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JOHN BRADLEY, President IDAK GROUP

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For Your Personal Growth and Development

Thank you for considering the IDAK Group as a resource for your Career or Ministry search. Since 1980 we have helped over 30,000 individuals find their calling with our full service assessment systems. We hope this specially designed page for Christians seeking to identify their aptitude strengths and seeking to match strengths to their future life work will be of assistance to you. If you need special information, send us an email: info@IDAKgroup.com, or call us toll free 800.245.1108. We look forward to being of service to you.

Free Materials and Information

• Finding Your Calling White Paper
  
  
• Job Satisfaction Survey
  
  
• Inquiry Consultation about your current position and future plans

Self Service Options

• Switching Tracks published by Revel, authored by John Bradley
  
  
• Discovering Your Natural Talents published by NavPress, authored by John Bradley and Jay Carty
  
  
• Online "Talent Discovery Guide"
  
  
• IDAK Career Match Self Administered Kit
  

Full Service Options

• Mid-Career Advancement Assessment
  
  
• Ministry Search Assessment
  
  
• IDAK Complete Job Search Service
  
  
• Student Assessment for Entering College
  
  
• College/Graduate Student Assessment
  

Endorsements

OVER THE PAST YEARS, IDAK HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS COMMENDATIONS REGARDING ITS ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS AND CONSULTING SERVICES. THESE COMMENDATIONS ARE RECORDED AS THEY WERE ORIGINALLY RECEIVED.

“The IDAK process is life changing. After trying numerous other instruments, I discovered IDAK 10 years ago. Unlike the others, this assessment brought logic, clarity, understanding and direction to my life and career.”

Neil Atkinson
President/Next! Leadership Development
Author of The Shrewd Christian

“God has clearly gifted John Bradley with an exceptional ability to parse out the distinct components that make up a person’s talents and character. John is a man committed to prayer and pursuit of Christ-likeness in both his professional and personal life. God’s wisdom shows through John’s work. What a privilege that our organization has benefitted from that Kingdom wisdom!”

Steve Cramer, President
Cramer Fish Sciences

“Enoch has used IDAK’s skills to help job transitions work. In our ever-changing business climate, job needs and descriptions are always changing. As we have situations where good people and their talents no longer match our needs we use IDAK to help make the transition a positive experience. IDAK helps people match their talents to new opportunities in the workplace. This transition is now a positive experience and not a blow to their ego.”

Rick Dawes
President
Enoch Mfg. Co.

“IDAK has given us a wonderful tool to understand our workers and to make better personnel decisions. The common nomenclature and concise definitions help us to communicate accurately as leaders. Not only has it provided us with a marvelous tool, it has provided a framework for training new leaders. We are very grateful for the partnership we enjoy with the IDAK Group and John Bradley.”

Rev. Carl S. McGarvey
Director for Candidate Development
The Christian and Missionary Alliance

“The IDAK career services work especially well for those who are switching careers, such as from a marketplace career to ministry. Everyone who goes through the IDAK training speaks very highly of the outcome.”

Nelson Malwitz, Founder
Chief Innovation Officer
Finishers Project

“The most theologically sound, practically useful approach I know of to discover your God-given talents. It is a tool for gaining valuable insight into God’s direction for your life and service. We use it to assist those entering vocational Christian ministry or seeking new service opportunities.”

Donald A. Wiggins, D. Min.
District Superintendent (Former Vice President)
The Christian and Missionary Alliance


"George Fox College has had an excellent relationship with IDAK Group, Inc., for several years. IDAK was strategic in consulting George Fox College regarding the development of a career program. This organization, in my observation, operations with the highest level of integrity and that trust relationship is invaluable."

Bonnie Jerke
Career Services Director
George Fox College
Newberg, Oregon


“I have served as a personnel director with NAIM for 14 years. I find myself continually in a career counseling situation. The training that I have in the IDAK system has been tremendously helpful. I use it in immediate counsel, ongoing guidance, staff assessment, placement, team building and outplacement. I have worked with other systems, but none have given me as solid and thorough information as did the IDAK Career Match. I know of no other system or instrument that gives such accurate and useful information.”

Jim Hamilton
North American Indian Missions
British Columbia, Canada


“I have done church consulting over the years, and considerable personal counseling is a by-product of my speaking ministry. Not only have the IDAK materials and John’s consulting greatly assisted me personally, but also an unbelievable number of referrals that I have sent him. It’s amazing how many people I’ve encountered who need to understand how God has gifted them.”

Jay Carty
Author, Church Consultant
Santa Barbara, California


“Within a short time, John Bradley’s program gave me renewed confidence that, indeed, there was life after professional football. I was reassured by the knowledge that God had gifted me for more than just playing quarterback, encouraged by the discovery of unrecognized strengths and expectant as a new direction began to unfold.”

Jim Zorn
Quarterback Coach
Seattle Seahawks


“I have been associated with IDAK for over ten years. The training and experience I have received have given me greater enablement in my marriage and in my ministry since I have been able to identify my own Natural Talents as well as those of other people who minister alongside of me. John Bradley is finally unlocking the secrets to knowing the difference between Natural Talents and spiritual gifts. I am delighted with this good work.”

Richard Hagenbaugh, D. Min.
Retired Senior Pastor
Gateway Baptist Church
Portland, Oregon


“Knowing the power of the IDAK assessment materials, I have used this material with employees, homemakers, educators, professionals and Christian leaders across North America.”

Bruce McNicol
President
Leadership Catalyst
Phoenix, Arizona


“When it was suggested that I go through the IDAK process of analyzing my aptitudes, I was rather skeptical. At the time I was at a crossroads in my life, unsure which direction I should take. But it didn’t take much exposure to John Bradley’s thinking and style to change my attitude. As a result of the assessment process, I felt better equipped to eliminate some options and to pursue others with a sense of confidence. The ministry choice I have made matches who I am and what I do best better than any other ministry I’ve ever been involved in.”

Chuck Kelley, President
Bridge Builders, International


"I wouldn't consider employing anyone for a supervisory position until they had been assessed by IDAK."

David Aho, President
INDEPAK
Portland, Oregon


“Much of my time is spent counseling people who are either contemplating or making career changes. Career Match is not only helpful in these times; it is essential. I have no doubt that the accurate information provided for these individuals through Career Match will replace confusion with satisfaction.”

Bert Downs
President
Western Seminary
Portland, Oregon


“In our day, opportunities for service face us in bewildering numbers, complexity and variety. Discovering what a person should do, where a person ‘fits’ can be a monumental task. Such ‘tools’ as IDAK Career Match are invaluable. I recommend it highly.”

Norman Cook, D. D.
Director, Missions Department
Multnomah Bible College
Portland, Oregon


“We are so thankful to finally find the tool that we can offer to professional athletes to help them make mid-career transitions.”

Norm and Bobbe Evans
Directors
Professional Athletes Outreach
Seattle, Washington

THE IDAK GROUP

CLIENT ORGANIZATIONS

IDAK’s know-how concerning aptitude assessment provides a refreshing, biblically based approach to evaluating God-given natural talents. Through its years of experience in understanding how individuals are gifted and how they work best as a team, IDAK empowers ministry marketplace leaders to enhance vision and teamwork without sacrificing personal initiative. IDAK has assisted an impressive list of ministry organizations, Fortune 500 corporations, government agencies, nonprofit associations, colleges/seminaries, as well as small family-owned businesses.

Client Corporations include:
American Medical Systems
American Red Cross
Arcand Company
ARCO Coal Company
AT&T
Austin Peay State University
Automated Office Systems
Barry Blower, A Marley Co.
Battelle Pacific NW Labs
Baxter Health Care
Bethany Fellowship, Inc.
Bhondus Corporation
Biological Therapy Institute
Bipolar Integrated Technology
Bonneville Power Admin.
Brim & Associates
Buyers Healthcare Coop.
Campbell-Mithune, Inc.
Cargill, Inc.
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
Carondelet Community Hosp.
C & C Mechanical, Inc.
Center Companies
Cherry Creek Nursing Center
Chicago Cutlery Consumer
Products, Inc.
City of Bend
City of Corvallis
City of Eugene
City of Hillsboro
City of Lake Oswego
City of Portland
Computype, Inc
Covalt Enterprises
Dental Masters
Doboy Packaging Machinery
Domain, Inc.
Ellerbe Associates
Eli Lilly and Company
Emanuel Hospital
Enoch Manufacturing Co.
Equicor
Ethix Care Management
Fairmont Railway Motors
Fairview Community Hosp.
FBS Information Services
Farm Credit Services of
St. Paul
Federal Reserve Bank
Friskas-Gerber
G.I. Capital
Gates Rubber Company
Gillette Company
Gould Pumps, Inc.
Hawkins Development Corp.
Health East
Health One
Henry Birks Jewelry
Hewlett Packard
Holiday Inn
Hollywood Entertainment
Honeywell
Honeywell-Bull
Horton Manufacturing Co.
INDEPAK Corporation
Innovex
J J Electronics
Jantzen, Inc.
Johnson Filtration Systems
Johnson Properties, Inc.
Landgraphics
Landis and Gyr Power, Inc.
Koelbel & Company
Lattice Semiconductor
L.F.C. Power Systems
Management First, Inc.
Mascott
Martha White Foods
McCoy Group, Inc.
McGill Jensen, Inc.
Middle Tennessee Area
Health Education Center
McKenzie Willamette Hospital
Midwest Systems, Inc.
Minneapolis Children's Health Center
MN Division of Rehabilitation Workers
Morse Bros.
McCoy Group
Multnomah County
Nabisco
National Exchange Club Fdn.
National Federation of
Independent Businesses
Neurochem Corporation
New York Life Insurance Co.
North Pacific Insurance Co.
Northwest Video Works
O’Brien Dental Labs
Oregon Vocational
Rehabilitation
Octagon Systems Corporation
Patterson Dental Company
PayLess Drug/Rite Aid
Perkin-Elmer Physical
Electronics
Pillsbury
Pope and Talbot
Portland General Corporation
Portland General Electric
Precision Helicopters
Prospect Foundry, Inc.
Public Service Company of CO
Ramada Hotels
Rehabilitation Consultants for
Industry
Riverside Medical Center
Rockmount
Royal Bank
Ryerson Hardwood Floors Inc.
SAIF Workmen's Comp. Insur.
Sales Concessions, Inc.
Satellite Industries, Inc.
SEH America
Smith Kline Beechann
Consumer Brands
SureCare
Tigard Water District
US West
Vancouver Oil Corporation
W & H Pacific

Client Ministry and Nonprofit Organizations include:
ACMC
Alliance Seminary
Austin Family Business Program
Azusa Pacific University
Belmont College
Bethel College
Biola University
Cadence International
Campus Crusade Canada
Cherry Hills Com. Church
Christian & Missionary Alliance
Columbia Basin College
Compassion International
Conservative Baptist Association
Crown College
Denver Seminary
Eagle Fern Camp
George Fox University
Good Samaritan Hospital
Gordon College
Grace Theological Seminary
(Long Beach)
Interact Ministries
International Bible Society
Luis Palau Evangelistic Teams
Moody Bible Institute
Mt. Hood Community College
Multnomah Bible College
Multnomah Press
National Association of
Credit Managers-Oregon
Navigators
NAIM
Northwest Baptist Theo. College
Northwestern College
NW Public Power Association
Oregon Association of
Vocational Colleges
Portland Adventist Med. Center
Portland State University
Plymouth Brethren
Seventh Day Adventist
Simpson College
Sunset Presbyterian Church
Toccoa Falls College
University of California - Davis
University of California -
Santa Barbara
University of Portland
Warner Pacific College
Washington Association of
Optometric Physicians
Western Seminary
Wycliffe Bible Translators
Young Life
YMCA