Work Samples as Predictors of Vocational Success

Abstract

This article deals with the limitations on the use of work samples as predidtors of vocational success. The predictive model is briefly reviewed and ways in which the assumptions underlying this model can be violated or altered in vocational evaluation settings are described. Simple interventions have been shown to substantially alter work sample scores .Of particular concern are those variations which vocational evaluators themselves introduces into the evaluation situation. The potential for abuse of work sample evaluation is great and, in the absence of knowledge and respect for the available technology, is likely.