Career Assessments

Career Assessments

Links to Career Assessments

College Foundation North Carolina (CFNC) 
CFNC offers many different resources including online career assessments. Students can create their own account. Once you have an account sign in and hover on "Plan" (orange bar near the top of the page) and choose "For a Career". On the page that comes up, choose "Learn About Yourself". A page with several assessments will come up. It is suggested that you start with the "Interest Profiler."

Education Planner 

Career and college planning site. The information you need to research careers, choose a postsecondary school, apply on-line, and find ways to finance your education.

The Princeton Review Career Quiz 
A free quiz that determines your most likely interests and work style.

ASVAB Career Exploration Program Designed to help students learn more about themselves and the world of work, identify and explore potentially satisfying occupations, and develop an effective strategy to realize their goals.

Jung Typology Test 
An assessment based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator that measures personality preferences and provides the four-letter type associated with the MBTI.

 

Job vs. Career

When you finish your education and enter the career world would you rather have a job or a career? 

What is a job? A job is something you do to make money, it is not necessarily something you like but it is something you do because you have to.

What is a Career? A career is work that matches your interests and life goals. A career causes you to get up everyday ready to work. A career may take more time to achieve but has greater results in the end.

If you want a career, then its time you find out which careers match your interests. Take any of the career assessments below to start learning about the careers that match you.

 

 

Personality Types

 

Based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, a tool for identifying sixteen different patterns of action, this website provides information and profiles of the sixteen different types of personality.

 

http://www.16personalities.com/personality-types