Vocational Guidance
Ikigai-Based Vocational Guidance for Secondary Schools
A 48-item psychometrically validated assessment that helps students discover their purpose, strengths and vocational direction — generating individual reports for students and families, and aggregate data for guidance counsellors, aligned with WEF Future of Jobs 2025.
WHY VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE MATTERS
Most Students Choose Their Future Without Objective Evidence About Themselves
Vocational decisions made during secondary school have long-term consequences — but most guidance processes rely on subjective impressions, generic career tests or academic performance alone. Students and families need objective, evidence-based tools that reflect who the student genuinely is — not just what they have studied.
of students entering higher education are unsure their chosen field matches their strengths and interests
— OECD Education at a Glance 2024
of the jobs that will exist in 2030 have not been invented yet
— WEF Future of Jobs 2025
THE EASEC IKIGAI ASSESSMENT
What Is the EASEC Ikigai Vocational Assessment?
The EASEC Ikigai assessment is a 48-item psychometrically validated tool based on the four dimensions of the Ikigai framework — what students love, what they are good at, what the world needs and what can be valued professionally. The result is an objective, evidence-based vocational profile that helps students understand their direction and helps counsellors and families support better-informed decisions.
What You Love
Explores the student’s genuine interests, passions and areas of intrinsic motivation — what energises them and drives voluntary engagement.
What You Are Good At
Identifies the student’s perceived strengths, natural abilities and areas of confident performance — independent of academic grades.
What the World Needs
Maps the student’s values, sense of purpose and awareness of social and professional contribution — aligned with WEF Future of Jobs 2025 career pathways and emerging labour market demands.
What Can Be Valued
Explores the student’s relationship with professional recognition, economic sustainability and their understanding of how their profile connects to real-world opportunities.
HOW IT WORKS
From Assessment to Actionable Vocational Insight — in Three Steps
EASEC Student Certification is built for the operational reality of universities and higher education institutions — not retrofitted from a consumer or corporate product.
School Assigns the Assessment
The school assigns the Ikigai assessment to students through the EASEC platform. Each student receives a personalised access link by email — completing the 48 items independently on any digital device, or together with their guidance counsellor in a facilitated session.
Student Completes the 48-Item Assessment
The student responds to 48 psychometrically validated items covering the four Ikigai dimensions. The assessment takes approximately 20 minutes and is available in all 7 EASEC languages — accessible from any device, at school or at home.
Reports Generated — for Students, Families and the School
Upon completion, three outputs are generated automatically:
- Individual report for the student — digital and PDF downloadable — showing their Ikigai profile, key insights and suggested disciplinary areas aligned with WEF Future of Jobs 2025.
- Family report — the same individual report shared with parents or guardians to support informed vocational conversations at home.
- Aggregate institutional data — cohort and year-group level insights for the guidance team, enabling pattern identification and programme planning.
WHAT THE REPORT INCLUDES
A Complete Vocational Profile — Not Just a Score
The EASEC Ikigai report goes beyond a simple result. It provides students, families and counsellors with a structured, actionable profile that supports genuine vocational conversations — available as an interactive digital report and a downloadable PDF.
Ikigai Profile Visualisation
A clear visual representation of the student’s four Ikigai dimensions — showing balance, dominant areas and zones of alignment between what they love, what they are good at, what the world needs and what can be valued.
Key Vocational Insights
Narrative interpretation of the student’s profile — highlighting dominant strengths, areas of purpose alignment and potential tensions between dimensions that guidance counsellors can use to facilitate deeper conversations.
Suggested Disciplinary Areas
Based on the student’s Ikigai profile, the report suggests broad disciplinary areas — sciences, humanities, technology, social sciences, arts — aligned with WEF Future of Jobs 2025 emerging career pathways. No specific careers are prescribed — the focus is on informed exploration.
Aggregate School Data
The school receives cohort and year-group level data — aggregate Ikigai profiles, dominant dimensions across the student population and pattern insights to inform guidance programme planning and institutional strategy.
WHO IT'S FOR
Designed for Three Audiences — Student, Family and School
Students
Secondary and pre-university students — particularly in years where vocational decisions are most critical — who need objective, evidence-based insight into their strengths, interests and vocational direction beyond what academic performance reveals.
Families
Parents and guardians who want to support their child’s vocational decisions with objective data — not assumptions. The family report provides the same individual profile in an accessible format designed to facilitate informed conversations at home.
Guidance Counsellors and School Leadership
Guidance teams that want to replace subjective impressions with psychometrically validated evidence — and school leadership that wants aggregate data to inform programme planning, identify student population patterns and strengthen institutional strategy.
WHY EASEC VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE
What Makes the EASEC Ikigai Assessment Different
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Psychometrically validated — not a generic personality quiz, but a structured instrument designed for reliable, comparable results - ✓
Aligned with WEF Future of Jobs 2025 — disciplinary area suggestions reflect emerging labour market realities, not outdated career catalogues - ✓
Three simultaneous outputs — individual student report, family report and aggregate school data — from a single assessment - ✓
Available in 7 languages — accessible to students and families in their own language, regardless of the school’s location - ✓
Flexible administration — students complete independently by email link or in a facilitated session with their guidance counsellor - ✓
Full GDPR compliance for minors — the school manages the service; student data is processed within the European Economic Area
PART OF A BROADER SCHOOLS ECOSYSTEM
Vocational Guidance Is One of Three Independent EASEC Products for Schools
The Ikigai vocational assessment is a standalone product — your school can adopt it independently. It does not generate competency certifications or credentials. If your school also wants to certify student competencies or obtain institutional accreditation, those are separate EASEC products.
Skills Certification
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Programme Accreditation
Obtain institutional recognition as a school that develops future-ready competencies — with the EASEC quality seal and a verified public profile on easec.eu. Explore
Programme Accreditation →
Give Your Guidance Team the Objective Data They Need
The EASEC Ikigai assessment gives guidance counsellors, students and families the evidence-based vocational insight that no traditional test produces — in 7 languages, available worldwide, aligned with WEF Future of Jobs 2025.