I went to see my Financial Advisor today to work on some stuff we've been talking about. Over the course of the several years we've done business we've become friends. Not hang out buddies, but friends who really respect one another and enjoy doing business. Hard to describe. Drives my wife crazy because we'll talk for two hours when we go to see him. Some of it even about our financial condition. Sorry. That's just me.
Anyway, today he was telling me about a testing service he took one of his sons (age 20) to that measures your aptitude for various career fields. He said it cost him about $800 for his son's test. Said it was the best money he'd ever spent. The results were very detailed. The whole conversation started when I mentioned that my kids had a much tougher time deciding on a career path than I ever had. Ifyou look at my senior profile in my high school year book under Ambition it says electronic communication. 42 years later......
Anyway, I found the testing service process interesting, but what I found more interesting is the fact that it is apparently a big enough problem these days that there's a market for 'professional testers', and I have my own questions about what qualifies one to dispense that knowledge. I'm not pissing on my friend's effort to help his kid, but I am of a dubious nature.
Anybody ever used these kinds of services?
BKB