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New
test
matches
potential
entrepreneurs
with
businesses
that
best
fits
their
personality,
January,
2008
PORTLAND,
Ore.,
January
31
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Based
on
new
research
linking
personality
to
entrepreneurial
success,
one
of
the
nation's
top
career
choice
experts,
Dr.
Lawrence
K.
Jones,
and
author
of
the
popular
Career
KeyTM
test,
recently
launched
the
Self-Employment
KeyTM
test
at
www.self-employmentkey.org.
This
unique
test
tells
people
not
only
whether
their
personality
fits
self
employment
but
also
what
type
of
business
best
fits
their
personality...
Click
here for
more
via
a
PDF
download.
Articles
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December
2007
"Testing
the
Test:
Career
interest
tests
can
be an
important
tool
in a
school
counselor's
repertoire.
Not,
however,
if the
tests
aren't
valid.
Learn
how
to separate
the
wheat
from
the
chaff." By
Lawrence
K. Jones,
Ph.D.,
NCC,
School
Counselor,
American
School
Counselor
Association
(ASCA):
45:2,
44 (November-December
2007).
Click
here to download
article.
Click
here to download
the
unabridged,
unedited
article.
January
2008
Harmful
Career
Tests
on the
Internet,
By Lawrence
K. Jones.
Click
here for
article.
Backgrounders
& FAQ Sheets
History
and
Mission
of
The
Career
Key
We
strive
to
be
The
nation's
source
for
professional
help
in
making
career
choices --
affordable
to
all.
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here to
view
more.
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PDF
copy,
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History
and
Mission
of
The
Self Employment
Key
We
strive
to
be The
nation's
source
for
professional
help
in
making
career
choices --
affordable
to
all.
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view
more.
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download
a
PDF
copy,
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Research Supporting The Career Key
For more information about the research supporting The Career Key, please read our professional online manual.
Research Supporting the Self-Employment Key
For more information about the research supporting The Self-Employment Key, please read this section of the SEK website. For a downloadable version, please contact julietjones@careerkey.biz
The Career Key Fact Sheet
Lawrence
K.
Jones
Dr.
Jones
is
a
professor
Emeritus
in
the
College
of
Education
at
North
Carolina
State
University;
he
specializes
in
the
areas
of
school
counseling
and
career
counseling
and
development.
He
received
his
Master's
degree
from
the
University
of
Pennsylvania,
and
earned
his
Ph.D.
in
counseling
psychology
at
the
University
of
Missouri.
Dr.
Jones
was
born
in
Fargo,
North
Dakota
and
raised
in
the
Central
Valley
in
California.
His
high
school
counselor
told
him
that
further
education
was
not
in
his
future.
At
the
urging
from
a
former
teacher
and
after
being
held
up
at
gunpoint
several
times
in
his
part-time
job
as
a
liquor
store
clerk,
he
attended
and
graduated
from
California
State
University
in
Sacremento.
He
was
the
first
in
his
family
to
attend
college
or
graduate
school.
From
1963
to
1966,
he
was
a
secondary
school
teacher
at
Tarsus
Amerikan
Koleji,
Tarsus,
Turkey.
He
is
married
to
a
former
school
teacher
and
librarian,
Jeanine
Wehr
Jones,
and
they
have
two
children
and
three
grandchildren.
Click
here for
more
information
and
a
photo
via
a
PDF
download.
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