Career Assessments
Questions? Contact Us.
Denny Michels, M.A.T.
Career & Wellness Coach
509 494-7961
Career Exploration Assessments
Career assessments are valuable tools for helping students learn more about themselves and potential jobs that might be a good fit. However, they are just one tool among many you should use to determine a career path (see Career Planning Guide). Whereas assessments give you information about your interests or personality type with careers to consider, they do NOT tell you what you should do. Only you can determine what would be the best fit for yourself. You should not necessarily pursue careers listed on your assessments if they do not interest you, nor should you be discouraged if the career you most have in mind is not listed on your assessment(s). Simply use them to see if they can provide any new insight to yourself and possible jobs.
You may have taken a career assessment in the past, but not taken it seriously or things have changed. Three reasons to take one are:
- Understanding your type can help with choosing major and career paths
- Knowing your preference can help you do well academically
- Communicating your strengths is an essential part of the hiring process
The assessments available to you at YVC are CIS (Career Information System) and TypeFocus. CIS and TypeFocus offer various assessments you can take for free and we encourage you to use as many as you would like. However, if you are looking to take just a couple, we most recommend taking the Interest Profiler in WOIS and the Personality Questionnaire in TypeFocus. The Interest Profiler is based on psychologist John Holland’s Occupational Themes while the TypeFocus Personality Questionnaire is based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Jungian theory of psychological types.
Below are additional handouts for each assessment and your particular Holland Code or MBTI Type that provide valuable information for learning more about yourself and potential career fits. You must first take the assessments to determine your code or type to select the appropriate handout.
Contact the Counseling & Advising Center for usernames and passwords to CIS & TYPEFOCUS: 509.574.4956
Career Exploration Assessment Tools
TypeFocus
TypeFocus Careers is a free online career program that will assess your personality, values and interests to help you choose majors and careers that match your natural strengths. After completion of the assessment, please schedule an appointment with a career advisor to discuss your results.
The TypeFocus Assessment Offers:
- Quick assessments including personality, interests, values, and success factors.
- Helpful resources that let you explore occupations at various levels, set goals, use
job search tools, and develop your portfolio.
16 Personality Types Handout
Download your 2-page Type profile based on the Personality Questionnaire in TypeFocus.
CIS The Career Information System
CIS – The Career Information System is a free online career program with everything you want to know about careers including tasks, skills and abilities, education and training required. After completion of the assessment, please schedule an appointment with a career advisor to discuss your results.
The CIS Assessment Offers:
- Four career assessments
- National school search
- Reality Check – a fun budgeting tool showing careers that support your preferred lifestyle
- Careers & educational programs arranged by clusters – to show a wide range of related options
- Activities and worksheets to guide exploration activities
RIASEC Handouts
Print a handout based on your code from the Interest Profiler assessment in CIS.
- Realistic Interest
- Investigative Interest
- Artistic Interest
- Conventional Interest
- Enterprising Interest
- Social Interest