While there is no test that will define the “right” career for you, assessments can help in the process of making a career decision.  Assessments allow you to explore your individual interests, work-related and personal values, your best skills, and your personality traits.  Based on this information, career assessments can then suggest types of jobs or job clusters that other people with similar characteristics have found satisfying. 

If you have career concerns or questions and would like to take one or more of the available career assessment instruments, please call or come by Counseling Services to schedule an initial career assessment session.

Kuder

Take your first step toward learning about what you're good at, what you like to do, and what is important to you by taking the Kuder Assessments.  The Kuder has assessments in the areas of interests, skills, and values.  Any currently enrolled UACCM student is eligible to take these online assessments at no cost to the student.  Please contact Counseling Services for instructions.

Onet Inventories

The Onet Career Interest Inventory allows test-takers to indicate whether they like or dislike 180 various activities and then score their responses. Their scores identify career areas that match their interests and pinpoint specific jobs to explore.  The Onet Values Inventory asks test-takers to look at 20 electronic cards printed with work value statements. Then, test-takers sort the cards by each value's importance. The process results in scores for six major work values, and these cards identify career groups that tend to include these values. These inventories are given to students in the Career Services offices as a part of ongoing career counseling.

Other Inventories

Your career counselor will provide you with informal, paper-and-pencil values and skills inventories, encouraging you to determine what is most important to you in life and in your work.  Skills inventories will help you determine your strengths and what skills you’d most enjoy using on a daily basis

Choosing a Major

• Quint Careers Choosing a College Major
• JobWeb: Choosing your Major

Career Research Links

• Occupational Outlook Handbook
• O*NET Online
• Career Onestop

Resume Help

• JobWeb
• College Grad: Resume
• Monster- Sample Resumes by Industry