achieving results using one’s own knowledge or skills, for example:
  1. Professions like law, medicine, the sciences, accounting, and other careers that require specialized training and skills.
  2. Engineering that stresses individual effort, such as lab research, design, or subfields of chemical engineering.
  3. Performance-oriented careers in music and art.
  4. Academic environments in which one can do independent or individual study or research.
  5. Curricula in which one can get specialized training.
  6. Mechanical or non-professional work where one works independently based on individual knowledge.

Your Highlands Ability Profile

Introvert-Extrovert

This worksample measures the amount and type of people interaction that is energizing and depleting and one’s optimal way to think through ideas, problems and plans.

The following description can help you understand the types of work roles and career fields that often draw on an Introvert orientation, independent of all other dimensions measured by the HAB. It is not intended to suggest a specific job nor is it a comprehensive list of all the career fields in which Introverts are employed.

A person scoring in the Introvert range on this continuum prefers academic or work environments in which one can work in solitude, one-on-one, or in structured settings, for example:
  1. In organizations and groups where there is also private space and protection from constant contact with others. For example, scheduling, report writing and planning in an organization are often a solitary tasks.
  2. Management situations in which most interactions are one-on-one, or in small groups or meetings.
  3. Writing that requires limited or structured contact with people, for example certain journalist, free-lance writer, or advertising copy-writer roles.
  4. Artistic, creative work that requires solitary practice and work.
  5. Legal, medical, or other professional work roles that requires limited interaction with people.

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Introvert-Extrovert

This worksample measures the amount and type of people interaction that is energizing and depleting and one’s optimal way to think through ideas, problems and plans.

The following description can help you understand the types of work roles and career fields that often draw on a mid-range Introvert-Extrovert orientation, independent of all other dimensions measured by the HAB. It is not intended to suggest a specific job nor is it a comprehensive list of all the career fields in which mid-range Introvert-Extroverts are employed.

A person scoring in the mid-range on the Introvert-Extrovert continuum prefers academic or work environments that provide a balance or the flexibility to create a mix between solitude and interactions with others, for example:
  1. A position in which one is teaching classes and tutoring one-on-one.
  2. A counselor who teaches classes or supervises groups and writes or counsels individuals.
  3. Academic work that may involve scholarly studies with teaching or tutoring.
  4. Management in small or intermittent group settings.
  5. Counseling or consulting or professional roles that may combine one-on-one and group interactions.
  6. Behind the scenes business, political and professional activities that may involve both individual effort and group interaction.

Your Highlands Ability Profile

Introvert-Extrovert

This worksample measures the amount and type of people interaction that is energizing and depleting and one’s optimal way to think through ideas, problems and plans.

The following description can help you understand the types of work roles and career fields that often draw on an Extrovert orientation, independent of all other dimensions measured by the HAB. It is not intended to suggest a specific job nor is it a comprehensive list of all the career fields in which Extroverts are employed.

A person scoring the Extrovert range on this continuum prefers academic or work environments in which one can work in the presence of others, for example:
  1. In organizations, teams, and any kinds of groups.
  2. Sales, marketing, advertising, public relations, teaching, politics, and any kind of face-to-face persuasion.
  3. Management in various fields.
  4. Performing and presenting before groups of people.
  5. Any legal, medical, or other profession that includes interaction with people.

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Time Frame Orientation

This worksample measure the Time Frame within which a person naturally plans, the length of time comfortable to wait for results and still feel motivated, the length of time comfortable between accomplishments and rewards, and one’s natural Time Frame for expectations.

The following description can help you understand the types of work roles and career fields that often draw on an immediate Time Frame orientation, independent of all other dimensions measured by the HAB. It is not intended to suggest a specific job nor is it a comprehensive list of all of the career fields in which those with an immediate Time Frame are employed.

A person scoring in the immediate range on this continuum prefers academic or work environments that focus on the here and now, a few months out, even up to a year into the future, for example:
  1. Work roles/tasks with an immediate outcome and payoff/reward.
  2. Long-range tasks that have short-range milestones.
  3. Work roles/tasks that enables worker to move from project to project easily without being encumbered by a fixed, long-term view of things.
  4. Helpful in work roles which demand closure or completion, such as sales, public speaking, newspaper reporting, and accounting.
  5. Helpful in work roles requiring immediate action including help desks and emergency workers.

Your Highlands Ability Profile

Time Frame Orientation

This worksample measure the Time Frame within which a person naturally plans, the length of time comfortable to wait for results and still feel motivated, the length of time comfortable between accomplishments and rewards, and one’s natural Time Frame for expectations.

The following description can help you understand the types of tasks and career fields that often draw on an intermediate Time Frame orientation, independent of all other dimensions measured by the HAB. It is not intended to suggest a specific job nor is it a comprehensive list of all the career fields in which those with an intermediate Time Frame are employed.

A person scoring in the intermediate range on this continuum prefers academic or work environments where goals and rewards are cultivated over time, 1-5 years into the future, for example:
  1. Jobs/tasks with goals within a one-to-five-year time frame such as earning a college degree.
  2. “Relationship” sales where building rapport is more important than a “one shot” success; client development in law, consulting, accounting, and some forms of journalism.
  3. Sales of capital equipment or other investment decisions that draw on relationship building.
  4. Work roles/tasks that do not provide instant gratification for a longer-range goal, but not TOO far out including those such as building an athletic program, starting a business, conducting research and writing an investigative journalism book, expose’ or video, or improving test scores in a public school.

Your Highlands Ability Profile

Time Frame Orientation

This worksample measure the Time Frame within which a person naturally plans, the length of time comfortable to wait for results and still feel motivated, the length of time comfortable between accomplishments and rewards, and one’s natural Time Frame for expectations.

The following description can help you understand the types of work roles and career fields that often draw on a long-range Time Frame orientation, independent of all other dimensions measured by the HAB. It is not intended to suggest a specific job nor is it a comprehensive list of all the career fields in which those with long-range Time Frames are employed.

A person scoring in the long range on this continuum prefers academic or work environments where a connection to long-term developments, plans or outcomes is a priority, for example:
  1. Work roles/tasks that require envisioning goals within a five-to-twenty-year time frame, for example city planners.
  2. Work roles/tasks that require workers to plan and work toward goals that may take many years to develop or come to fruition, such as architects and environmental-related professions.
  3. Work roles that focus on distant targets, such as retirement planners.
  4. Work roles/tasks that require works to endure efforts that are largely not rewarded to reap a larger reward later, such as creative careers in music, graphics, and the performing arts.
  5. Helpful in work roles that require strategic planning, trend analysis, or extended negotiations.
  6. Relates to having a professional degree and to having a degree beyond the Bachelor’s degree.
  7. Helpful for medical doctors, lawyers, certified public accountants, and for people who develop and then run their own businesses.

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Classification

This worksample measures the ability solve problems diagnostically, to identify a unifying principle, and for synthesizing. It influences one’s natural ability to evaluate and critique, one’s contribution to problem solving and the pace and structure of one’s preferred work environment. It is one type of convergent reasoning.

The following description can help you understand the types of work roles and career fields that often draw on low Classification, independent of all other dimensions measured by the HAB. It is not intended to suggest a specific job nor is it a comprehensive list of all the career fields in which those with low classification are employed.

A person scoring in the low range on the Classification continuum prefers academic or work responsibilities allowing for patience in solving problems, time to implement solutions, and parameters within which to implement identified solutions, for example:
  1. Classes/work roles with tried-and-true procedures and within a structure such as actuarial work.
  2. Classes/work roles that allow time for decision-making based on new information, outside areas of expertise and experience such as mechanical work.
  3. Classes/work roles where one can be curious, accepting, patient with process and a good listener such as teachers.
  4. Work roles/tasks that require extremely accurate, predictable decision-making such as engineers and bankers.
  5. An asset for executives, managers, and anyone whose job is team building and individual development.
  6. Can be an advantage for artists (less critical of own work).
  7. A plus for managers who make decisions by review of facts, not by leaping to conclusions.
  8. Technical roles related to industrial and other engineering.
  9. Work roles where reaching conclusions is based on careful, deliberate and methodical processes, where quality is emphasized over speed, such as furniture restoration and estate planning law.

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Classification

This worksample measures the ability solve problems diagnostically, to identify a unifying principle, and for synthesizing. It influences one’s natural ability to evaluate and critique, one’s contribution to problem solving and the pace and structure of one’s preferred work environment. It is one type of convergent reasoning.

The following description can help you understand the types of work roles and career fields that often draw on mid-range Classification, independent of all other dimensions measured by the HAB. It is not intended to suggest a specific job nor is it a comprehensive list of all the career fields in which those with mid-range Classification are employed. Mid-range Classification is somewhat less a factor in career decisions than low and high scores.

A person scoring in the mid-range on the Classification continuum prefers academic or work environments providing a moderate pace of solving problems, a balance between identifying solutions and implementing them; classes/work roles that are moderately paced with occasional emergency-type situations to address, for example:
  1. Students/workers need to have some stability and some variety and fast-paced problem solving.
  2. In any career field, one will problem-solve best within established guidelines.
  3. In any career field, one will not enjoy environments requiring continuous fastanswer problems or high pressure.
  4. Prefers work with set procedures.
  5. All branches of physical sciences, especially in investigative capacity.

Your Highlands Ability Profile

Classification

This worksample measures the ability solve problems diagnostically, to identify a unifying principle, and for synthesizing. It influences one’s natural ability to evaluate and critique, one’s contribution to problem solving and the pace and structure of one’s preferred work environment. It is one type of convergent reasoning.

The following description can help you understand the types of work roles and career fields that often draw on high Classification, independent of all other dimensions measured by the HAB. It is not intended to suggest a specific job nor is it a comprehensive list of all the career fields in which those with high classification are employed.

A person scoring the high range on the Classification continuum prefers academic or work environments requiring a continuous rapid pace of solving problems or are chaotic, providing few parameters or simply a blank slate, and where a premium is placed on identifying solutions rather than implementing them, for example:
  1. Work roles that require rapid, accurate decision-making, particularly in face-to-face situations in fields such as medical, business or legal consultation.
  2. Fields in which there is rapid change, such as the practice of emergency medicine, litigation and criminal law, scientific research, technology, editorial work, critical writing, counseling, advice-giving, investigating, elementary school teaching, administrative assistance, accounting, and trouble shooting.
  3. Work roles where high Classification is often seen include fields such as editors, researchers, and writers for magazines, lawyers, physicians, and computer workers.
  4. Group influencing roles in areas such as religion or ministry, politics, marketing, buying, advertising, university lecturing, and fiction writing.
  5. Persuading work roles/tasks including debating, newspaper reporting, editing, and diplomatic work.
  6. Diagnostic work roles/tasks and solving problems in areas such as mechanical repair, diagnostic medicine, design engineering.
  7. Critic work roles/tasks in any area including art, comedy, music, literature, cinema, appraisers, lecturers, social satire or historians.
  8. Careers within life sciences, social sciences and forensic science because of greater degree of unpredictability than in the physical sciences.
  9. Work roles often performed by psychologists, remedial instructors, speech/art/music therapists.
  10. Work roles often performed by repairers of concrete things such as auto mechanics, electronics, small engines, household repairs, musical instruments, and computer/ copy machines.

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Concept Organization

This worksample measures the ability to reason analytically. Concept Organization is the ability to mentally organize or create order and influences one’s orientation toward process, decision-making time, and communication. It is one type of convergent reasoning.

The following description can help you understand the types of work roles and career fields that often draw on low Concept Organization, independent of all other dimensions measured by the HAB. It is not intended to suggest a specific job nor is it a comprehensive list of all the career fields in which those with low Concept Organization are employed.

A person scoring in the low range on the Concept Organization continuum prefers academic and work responsibilities that de-emphasize using a process to arrive at a solution; jobs not requiring step-by-step explanations or rationales; jobs that do not require juggling many schedules or activities at once, for example:
  1. People who tend to score low in this ability are likely to be in work roles requiring decisiveness or performance of certain rote tasks in a highly consistent manner without drawing logical conclusions from them.
  2. Work roles/tasks such as clerk, cashier, coding clerk, insurance typist, industrial leadsman, general production, and auto assembly inspector.
  3. Work roles in which there is a premium on reactive decision-making such as some school administrator roles, clergy, some fields of law enforcement and customer service representatives.

Your Highlands Ability Profile

Concept Organization

This worksample measures the ability to reason analytically. Concept Organization is the ability to mentally organize or create order and influences one’s orientation toward process, decision-making time, and communication. It is one type of convergent reasoning.

The following description can help you understand the types of work roles and career fields that often draw on mid-range Concept Organization, independent of all other dimensions measured by the HAB. It is not intended to suggest a specific job nor is it a comprehensive list of all the career fields in which those with mid-range Concept Organization are employed.

A person scoring in the mid-range on the Concept Organization continuum prefers academic and work responsibilities with a balance of processes/procedures and the flexibility to skip steps; responsibilities relying on some explanation of logic tracks with time to compose in advance, for example:
  1. Work roles/tasks with flexibility in following a prescribed process.
  2. Responsibilities that rely on communicating a framework rather than structured, detailed steps.
  3. Work roles that allow for both restraint and reactivity.

Your Highlands Ability Profile

Concept Organization

This worksample measures the ability to reason analytically. Concept Organization is the ability to mentally organize or create order and influences one’s orientation toward process, decision-making time, and communication. It is one type of convergent reasoning.

The following description can help you understand the types of work roles and career fields that often draw on high Concept Organization, independent of all other dimensions measured by the HAB. It is not intended to suggest a specific job nor is it a comprehensive list of all the career fields in which those with high Concept Organization are employed.

A person scoring in the high range on the Concept Organization continuum prefers academic or work responsibilities emphasizing processes and procedures, careful analysis and thoroughness, or easy-to-follow communications and explanations, for example:
  1. People in work roles that require careful planning, careful and logical communication, and the drawing of logical conclusions that can be communicated to others in fields such as chemistry, mathematics, test piloting, actuarial science, bank managing, design engineering, middle managing, engineering, industrial engineering, software engineering, accounting, office management and college studies.
  2. Any work roles that rely heavily on logical, linear thought, careful linear problem-solving and/or planning, or careful, content-oriented information, such as the medical sciences, some fields of law enforcement, security services, engineering, computer programming, and oral communications.
  3. Fields that require logical analysis of data and the movement of materials through time and space, such as writing (facts and words), logistics/scheduling (materials, deliveries, routes, products, space), teaching (facts and logical connections), natural sciences (observation and data), travel and tour planning (space, time, routes).
  4. Work roles that require planning and organizing such as editing, political and advertising campaign planning, PR strategizing, professional writing, computer programming, systems analyzing, social science researching, and travel agent scheduling.
  5. It is an asset for people with small businesses or individual practices where they themselves do most of the scheduling, organizing, ordering and other logistical tasks.
  6. Helpful in fields of law, science, technology, life sciences, copywriting, planning an ad campaign, and sports directing.

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Idea Productivity

This worksample measures the ability to generate a large quantity of ideas. Idea Productivity influences the rate of ideas going through your mind at any one time, how you self-manage multiple tasks/projects, and the type of contributions you make to group decisions. It is divergent reasoning.

The following description can help you understand the types of work roles and career fields that often draw on low Idea Productivity, independent of all other dimensions measured by the HAB. It is not intended to suggest a specific job nor is it a comprehensive list of all the career fields in which those with low Idea Productivity are employed.

A person scoring in the low range on the Idea Productivity continuum prefers academic or work responsibilities requiring focus and/or follow through; environments that allow for a more sequential approach to accomplishing tasks, for example:
  1. Work roles/careers where routine and/or stability are called for or are typical of the environment, such as banking, air traffic control, management, and clerical work.
  2. Fields requiring concentration, focus, and following a direction or project to completion, such as accounting, dentistry, engineering, computer programming, surgery, house painting and engraving.
  3. Opportunities to bring focus to any type of group or with an individual where a myriad of ideas are generated or under consideration and the goal is to arrive at an answer/plan.
  4. Work environments where progress is viewed as completing projects somewhat sequentially.

Your Highlands Ability Profile

Idea Productivity

This worksample measures the ability to generate a large quantity of ideas. Idea Productivity influences the rate of ideas going through your mind at any one time, how you self-manage multiple tasks/projects, and the type of contributions you make to group decisions. It is divergent reasoning.

The following description can help you understand the types of work roles and career fields that often draw on mid-range Idea Productivity, independent of all other dimensions measured by the HAB. It is not intended to suggest a specific job nor is it a comprehensive list of all the career fields in which those with mid-range Idea Productivity are employed.

A person scoring in the mid-range on the Idea Productivity continuum prefers academic or work responsibilities that allow for a mix of focus and generation of new ideas; work environments that do not singularly emphasize either brainstorming or focus.
  1. Work roles/careers with environments that are somewhat changeable and not chaotic such as design engineering, some sales, some types of business management, and project management.
  2. Opportunities to switch-hit in group discussions between kick-starting a group that is stuck on a single idea and focusing a group that is all over the board.

Your Highlands Ability Profile

Idea Productivity

This worksample measures the ability to generate a large quantity of ideas. Idea Productivity influences the rate of ideas going through your mind at any one time, how you self-manage multiple tasks/projects, and the type of contributions you make to group decisions. It is divergent reasoning.

The following description can help you understand the types of tasks and career fields that often draw on high Idea Productivity, independent of all other dimensions measured by the HAB. It is not intended to suggest a specific job nor is it a comprehensive list of all the career fields in which those with high Idea Productivity are employed.

A person scoring in the high range on the Idea Productivity continuum prefers academic and work responsibilities requiring the rapid generation of plentiful ideas.
  1. Work roles/careers with chaotic and changeable environments, or that require persuasion and change of opinion such as sales and politics and trial law.
  2. Work roles that require “creative imagination” such as advertising, sales, journalism, performing, comedy, fine arts, game design, writing and teaching.
  3. Responsibilities requiring rapid problem solving using more than one approach including emergency medicine, consulting, newspaper journalism, and most forms of live media.
  4. Work roles that place a premium on the rapid flow of words or thoughts in fields such as teaching, industrial/set/interior design, architecture, public relations and communications.
  5. Classes that include class discussion, essay tests and presentations.
  6. Work environments where progress is viewed as moving multiple projects/tasks forward simultaneously rather than accomplishing one project/task at a time.
  7. Opportunities to brainstorm with any type of group or individual, especially when the group/individual is stuck on a single idea.

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Spatial Relations Theory

This worksample measures three-dimensional abstract reasoning, recognizing or picturing the interrelationships between entities (systems thinking). Spatial Relations Theory influences the way you work with information and data; pragmatic or practical vs. theoretical or hypothetical. It also describes your preferences to focus on the relationship between objects or things (systems thinking) or to focus on singular entities.

The following description can help you understand the types of work roles and career fields that often draw on low-mid Spatial Relations Theory, independent of all other dimensions measured by the HAB. It is not intended to suggest a specific job nor is it a comprehensive list of all the career fields in which those with low-mid Spatial Relations Theory are employed.

A person scoring in the low to mid-range on the Spatial Relations Theory continuum prefers academic or work responsibilities where the emphasis is on what is present, practical and has a direct connection to solutions to a problem rather than theoretical or hypothetical scenarios.
  1. Responsibilities in any field such as psychology, medicine, law, management, education where there is a premium on direct contact with clients, patients, or students.
  2. Responsibilities that focus on a component of a system rather than a system as a whole such as an educator responsible for a department, an administrator of a school, a manager responsible for the functioning of a product line, a doctor focused on a specific clinic.

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Spatial Relations Theory

This worksample measures three-dimensional abstract reasoning, recognizing or picturing the interrelationships between entities (systems thinking). Spatial Relations Theory influences the way you work with information and data; pragmatic or practical vs. theoretical or hypothetical. It also describes your preferences to focus on the relationship between objects or things (systems thinking) or to focus on singular entities.

The following description can help you understand the types of work roles and career fields that often draw on mid-high Spatial Relations Theory, independent of all other dimensions measured by the HAB. It is not intended to suggest a specific job nor is it a comprehensive list of all the career fields in which those with mid-high Spatial Relations Theory are employed.

The stronger this ability, the more a person naturally theorizes about and studies interactions in a subject for a future or hypothetical solution. Can perform tasks that emphasize imagining relationships and interactions that do not really exist, understanding the interrelationships within the system as well as the hypothetical relationships that could result from change, for example:
  1. Scientific, technical, and some artistic fields in which one theorizes about the solutions to complex problems (medical, chemical, nuclear, astronomical, mathematical, various kinds of engineering, etc.)
  2. Fields that involve the design of three-dimensional structural solutions, (architecture, computer design, interior design, prosthetic design, bridge and road design, etc.)
  3. Social Sciences involving the interactions of people living in various kinds of groups (families, communities, political units, nations, etc.)
  4. Fields that require understanding various points of view and an understanding of how people relate to each for example, counselors, negotiators, diplomats, corporate lawyers, economists and family therapists.
  5. The core of the computer science field.
  6. Theoretical or research orientation tasks where there might be direct contact with patients for the gathering of information.

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Spatial Relations Theory

This worksample measures three-dimensional abstract reasoning, recognizing or picturing the interrelationships between entities (systems thinking). Spatial Relations Theory influences the way you work with information and data; pragmatic or practical vs. theoretical or hypothetical. It also describes your preferences to focus on the relationship between objects or things (systems thinking) or to focus on singular entities.

The following description can help you understand the types of work roles and career fields that often draw on mid-high Spatial Relations Theory, independent of all other dimensions measured by the HAB. It is not intended to suggest a specific job nor is it a comprehensive list of all the career fields in which those with mid-high Spatial Relations Theory are employed.

The stronger this ability, the more a person naturally theorizes about and studies interactions in a subject for a future or hypothetical solution. Can perform tasks that emphasize imagining relationships and interactions that do not really exist, understanding the interrelationships within the system as well as the hypothetical relationships that could result from change, for example:
  1. Scientific, technical, and some artistic fields in which one theorizes about the solutions to complex problems (medical, chemical, nuclear, astronomical, mathematical, various kinds of engineering, etc.)
  2. Fields that involve the design of three-dimensional structural solutions, (architecture, computer design, interior design, prosthetic design, bridge and road design, etc.)
  3. Social Sciences involving the interactions of people living in various kinds of groups (families, communities, political units, nations, etc.)
  4. Fields that require understanding various points of view and an understanding of how people relate to each for example, counselors, negotiators, diplomats, corporate lawyers, economists and family therapists.
  5. The core of the computer science field.
  6. Theoretical or research orientation tasks where there might be direct contact with patients for the gathering of information.

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Spatial Relations Visualization

This worksample measures three-dimensional “structural” reasoning. Spatial Relations Visualization influences the types of work and results that feel real and the degree of need for tangible/concrete examples and outcomes. Fit can also influence communication.

The following description can help you understand the types of work roles and career fields that often draw on low Spatial Relations Visualization, independent of all other dimensions measured by the HAB. It is not intended to suggest a specific job nor is it a comprehensive list of all the career fields in which those with low Spatial Relations Visualization are employed.

A person scoring in the low range on the Spatial Relations Visualization continuum prefers academic or work responsibilities related to the intangible world of ideas, words, concepts, emotions, and people. People scoring in the low range feel little press to work in structural fields, for example:
  1. Many specialties within the field of law (lawyers and judges) that emphasize concepts and relationships such as constitutional, corporate, and family law.
  2. Many business executives, general salespeople, counselors and social researchers where the focus is on managing relationships and relating to the preferences of others.
  3. Intangible artistic fields such as literary, visual and musical performing arts.
  4. Oral communications such as non-technical teaching, politicians, ministers, presenters.
  5. Work responsibilities focused on abstract concepts such as computer software development, meteorology, climatology, seismology and the social sciences.

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Spatial Relations Visualization

This worksample measures three-dimensional “structural” reasoning. Spatial Relations Visualization influences the types of work and results that feel real and the degree of need for tangible/concrete examples and outcomes. Fit can also influence communication.

The following description can help you understand the types of work roles and career fields that often draw on mid-range Spatial Relations Visualization, independent of all other dimensions measured by the HAB. It is not intended to suggest a specific job nor is it a comprehensive list of all the career fields in which those with mid-range Spatial Relations Visualization are employed.

People scoring in the mid-range of the Spatial Relations Visualization continuum prefer academic and work responsibilities that create a mix of hands-on and abstract activities; jobs that require building understanding or facilitating interactions between people who are more comfortable in tangible (e.g., technically oriented) world and those more comfortable in the intangible (e.g., service oriented) world.

As an alternative, a person with a mid-range score in Spatial Relations Visualization may find adequate balance alternating activities performed on and off the job, for example:
  1. Any responsibilities blending technical knowledge with communication such as scientific writers, documentary filmmakers, teachers in technical fields.
  2. Jobs/tasks requiring an understanding of both the tangible and intangible aspects of a product or service such as technical and pharmaceutical sales.
  3. Activities that produce a tangible outcome for the purpose of enjoyment (rather than a paycheck) such as cooking, crafting, wood working, gardening and landscaping.

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Spatial Relations Visualization

This worksample measures three-dimensional “structural” reasoning. Spatial Relations Visualization influences the types of work and results that feel real and the degree of need for tangible/concrete examples and outcomes. Fit can also influence communication.

The following description can help you understand the types of work responsibilities and career fields that often draw on high Spatial Relations Visualization, independent of all other dimensions measured by the HAB. It is not intended to suggest a specific job nor is it a comprehensive list of all the career fields in which those with high Spatial Relations Visualization are employed.

A person scoring in the high range on the Spatial Relations Visualization continuum prefers academic or work responsibilities related to the tangible world, working with their hands or with concrete facts, producing something that can be felt or touched, for example:
  • Occupations such as engineering, dentistry, medicine, computer programming, architecture, physical therapy and industrial design.
  • Trades such as building construction, mechanics (car, machine), carpentry, auto repair, HVAC, surveying and plumbing.
  • Structural students are tinkerers and doers more than thinkers and are often happier and more successful in the hands-on world than in the verbal world of ideas and discussion.
  • Even in fields considered more intangible, there are hands-on sub-fields such as neuroscience and psychiatry when interested in counseling/psychology; art/architectural history, art restoration and historical preservation when interested in history;
  • Artistic fields such as 3-D animation, set design, furniture design, sculpting, audio engineering, industrial design and jewelry design

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Design Memory

This worksample measures the ability to recall overall graphic patterns or designs and influences visual learning. The stronger your Design Memory the more naturally able you are to easily recall overall graphic patterns or designs. Design Memory supports studies and work roles in fields such as:

Art (especially cartoonists, clothing and textile design, art history, painting, sketching, and restoration; helpful to an artist who works from memory rather than one using a model)
  • Architecture
  • Engineering
  • Surgery
  • Choreography
  • Cartography
  • Museum work
  • Photography
  • Advertising
  • Biology
  • Dentistry (especially orthodontics)
  • Surveying
  • Medical or science illustrations
  • Real estate sales or appraisals

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Medium Design Memory

As a person with medium Design Memory, you…

  • Will find this ability helpful in work or tasks involving learning and recalling the details in visual patterns and designs.
  • Will experience little difficulty in remembering and using visual stimuli in such everyday tasks as recalling the locations of objects in a room or directions on a map, or data on a printed page.
  • Can find this ability useful in many artistic and technical tasks, but you should not experience any particular lack or stress if your work does not use this ability.

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High Design Memory

As a person with high Design Memory, you…

  • Find it easy to remember two-dimensional visual patterns and are able to work comfortably with the overall patterns in visual material, as, for example in maps, architectural designs, and diagrams of any kind.
  • Should find it easy to remember such things as the location of objects in a room and directions on a map.
  • Can consider Design Memory to be a significant learning channel in and of itself and can easily translate information received in other forms into graphics such as diagrams and drawings.
  • Need to find activities in which this ability can be used regularly, or you may feel vaguely dissatisfied.
  • Will find this ability useful in many scientific, technical, and/or artistic tasks.

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Observation

This worksample measures the ability to notice and remember small visual details. The stronger your Observation, the more naturally able you are to make visual comparisons quickly or automatically and recall details, or notice body language and facial expressions. Observation supports studies and work roles in fields such as:

Product, building, and safety inspection
  • Insurance adjusting
  • Appraising
  • Quality control
  • Visual critiquing
  • Retailing
  • Medicine, science, laboratory (e.g., examining tissue slides, observing small changes or variations in cells or appearance)
  • Science
  • Art (e.g., recalling details of sketches, parts of paintings and brushstrokes or styles; art restoration; art history)
  • Detective and police work
  • Writing that includes details of real-life scenes which add richness to descriptions

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Medium Observation

As a person with medium Observation Ability, you...

  • May find your level in this ability strong enough to be useful to you in areas that require both close attention to detail and the capacity to remember visual changes and inconsistencies.
  • May not automatically notice detail in all areas of work/life, although your Observation can be keen when you're interested in something.
  • Can bring this ability into play in any artistic and visual tasks.
  • Can find this ability helpful any time you need to describe the details of some experience, notice small parts of an event, or recall changes in what you're seeing.
  • Can use this ability in a hobby if not in the work setting.
  • May use this ability to read facial expressions and the body language of others.

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High Observation

As a person with high Observation Ability, you…

  • Will find this ability to be useful to you in many areas that require close attention to detail and remembering visual changes and inconsistencies.
  • May intuitively notice detail in all areas of work/life, especially when they are of interest to you.
  • Can easily bring this ability into play in artistic and visual tasks.
  • Can find this ability helpful any time you need to describe the details of some experience, notice small parts of an event, or recall changes in what you're seeing.
  • Can use this ability in a hobby if not in the work setting.
  • May intuitively use this ability to read facial expressions and the body language of others.

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Verbal Memory

This worksample measures the ability to memorize new words and influences learning through reading and learning the vocabulary of foreign languages. The stronger your Verbal Memory the more naturally able you are to retain and recall information you read (does not necessary apply to comprehending the information) and to master vocabulary of languages and other specialized vocabularies such as medical terminology, legal terminology and scientific terms. Verbal Memory supports studies and work roles in fields such as:
  • Anatomy and physiology
  • Education classes
  • Foreign languages
  • Geology
  • Geography
  • Biology
A strong score in verbal memory is needed in “word and jargon fields” such as:
  • Translating and interpreting foreign languages
  • Teaching foreign languages
  • Historical research
  • Information sciences
  • Reference librarian
  • Data base development
  • Medical records development and maintenance

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Medium Verbal Memory

As a person with medium Verbal Memory, you…

  • Should be able to memorize information from the written word without any particular problem.
  • Find this learning channel to be an advantage in any formal learning or training environment.
  • Find this ability helpful in building your vocabulary, learning a foreign language or working in a field that has its own language or technical jargon.
  • Should consider Verbal Memory a significant learning channel.

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High Verbal Memory

As a person with high Verbal Memory, you…

  • Are able to memorize information from the written word quickly and easily.
  • Find this learning channel a strong advantage in any formal learning or training situation.
  • Find this ability an area of strength in building your vocabulary, learning a foreign language or working in a field that has its own language or technical jargon.
  • Should consider Verbal Memory a very important learning channel.

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Tonal Memory

This worksample measures the ability to remember sequences of tones and influences your musical ability and auditory learning. The stronger your Tonal Memory, the more naturally able you are to produce music by memory, reproduce the accent of foreign language, and learn through listening. Tonal Memory supports studies and work roles such as:
  • Speaking, interpreting or translating language dialects
  • Remember what people have said (e.g., consulting, teaching, diplomacy, customer service)
  • Producing music by memory
  • Remembering dialogue or lines (e.g., actors, broadcasters)
  • Retaining information by listening (e.g., listening to lectures, podcasts)

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Medium Tonal Memory

As a person with medium Tonal Memory, you…

  • Have some facility to remember tunes and tonal sequences. This ability is used to sing and play music by ear. It is also the auditory memory used to reproduce the accent and tones of a foreign language.
  • May feel some press to use this ability, particularly if your scores on the other music abilities (Rhythm Memory and Pitch Discrimination) are in the medium range or above.
  • Should enjoy learning to play a musical instrument, particularly if you have some support from at least one of the other two musical abilities.
  • Should be able to pick up information from what you hear with no particular problem.
  • Should consider Tonal Memory a significant learning channel and use it to advantage in any formal learning or training situation.

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High Tonal Memory

As a person with high Tonal Memory, you…

  • Have a strong facility to remember tunes and tonal sequences, which you may use to sing and play music by ear.
  • Have the auditory memory to reproduce the accent and tones of a foreign language.
  • Should consider Tonal Memory a very important learning channel.
  • Will feel a press to use this ability and may feel dissatisfied if you are not using Tonal Memory in some way. If any other scores on the other music abilities (Rhythm Memory and Pitch Discrimination) are in the medium range or above, this press to use Tonal Memory will be even stronger.
  • Should experience very little problem in learning to play a musical instrument, especially one that "tunes" itself (e.g., keyboard or drums), particularly if you have some support from at least one of the other music abilities.

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Rhythm Memory

This worksample measures the ability to remember the cadence, beat or rhythm of what one hears and influences kinesthetic learning and movement-based work roles. The stronger your Rhythm Memory, the more naturally able you are to learn kinesthetically, by large muscle movement and by going through the motions.

Rhythm Memory supports studies and work roles in fields such as:
  • Physically active/outdoor fields (e.g., park management, forestry, law enforcement, construction, beat/street police, fire fighter)
  • Athletics (e.g., athletes, sports coaching, sports medicine, physical therapy)
  • Music (e.g., conducting, playing instrument, recording)
  • Dance (e.g., performing)
  • Language fields (poetry, script writing, performing comedy)

Your Highlands Ability Profile

Medium Rhythm Memory

As a person with medium Rhythm Memory, you...
  • Have some ability to reproduce physical movements. Anytime you "act out" or "walk through" what you are learning, you are taking advantage of this ability.
  • Should experience no particular problems in responding to music, learning a musical instrument (especially one with a strong beat, like the drums), or in moving "in sync" with others in athletics or dance.
  • May not experience a strong need or press to use this ability, but you should consider Rhythm Memory a significant learning channel.

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High Rhythm Memory

As a person with high Rhythm Memory, you…

  • Can play music or musical instruments that lean heavily on rhythm or beat.
  • May feel a demand for an outlet for this ability and can feel restless and unhappy if you ignore it.
  • Have a general need for physical activity. Sitting at a desk all day will be hard for you unless you do something physical with your body. Walking, jogging, or playing sports are some ways to release this ability.
  • Have a strong ability to remember movements of your body. Anytime you "act out" or "walk through" a learning activity, you are taking advantage of this ability.
  • Should consider Rhythm Memory a strong learning channel.

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Pitch Discrimination

This worksample measures the ability to make fine auditory discriminations in frequencies and pitch and influences your sensitivity in many sensory areas. The stronger your Pitch Discrimination the more naturally able you are to sense the tiniest of differences in what you hear, smell, feel (tactile) and/or taste. Pitch Discrimination supports studies and work roles where small tolerances are critical such as:
  • Singing acapella
  • Playing un-pitched instruments (e.g., trumpet, violin)
  • Replicating/interpreting/translating languages that rely on pitch (e.g., Asian)
  • Interpreting sounds from mechanical instruments (e.g., ham radio operators, sonar or radar operators)
  • Gourmet cooking
  • Working with textures
  • Chemists
  • Dentists
  • Electrical engineers
  • Working with delicate machinery with small moving parts (e.g., watch repair, jewelry design and repair, lab technicians)

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Medium Pitch Discrimination

As a person with medium pitch discrimination, you…

  • Have adequate ability to sing or play a musical instrument.
  • (There is some evidence that you) have the ability to make the kinds of fine sensory discriminations required in such diverse tasks as gourmet cooking, photography, artistic painting, working with small instruments or machines, microscopy, or astronomy.
  • Will probably be able to learn the inflection and accent of a foreign language.
  • Should not feel a press or need to use this ability in your everyday work life, but will find it strong enough to be helpful to you both musically and in other sensory areas.

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High Pitch Discrimination

As a person with high Pitch Discrimination, you…

  • Score well enough to sing or play a musical instrument well, even instruments like the violin or trumpet that lean heavily on the ability to distinguish pitch.
  • (There is some evidence that you) have a strong ability to make the kinds of fine sensory discriminations required in such diverse tasks as gourmet cooking, photography, artistic painting, working with small instruments or machines, microscopy, or astronomy.
  • Will find it easy to learn the inflection and accent of a foreign language.
  • Will feel a press or need to use this ability and, depending on your other musical abilities (Tonal and Rhythm), should consider learning a musical instrument.
  • Can pick up subtle changes in tone or inflection of voice, an ability useful in diplomacy and mediation.

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Number Memory

This worksample measures the ability to remember number sequences and influences the ability for rote memorization. The stronger your Number Memory, the more naturally able you are to memorize multiple sequences of number related to an area of focus. Number Memory supports studies and work roles in fields that require having statistical and/or numerical information at one’s fingertips and such as:
  • Accounting
  • Banking
  • Finance
  • Stock brokering
  • Sports broadcasting
  • Inventory control
  • Coding work for computer input
  • Routing and scheduling of various types
  • Insurance underwriting
  • Ticket writing in the travel industry
  • Clerical or office roles (e.g., remembering customer account numbers, license plates, form numbers, stock control)
  • Library/information resources work
  • Retail sales
  • Highway patrol and city traffic enforcement
  • Editing

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Medium Number Memory

As a person with medium number memory, you…

  • Are able to remember all sorts of facts from many different sources.
  • Can remember those facts and numbers you need in your day-to-day tasks.
  • Find this ability useful in roles that require instant access to facts and information.

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High Number Memory

As a person with high Number Memory, you…

  • Are able to remember numbers and unrelated or miscellaneous facts quickly and easily, without apparent effort.
  • Are probably not aware of making any effort to remember this data..
  • Can find this ability helpful in any setting in which you have many things to remember and keep at your fingertips.
  • Have an advantage in any roles that require instant access to facts and information.

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Visual Speed and Accuracy

This worksample measures the ability to handle clerical-type work (no longer referred to as “paperwork” since so much is now handled electronically) and influences the ability for your eyes to scan tables of numbers or symbols accurately and quickly. The stronger your Visual Speed/Visual Accuracy the more naturally you are able to check the accuracy of written material. Visual Speed and Visual Accuracy supports studies and work roles in numerically-oriented fields such as:
  • Banking
  • Accounting
  • Finance
  • Economics
  • Computing and accounting recording
  • Insurance
  • Investing
  • Bond trading
  • Nursing
  • Bookkeeping
  • Medical records
  • Pianists (for sight-reading)
  • Auction house and museum curatorial roles
  • Proofreading and editing
  • Teaching/grading papers
  • Law
  • Government bureaucracy

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Low Visual Speed and Medium Accuracy

As a person with low Visual Speed and medium Accuracy, you…

  • Are probably inclined to slow your work down in order to be as accurate as possible.
  • Should not experience any undue stress at work unless you are in a job that depends very heavily on both speed and accuracy.
  • Should have very little problem with the paperwork demanded by the business world as long as you allow yourself enough time.
  • May need to apply concentration and attention when you read.

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Low Visual Speed and High Accuracy

As a person with low Visual Speed and high Accuracy, you…

  • Are probably inclined to slow your work down in order to assure your accuracy.
  • Should not have any difficulty with this process unless you are working at a task that depends very heavily on both speed and accuracy.
  • Should experience very little problem with work that requires a large amount of paperwork or working with columns of numbers and figures as long as you allow yourself enough time.
  • Will find that most paperwork tasks demand accuracy over speed.

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Medium Visual Speed and Low Accuracy

As a person with medium Visual Speed and low Accuracy, you...

  • Are able to move your eyes quickly enough to experience no particular problem with work that requires a large amount of paperwork or concentration on columns of numbers and figures.
  • Can find that your low accuracy causes you difficulty where precision is important.
  • Will be naturally inclined to go fast in visual dexterity tasks, but you may need to improve your accuracy, which is relatively more important in most tasks, by going at a slower rate. Over time, as you become more accustomed to the task, your speed will improve also.

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Medium Visual Speed and Medium Accuracy

As a person with medium Visual Speed and Accuracy, you...

  • Should experience no particular problem in interpreting written symbols quickly and accurately.
  • Should find these abilities helpful in any work that requires a large amount of paperwork or working with columns of numbers and figures.

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Medium Visual Speed and High Accuracy

As a person with medium Visual Speed and high Accuracy, you…

  • Should experience no particular difficulty with visual dexterity.
  • Should find this ability helpful in any work that requires a large amount of paperwork or working with columns of numbers and figures.

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High Visual Speed and Low Accuracy

As a person with high Visual Speed and low Accuracy, you…

  • Are able to move your eyes quickly; however, your low accuracy may cause difficulty where precision is important.
  • May improve your accuracy, which is relatively more important in most tasks, by going at a slower rate. Over time, as you become more accustomed to the task, your speed will improve also.
  • Can experience problems in tasks which require precision in paperwork and reading for accuracy, as in research, reading musical scores, etc.

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High Visual Speed and Medium Accuracy

As a person with high Visual Speed and medium Accuracy, you…

  • Are able to move your eyes quickly, and your accuracy is strong enough for you to handle visual tasks requiring dexterity with no particular problem.
  • Should find this ability helpful in any work that requires a large amount of paperwork or working with columns of numbers and figures.
  • May improve your accuracy, which is relatively more important in most tasks, by going at a slower rate.

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High Visual Speed and High Accuracy

As a person with high Visual Speed and high Accuracy, you …

  • Are able to interpret written symbols very quickly and accurately.
  • Find this a distinct advantage in any administrative task, paper-and-pencil work, working with columns of numbers and figures, or any activity where visual speed and precision are involved.
  • Are able to process written information quickly and accurately.
  • Are able to notice discrepancies in data and numbers
  • Will find these abilities useful in bookkeeping, accounting, financial analysis, research, editing, estimating, etc.

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Vocabulary

Your general vocabulary provides you with the foundation for the breadth and depth with which you learn and communicate. Vocabulary is a personal tool developed by each individual over time, rather than a natural ability, but the range of your vocabulary will affect how effectively you can use some of your abilities. The Highlands Ability Battery tests vocabulary in isolation, which means there are no context clues in a paragraph to help you know what a word means, only a group of synonyms from which to choose. Many universities/colleges require an adequate general vocabulary for entry, and yours will be measured further by entrance exams and potentially later for entry to graduate school.

For adults, a strong general vocabulary can be a gateway to working with a wider variety of fields, working with more sophisticated clients or in professional fields that require the usage of a wider range of communication. A strong vocabulary can even influence gaining access to opportunities at higher levels of career development (management, supervision, teaching at graduate levels, law).

Regardless of your current vocabulary level, knowing how to develop your vocabulary can help you. Many careers require a specific or technical vocabulary, so discovering how you best learn new words and ideas will support you in any career you choose. Also, over time, focusing on the development of a specialized or technical vocabulary may divert developing and/or practicing your general vocabulary which may decline with disuse. If you ever decide to increase your vocabulary, use your most efficient learning channels (Design Memory, Verbal Memory, Tonal Memory, Rhythm Memory, and Number Memory) to assist you with building this skill.

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Medium Vocabulary

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High Vocabulary

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Specialist-Generalist

This worksample measures the breadth and depth of information with which a person is comfortable, a person’s preference for assuming singular or shared responsibility for work outcomes, and one’s response to group dynamics.

The following description can help you understand the types of work roles and career fields that often draw on a Specialist orientation, independent of all other dimensions measured by the HAB. It is not intended to suggest a specific job nor is it a comprehensive list of all the career fields in which Specialists are employed.

A person scoring in the Specialist range on this continuum prefers academic or work situations in which one can function independently or individually, achieving results using one’s own knowledge or skills, for example:
  1. Professions like law, medicine, the sciences, accounting, and other careers that require specialized training and skills.
  2. Engineering that stresses individual effort, such as lab research, design, or subfields of chemical engineering.
  3. Performance-oriented careers in music and art.
  4. Academic environments in which one can do independent or individual study or research.
  5. Curricula in which one can get specialized training.
  6. Mechanical or non-professional work where one works independently based on individual knowledge.

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Introvert-Extrovert

This worksample measures the amount and type of people interaction that is energizing and depleting and one’s optimal way to think through ideas, problems and plans.

If you scored low on Extroversion it means that you scored high on Introversion. The following description can help you understand the types of work roles and career fields that often draw on an Introvert orientation, independent of all other dimensions measured by the HAB. It is not intended to suggest a specific job nor is it a comprehensive list of all the career fields in which Introverts are employed.

A person scoring in the Introvert range on this continuum prefers academic or work environments in which one can work in solitude, one-on-one, or in structured settings, for example:
  1. In organizations and groups where there is also private space and protection from constant contact with others. For example, scheduling, report writing and planning in an organization are often a solitary tasks.
  2. Management situations in which most interactions are one-on-one, or in small groups or meetings.
  3. Writing that requires limited or structured contact with people, for example certain journalist, free-lance writer, or advertising copy-writer roles.
  4. Artistic, creative work that requires solitary practice and work.
  5. Legal, medical, or other professional work roles that requires limited interaction with people.

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Specialist-Generalist

This worksample measures the breadth and depth of information with which a person is comfortable, a person’s preference for assuming singular or shared responsibility for work outcomes, and one’s response to group dynamics.

If you scored low on Specialist it means that you scored high on Generalist. The following description can help you understand the types of work roles and career fields that often draw on a Generalist orientation, independent of all other dimensions measured by the HAB. It is not intended to suggest a specific job nor is it a comprehensive list of all the career fields in which Generalists are employed.

A person scoring in the Generalist range on this continuum prefers academic or work environments in which one can function as a part of a group or team, and achieving results by working through or with others. Generalists typically prefer variety in their work responsibilities, for example:
  1. Managerial, executive, administrative, business-oriented jobs.
  2. Engineering fields such as construction, civil, mechanical, or industrial.
  3. Heath-related sciences such as physical therapy, physician’s assistant, athletic coach or trainer, paramedic.
  4. Sales and group-influencing jobs, (especially if combined with strong Idea Productivity).
  5. In academic environments, study groups and group projects rather than independent study.
  6. Broad-based liberal arts and humanities curricula.

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Introvert-Extrovert

This worksample measures the amount and type of people interaction that is energizing and depleting and one’s optimal way to think through ideas, problems and plans.

If you Scored low on Introversion that means you scored high on Extroversion. The following description can help you understand the types of work roles and career fields that often draw on an Extrovert orientation, independent of all other dimensions measured by the HAB. It is not intended to suggest a specific job nor is it a comprehensive list of all the career fields in which Extroverts are employed.

A person scoring the Extrovert range on this continuum prefers academic or work environments in which one can work in the presence of others, for example:
  1. In organizations, teams, and any kinds of groups.
  2. Sales, marketing, advertising, public relations, teaching, politics, and any kind of face-to-face persuasion.
  3. Management in various fields.
  4. Performing and presenting before groups of people.
  5. Any legal, medical, or other profession that includes interaction with people.