Online Career Assessments
The first step to conducting a successful job search is self assessment. Engaging in self assessment can help you develop a better understanding of your interests, work style, skills, aptitudes, personality, values and priorities. Identifying this kind of information about yourself will also help you develop focus, clarify career goals, and find work that is the right “fit”. There are a variety of tools and resources available to guide you through this process, including assessments on the internet. To get started, investigate some of the Web sites listed below. Note: while an extensive array of self assessment tools are available on the internet, we recommend making an appointment with a counselor at Career Services to review how the information specifically relates to your career choices.
Steps
to Career/Life Planning Success
Comprehensive and excellent self-assessment exercises which you print
out and complete.
http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca:80/infocecs/CRC/manual-home.html
The
Career Interests Game
A game designed to help you match your interests and skills with similar
careers. It can help you begin thinking about how your personality will
fit in with specific work environments and careers. Based on John Holland's
theory of the world of work.
http://web.missouri.edu/~cppcwww/holland.shtml
The
Career Key
This quiz based on your interests, values and personal style will lead
you to a variety of careers, which you
can then research immediately through the online Occupational Outlook
Handbook. It's designed for general audiences. Automatic connection
to online material about career fields relevant to your style is very
helpful.
http://www.ncsu.edu/careerkey
Discover
Careers That Fit You
Complete the Career Interest Checklist and discover your career interests
and the types of people you want to work with. Based on the Holland
Interest Inventory codes – Artistic, Investigative, Realistic, Social,
Enterprising and Conventional.
http://icpac.indiana.edu/infoseries/is-50pl.html
Futurestep’s
24 Hour Customized Career Feedback
After completing registration, you will receive customized career feedback.
This feedback gives insight into which functions, industries, and corporate
cultures best suit you, as well as your potential salary market value.
This is an excellent tool to help you make your next career move. This
site is perfect for middle and upper level executives. Sponsored
by Korn/Ferry International (executive search firm) and the Wall Street
Journal.
http://www.futurestep.com
The
Keirsey Temperament Sorter
Are you an Introvert or an Extrovert? Do you rely more on intuition or
sensory data? Take the Kiersey test
(based on the work of Myers and Briggs) and find out what it all means.
http://keirsey.com/cgi-bin/keirsey/newkts.cgi
TypeFocus
– Personality Test
Discover your personality type, strengths and how they relate to careers.
http://www.typefocus.com/
last updated May 2002
