PERSONS, PLACES, AND PERSONALITY - CAREER ASSESSMENT USING THE REVISED NEO PERSONALITY-INVENTORY

The Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R; Costa & McCrae, 1992a ) is a questionnaire measure of 30 traits that define the comprehensiv e five-factor model (FFM) of personality. Data from police selection, college student, and Hispanic American samples illustrate the psychome tric properties of the instrument. In vocational counseling, the NEO P I-R can supplement measures of vocational interests and abilities, esp ecially by calling attention to the client's strengths and weaknesses in adjustment and motivation. Use of the NEO Job Profiler, a tool desi gned to help identify the personality requirements of different occupa tions, is illustrated in the police selection sample. Together, the NE O Job Profiler and NEO PI-R can help determine the optimal match betwe en person and occupation.