Career Services Center                                                     SMC
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ON-LINE CAREER ASSESSMENTS



Assessments of Career Interests

The Career Interests Game
This free exercise, presented in a "game fashion," is based on Holland’s RIASEC hexagon and was developed at the University of Missouri’s Career Planning and placement Center.

The Career Key
This is a free public service on the web to help people make sound career choices. The Career Key (also based on Holland’s theory) helps the user measure their personality, find jobs that best fit, learn about the jobs in the Occupational Outlook Handbook, and explore career help on the Internet.

Assessment of Personality Preferences

The Kiersey Temperament and Character Web Site
This free site offers two online personality questionnaires based on Myers–Briggs personality types.

The four temperaments
Description of the four temperament types based on David Kiersey’s Myers-Briggs personality types.

TypeFocus Personality Profile
A free personality assessment combined with a printable two-page report relating personality strengths to careers. Sixty-six item questionnaire clarifies type preferences similar to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

Type Profiles
In-depth descriptions of the 16 types identified by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the Jung Typology Test, or the TypeFocus Personality Profile

Other Assessment Sites

Transferable Skill Survey
Self assess 62 skills in five categories: Communication; Research & Planning; Human Relations; Organization, Management & Leadership; and Work Survival.
The VARK is a Learning Style Inventory - http://www.active-learning-site.com/vark.htm This questionnaire aims to find out something about your preferences for the way you work with information. You will have a preferred learning style and one part of that learning style is your preference for the intake and output of ideas and information.

Available in the Career Services Center

Career Resource Library: Extensive collection of career reference books. These books can also be found in the main college library.

Career Information: Labor market information (Example: Will your future job still exist in 5 years from now?), job descriptions, salaries, recommended preparation, and preferred skills.