Graduate Students: Career Assessment Tools
Identifying interests, skills, values, and personal preferences is an important component of the career development process. This process helps to identify what it is that is important to you and what gives you fulfilling life, important information to have on hand when making a decision about your future career. A career center counselor may integrate the use of career assessments to help facilitate this process of self-exploration.
'Know thyself' by Sandra Yin explores the benefits to self-assessment and some of the tools used. One of the most important things to remember is to be honest, you're only trying to fool yourself!
The Career Services Center utilizes the FOCUS II, an online assessment, as one way to begin the career search discovery process. A scheduled appointment is a prerequisite before taking this tool. Please call the Career Services Center, (513) 745-3141, to make this appointment. Results will be interpreted in a follow-up appointment with a counselor.
Online self-assessment tests:
- Keirsey Temperament Sorter determines whether you are an introvert or an extrovert
- Typefocus interprets your personality and how it relates to careers
- Career Development eManual a step by step guide to getting the right career going
- The career interests game gives suggestions of jobs depending on what you like
- The career key measures your abilities, values, interests, & personality to identify promising jobs