Career Assessment
Are you trying to develop career or academic focus? Career assessments are helpful tools in career/academic exploration and planning. If you are a first or second-year student, an assessment may help determine if your chosen major field will be a good fit with your interests. For more experienced students, career inventories may help fine tune the job search upon graduation, facilitate your ability to find work environments or industries which best match your personality, values, interests and skills, or navigate a career transition with more knowledge about yourself. A discussion with a career counselor may help you decide which assessment is for you!
The following assessments require a fee (meet with a career counselor first to arrange to take these assessments). They each include a one hour interpretation appointment. The advantages of using one or more of the following assessments is you will receive a report of your results, discuss the meaning of your results with a counselor; and therefore, have a more comprehensive perspective on your career development.
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
Based on Jung's theory, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is a widely used personality inventory and a resource in career management, conflict resolution, team and leadership development. The MBTI determines preferences on four dichotomies: Extraversion/Introversion, Sensing/Intuition, Thinking/Feeling, and Judging/Perceiving.
Cost: $25
Time: 30-45 minutes to take assessment, plus 1 hour interpretation with a Career Counselor
Strong Interest Inventory (SII)
The Strong Interest Inventory is an elaborate online assessment that codes occupational interests based on personal likes and dislikes of activities, occupations, academic courses and people. It provides themes to describe your career interests as well as specific occupations to research. The Personal Style Scales add information about your work environment preferences and learning style.
Cost: $25
Time: 30-45 minutes to take assessment, plus 1 hour interpretation with a Career Counselor
CareerLeader (Business Career Interest Inventory)
CareerLeader is a web-based comprehensive career assessment tool based on over 20 years of scientific research. CareerLeader measures your interests, your abilities, and what you find most motivating in work related to business careers. It includes detailed descriptions of more than 20 major business career paths, ways to evaluate corporate culture, and next steps including interviewing tips.
Designed specifically for people interested in careers in business, this program suggests specific careers to explore with in-depth profiles on 27 career paths.
Cost: $25
Time: 1-1.5 hour
Kuder Journey is a unique solution to help you plan for the right career! Based on your specific needs, Journey provides reliable tools to assess your interests, suggest education and career/major options, prepare you for the job search, and connect you to today's jobs.
It is available FREE to DU students and alumni and is applicable for both college students and working adults. Please call 303.871.2150 to schedule an appointment and receive your activation code.
SkillScan
SkillScan Advance Pack allows you to Identify your transferable skills through a card sort. It features a skill and competency-based vocabulary that reflects the dominant skills used and valued in today’s professional workplace. The process of sorting and recording the skill cards enable you to organize facts about yourself into logical groups to develop a personal framework of strengths, weaknesses, and preferences. Use the results to:
- Evaluate the compatibility of your current career
- Identify new options that capitalize on your talents
- Prepare development steps to move your career in the right direction • Gain a rich "skill" language for promoting your strengths in resumes and interviews
Cost: Free
Time: 1 hour, plus research
"These assessment tools are designed to assist users in determining their career area interests, work values, and work skills. The assessments provide a key link between users and the occupational information databases, helping users to thoroughly explore occupational and college possibilities as well as potential career choices"
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Cost: Free
Time: Unlimited
Use the skills assessments and research tools to find industries, career clusters, job families, and occupations of interest.
Cost: Free
Time: Unlimited
