The Highlands Ability Battery can be extremely beneficial in career counseling. The Highlands Company has trained and certified more than 165 Affiliates worldwide. The Affiliates have been trained to administer and interpret the Highlands Ability Battery, the gold standard among individual assessments tests, and to correlate the Battery results with the other seven career-building factors that have been identified by Highlands as vital to career counseling:
Your skills
Your personal style (how you relate to others)
Your interests
Your values
Your goals
Your family background
Where You are in your Career Development cycle
Highlands Certified Affiliates are required to meet
prescribed educational requirements and to demonstrate
skill and experience in career counseling. The Affiliates are located throughout the United States, Canada and Great Britain, and in Australia and Asia. To choose an Affiliate, go to Find an Affiliate.
Recognizing the Need for Career Counseling
People need career counseling at various stages or Turning Points in their lives. High school and college students are in special need of counseling that builds on their natural abilities and integrates them into the other seven Highlands factors. The in-school counselors available at most schools are trained in advising on standard tests, college entrance requirements, and the preparation of college applications, not in recognizing a student’s special aptitudes or in advising on a student’s career choices in the same way as a professional trained in career counseling is able to do.
Studies have confirmed that most people reach a Turning Point in their careers approximately once every ten years. Each Turning Point is usually initiated by a crisis. “Crisis” can mean a new challenge, an unexpected setback, or even a catastrophe. At Turning Points, people often look for guidance and a new perspective. This is when professional career counseling can be vital.
Whether you’re a senior executive, a middle manager, a self-employed professional, a recent college grad, or a housewife returning to the workforce, Highlands has a Certified Affiliate who can provide you with career counseling! Our affiliates can help you find the right career with practical insights built on the Highlands Ability Battery and the other seven Highlands career-building factors..
