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Vocational Analysis

Clarify earning capacity with evidence-based vocational assessments

Based on education, vocational training, experience, aptitudes, attitudes, physical abilities, interests, values and personality traits we evaluate what kind of jobs match the claimant's abilities. We may consider a claimant's Transferable Skills. Subsequently, we opine on the claimant's earning capacity.

Vocational assessment report

Assessment scope

Understanding how well claimants match jobs requires evaluating demands across education, training, and workplace conditions.

We evaluate the full job demand profile

We review education, professional licenses and certifications, experience, physical abilities, prognosis, training, decision making, work review, pace and adaptability. We also evaluate physical and environmental factors including, sitting, standing, walking, lifting, pushing, climbing, reaching, posture, keyboarding, temperatures, noise, vibration, contaminants and wetness.

  • Functional capacity aligned with real-world job tasks.
  • Transferable skills related to available occupations.
  • Clear documentation suitable for litigation use.

Quantifying real job availability

It is important to understand how many job openings are existing related to a person's residual functional capacity (RFC) or vocational profile at a local, regional, national level or even international level.

Our analysis links the vocational profile to verifiable labor market data and documents how availability changes across geographies.

Built for litigation needs

Attorneys use these evaluations in personal injury, wrongful termination, age discrimination, medical malpractice, divorce, wrongful death and social security disability cases.

  • Pre- and post-event earning capacity comparisons.
  • Objective support for mediation and trial testimony.
  • Clear exhibits and defensible methodologies.