Although our testing is completely confidential, these former clients have graciously consented to share their stories. Some have chosen to use pseudonyms.

Adults

A Natural Brainstormer

  "Years ago, I took the renowned Johnson O'Connor aptitude test at a time I was feeling a bit "at...

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Meant for Something Different

What I wouldn’t give to have known about Johnson O’Connor in high school and had my aptitudes tested before heading...

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Career Change: From Insurance to Public Speaking

"I was 26 years old with a B.S.B.A in Quantitative Methods and five years trapped in a corporate maze. I...

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Career Change: From Stay-At-Home Parent to Politician

Shanti Landon was a stay-at-home parent and blogger in Northern California when she and her husband came in for aptitude...

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Anna Stephenson: Life Coach

"I had never been sure what a fulfilling career for me would be. In college I changed my major multiple...

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Payne Family: Three Generations of Aptitude Testing

A Family Tradition Helen Payne contacted the New York office to obtain her test results. In the course of her...

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Career Change: From Oceanography to Economics

"I took your aptitude tests before entering college. I thought I wanted to be an oceanographer. Your tests directed me...

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Career Change: From Hospitality to Design

". . . having your voice in my ear saying '3-D design, creative, long range goals, work deeply with a...

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Aptitudes Focus: After 2 Days and 20 Tests, I Knew the Answer

by Anita Cheng My teaching career I'm a teacher. It took three student loans, six years of school, countless interviews,...

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How Big Are Your Pixels?

by Dr. Joel Orr, Reprinted from Computer-Aided Engineering It's not that our marriage was really at risk, but there was...

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The Examined Life—A Report from the Front

by Paul F. DuFlo Today's job and career marketplaces are more competitive than ever. Downsizing, restructuring, out-sourcing, and—dare I say...

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Personal Reflections on Testing

by Robert A. Pease Once upon a time there was a very smart guy—let's call him Bob—who was getting lousy...

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Are You in the Wrong Job?

by Chris Dupin Do you find your job fulfilling? Are you able to summon seemingly boundless reserves of energy and...

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Elise Girard: Software Industry Professional

A different motivation Elise Girard came to the Johnson O’Connor Research Foundation when she was in between jobs and was...

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Career Change: From Unhappy Manager to Consultant

When Daniel Adam came to the Johnson O’Connor Research Foundation, he was the Director of Payroll for the city in...

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Will McIntyre: Photographer and Filmmaker

Peter Schultz, the president of Photo Researchers Inc. in New York, invited me into his office in the mid-1980s when...

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John Alderman: Sixty Years of Guidance

An Interview We encourage clients to let us know how they’ve made use of their testing results, and it is...

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Hope Grant: Setting Goals in Psychology

I am in that phase of life where the question keeps popping up, "What should I do with my life?"...

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Career Change: From Store Designer to Museum Specialist

In the Beginning... I've never truly known what it is I wanted to be. I had the typical desires that...

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Career Change: From Marketing Professional to Private Investigator

An Interview with an Investigator After graduating from a West Coast State University with a BA in Communication Theory, I...

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Law Firm Owner

Finding My Place in Law I am so pleased to recommend the Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation's aptitude testing. A psychiatrist...

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Five Veterans

Grushenka A., Army, New York The JOC assisted in reassuring me that I was focusing on the correct civilian path...

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Garth E. Johnson: Statistician

"It has been some time since my evaluation; however, your assessment has stuck with me, continuing to influence my academic and career directions. When...

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Dr. Huntington Lyman: Educator and Dean

In 1983, shortly after my graduation from college, I invested two days in Johnson O'Connor's aptitude testing program. It was...

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Career Change: From Programmer to Teacher

I was tested at your Seattle facility sometime in the late winter of 2013. Your tests said I would be...

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College Students

Informed Educational Decisions

This semester I began my last year of classes as a student in Northeastern University’s M.S. Biotechnology program. In this...

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Alexa Pagel: My First Job

When Alexa came in for testing, she was in her final year of college, and making post-graduation plans. Her major,...

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Carly Summer: From Pre-Med to Music

"My name is Carly Sumner and I am a college senior, double majoring in Psychology and Pre-Med. I was tested...

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Follow-up Survey

For this survey, we sampled clients who tested with us three years ago who were not employed at the time...

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High School Students

Lisa Goss: Testing Three Daughters

Having your teen take the Johnson O’Connor Research Foundation aptitude test is, hands down, the very best thing you can...

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High School Testing Program in Sterling, Illinois

WGN in Chicago reported on the beneficiaries of a sponsored program for our testing is Sterling, Illinois. The article can...

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Three Students: Setting Up Personal Goals

We asked Mary and David Reece, two educational counselors with whom we’ve worked for several years, to update us on...

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Lucy Lewis: Choices, Choices Everywhere

Were you born with the mission of saving the whales? Do you actually know what you want to be when...

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Victoria: 14 Year-Old Home Schooler

I was really excited when my mom told me about the aptitude testing—it was a cool idea, and I thought...

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