In a comprehensive battery of tests available only through the Foundation, these and many other aptitudes are measured. These measured traits are highly stable over long-term periods. The work you are most likely to enjoy and be successful in is work that uses your aptitudes. For example, if you are an engineer but possess aptitudes not used in engineering, your work might seem unrewarding. If you lack the engineer's aptitudes, your work may be difficult or unpleasant.
Aptitude testing is one tool for career selection.
It can help you find where your aptitudes lie, what type of work uses those aptitudes, and why certain occupations may be more rewarding for you than others. The Foundation, however, does not provide employment counseling services. What the Foundation does is give you an inventory of your aptitudes and examples of types of work suggested by the combination of these aptitudes. Paper and pencil tests are kept to a minimum. It is important to understand what our aptitude measurements are not , for there are many different kinds of tests and testing programs other than those offered by the Foundation.