Dheya Framework
Tri-Fit — Tri-Fit Career Alignment
A three-dimensional career fit model requiring simultaneous alignment across Academic Fit, Psychological Fit (RAPD-driven), and Vocational Fit (market conditions).
Why it exists
A student with the aptitude for medicine, a behavioural profile suited to patient-facing work, but no realistic financial runway to complete the training, is not a medicine fit — regardless of aptitude scores. Tri-Fit refuses to collapse career fit to a single axis. True fit requires three dimensions to converge simultaneously.
How it works
- Academic Fit — aptitude batteries and stream alignment analysis.
- Psychological Fit — RAPD behavioural scoring, including the three-graph tension.
- Vocational Fit — market conditions, compensation bands, geographic feasibility, lifestyle implications.
- All three are scored and combined into an integrated Career Fit index across 15,358 mapped careers.
What you get
- An integrated Career Fit score per shortlisted career.
- Dimension-level breakdown so weak axes are visible.
- A ranked shortlist drawn from Dheya's 15,358 career library.
How it integrates with Dheya's other frameworks
Tri-Fit sits inside D2 Direction of the 7D Journey, consumes RAPD output for Psychological Fit, and is the scoring engine behind the Qualities→Possibilities step in QPA.
Validity & evidence
The three-dimension structure is derived from 18 years of outcome data: clients scoring high on one or two dimensions but low on the third showed materially worse career-satisfaction scores post- enrolment than those scoring balanced-medium across all three.
Frequently asked questions
- Why not just optimise for Academic Fit?
- Aptitude alone predicts the ability to complete training, not satisfaction with the resulting career. High-aptitude students routinely abandon well-matched academic paths because their Psychological Fit or Vocational Fit was ignored at choice.
- What if I score low on one dimension?
- Tri-Fit treats a low score on any single dimension as disqualifying for that career, even if the other two are strong. The mentor will steer you toward balanced-medium options rather than celebrate a high-low-high profile.
- How is Vocational Fit calculated?
- Vocational Fit combines market demand signals, compensation bands, geographic distribution of roles, and lifestyle implications (travel, shift work, location flexibility). It is the most context-dependent dimension and is re-checked periodically.
- Is Tri-Fit only for students?
- No — Tri-Fit scores careers for any life stage. Mid-career pivots are scored against the same three dimensions, with Vocational Fit weighted heavily to reflect the higher cost of a wrong pivot.
- How many careers are scored?
- Dheya maintains a library of 15,358 careers. Tri-Fit scores you against the full library and surfaces the top-ranked shortlist for mentor review.