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When making career decisions or exploring options, career assessments can be helpful in gaining awareness of your career interests, preferences, strengths, values and skills. Career assessments provide a framework for organizing career information and finding your fit in different occupations. They do not tell you what to do, but they can provide a piece of the puzzle.<\/p>\n
There are two levels of assessments:<\/p>\n
1) Professional assessments that are part of career counseling
2) Self-help assessment available online<\/p>\n
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Self-help Assessments<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n There are many self-help career assessments available online. Those can be a good starting point for exploration and self-knowledge. Here are a few that we would recommend:<\/p>\n Feel free to bring results from self-help assessments to your career counseling appointment. They can be a great way to start the conversation.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Career Assessments When making career decisions or…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":268,"featured_media":0,"parent":918,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" 1) Professional assessments that are part of career counseling\n2) Self-help assessment available online<\/p>\n\n\nProfessional Assessments<\/b>\n\nSLCD provides two professional career assessments that are used as part of career counseling. These are well researched, require an interpretation by a qualified professional and provide you a detailed report. Directions for accessing these assessments are provided by your career counselor. To schedule an appointment with one of our career counselors. Call 503-838-8648, or schedule an appointment on Handshake\/WolfLink on your portal.\n a) Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)<\/strong><\/p>\n Helps you to understand your natural preferences, suggests strategies for career exploration and development, and allows you to explore job families and occupations for your type.<\/p>\n b) Strong Interest Inventory (SII)<\/strong><\/p>\n Helps you to explore your interests, generate careers options to consider, and suggests experiential and educational opportunities aligning with your interests.<\/p>\nSelf-help Assessments<\/strong>\n\nThere are many self-help career assessments available online. Those can be a good starting point for exploration and self-knowledge. Here are a few that we would recommend:\n\n
Career Assessments<\/h1>\nWhen making career decisions or exploring options, career assessments can be helpful in gaining awareness of your career interests, preferences, strengths, values and skills. Career assessments provide a framework for organizing career information and finding your fit in different occupations. They do not tell you what to do, but they can provide a piece of the puzzle.\n\nThere are two levels of assessments:\n
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