Self assessment is the process of identifying and/or prioritizing your skills, values, and interests in order to choose a satisfying career. The Career Center offers three different resources to help you make a connection between personal preferences and career options.
Please make an appointment with a career counselor to determine which resource might be best for you. All three resources are offered free to Hamilton students.
First time users must set up new account using link above the box (access code = aaron). FOCUS is a self-exploration assessment tool that generates a profile of your interests, skills, values, personality, and educational preferences. It enables you to explore careers that match your profile.
The SDS is a career self-assessment inventory that takes approximately 30 minutes to complete. It provides you with a two or three-letter code that highlights the relationship between personalities, interests, abilities, college majors, and careers.
The MBTI is a personality questionnaire designed to identify certain psychological preferences according to the typological theories of Swiss psychiatrist, Carl Jung. The questionnaire has been used for many personal and organizational purposes, including as a career exploration tool. Your individual "type" is related to specific career fields.
Can you name your top 10 skills? If not, you might want to use this card sort in a counseling appointment! Assess your proficiency and interest in using 48 transferable skills in your career by sorting skill cards. This can help you identify appropriate careers and/or prepare you for interviews. If interested, ask your career counselor.
A simple tool that allows you to prioritize your values to clarify what you want in a job or career. By sorting cards with work values that may or may not be important to you, such as independence, creativity, advancement, status, and high salary, you define the factors affecting your career satisfaction.
Disclaimer: These inventories do not provide absolute answers. It is important that you evaluate the "results" with a Career Counselor.
1. Get Your Resume Done
2. Obtain Career-Related Experience (C.R.E.)
3. Make Networking Connections
4. Learn to Interview
