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Introduction

Step 1: Self Assessment

Step 2: Exploring the Possibilities

Step 3: Narrowing Down Your Options

Step 4: Your Action Plan

 

Step 1: Self Assessment

Your interests and personality play a major role in determining the career options you would most enjoy.  People are naturally drawn to career choices related to their personality and interests. The links listed help you closely identify and acknowledge the assets you possess as well as help you to identify your strongest areas of interests.  To gain the most from these assessments read the accompanying explanations for each website you visit.

The following three sites will help you begin to identify careers that match your interests.  At the completion of these exercises, you will have several career areas you may wish to explore.  Be sure to print the results from these exercises for Step 2.

  • Princeton Review Career Quiz: This is a 24 question quiz which provides feedback about an individuals career interests as well as information related to their personality style. You must register with this site in order to receive a list of occupations related to your major interest areas. This information is free, however, the sponsor asks if you would like colleges to send you information in the future.
  • The Career Key:  This assessment evaluates a person’s primary interests based on Holland’s career theory.  Scores are presented which indicate the user's strongest interest areas.
  • The Career Interest Game:  A simple examination of careers is presented using the popular Holland’s theory of career development.
Use the following sites to learn more about yourself and factors important to your career decision-making. Print these results to help narrow down your options in Step 3.
  • University of Waterloo’s Values Assessment:  This assessment allows you to examine a wide range of values related to work.
  • Work Values Inventory:  A second inventory which allows individuals to make judgments about the work values of most concern to them.
  • Keirsey Temperament Sorter: The Keirsey Temperament Sorter is an extremely popular personality profile which provides excellent information for self-understanding and career decision-making. To take the assessment, scroll down the menu and click on “The Keirsey Character Sorter An online personality questionnaire.”   After receiving test results, return to the homepage and click on “sixteen types” in order to print a full-page description of your personality profile.
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