The main aim of industrial psychology is to help people in the adjustment of job in such a way that the person should be able to adjust with the given job and attain the highest productivity. Following are the important aims in respect of vocational guidance :
- The worker must be able to derive pleasure and satisfaction from the job he is performing.
- The adjustment in performing a job can be attained through scientific study and application of scientific methods of the jobs performed.
- Vocational guidance or counselling help to find the right job for the right person.
- Here is the systematic analysis of personal traits (liking) and matching it with the exact requirement of the job.
- Vocational guidance may be arranged by Employment Exchange and/or by Counselling Bureaus.
- Counselling is required for the industrial workers who face problem in respect of adjustment with the job.
- The task of fitting jobs with right sort of people is known as vocational selection.
- It is a task of fitting men on job.
- It is necessary to give psychological test to the candidates.
- Intelligence test is designed in such a way that it indicates the mental calibre of the candidates.
- Aptitude test is administered to find out mental and manipulative ability of a person.
- Personality test is administered to know the temperamental tendencies of the candidates.
TYPES OF TESTS
- Vocational guidance is required by young men who want to take up jobs and obtain specialised education.
- The task of vocational guidance is generally done by teachers and parents.
- Vocational guidance is to be given necessarily by expert persons.
