INTEREST INVENTORY FEEDBACK AND VOCATIONA L COUNSELING - A REVIEW, OFMETHODS AND THEIR EFFECTS

Career counseling practices frequently involve use of professional int erest questionnaires, the results of which are given to the subjects. What are the existing methods of feedback and how effective are they? In order to reply to these questions, this article offers a review of the work carried out in this field. The methods appear to be globally comparable in terms of their effect, which is appreciable, especially for the vocational maturity evolution criterion. However, the methods' effectiveness increases with their period of application and when the y are chosen in relation to the characteristics of the subjects. The d iscussion raises a few methodological points which might enrich future research.