System and method for utilizing assessments

A system comprising:

• a computer processor operable to:
• maintain in a computer storage device a database of job performance data for a plurality of persons employed in a plurality of occupations;
• maintain in the database assessment data for the plurality of persons, the assessment data comprising cognitive assessment data, behavior assessment data, and interest assessment data;
• identify top performers in each of the plurality of occupations as a function of the job performance data;
• receive into the computer processor for an individual person cognitive assessment data, behavior assessment data, and interest assessment data;
• compare the cognitive assessment data, behavior assessment data, and interest assessment data for the individual person with the cognitive assessment data, behavior assessment data, and interest assessment data for the top performers in each of the plurality of occupations;
• and
• recommend one or more of the plurality of occupations to the individual person as a function of the comparison of the cognitive assessment data, behavior assessment data, and interest assessment data of the individual person with the cognitive assessment data, behavior assessment data, and interest assessment data of the top performers in each of the plurality of occupations, such that the individual person is more likely to succeed in the one or more recommended occupations.

A system comprising:

• one or more computer processors configured for:
• receiving data relating to a plurality of persons in a plurality of occupations, a portion of the plurality of persons comprising top performers in the occupations, wherein the data relates to one or more of cognitive traits, behavioral traits, interest traits, and performance traits;
• inputting the data into a software-based neural network;
• using the neural network to generate models, for each of the occupations, for one or more of the cognitive traits, behavioral traits, and interest traits as a function of one or more of the cognitive traits, behavioral traits, interest traits, and performance traits of the top performers;
• and
• using the neural network to generate a performance model for each of the plurality of occupations, the performance model for each of the plurality of occupations comprising one or more of the behavioral traits models, the cognitive traits models, and the interest traits models;
• wherein the performance models are configured to determine that a particular person, who is not one of the plurality of persons, will likely be a top performer in one or more of the plurality of occupations.