Yes, yes, and yes.
I remember when I was school, they used to administer a career inventory to everyone in 10th grade. Everyone looked forward to this test.
It asked all kinds of questions like "True or false: I enjoy working with my hands; I like solving puzzles; I am shy; I am outgoing; I prefer to make my own work..." and "Rate your ability to do the following <long list> of things on a scale of 1 to 10." There were many, many questions like these.
The results came back with a long list of jobs for kids to think about; they read something like, "You are outgoing, like to work with your hands, and are good at solving puzzles. You might want to consider being..." Additionally, you also like being outdoors, so you might also want to look into..."
Everyone got a long list of things that might fit them. It was great. Everyone passed around their results and talked about the different jobs that some of us had never even heard of. It made for lots of conversation in the cafeteria at lunch.
I'm very sorry that these kinds of things have disappeared along with vo-tech programs in high schools.
