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Schedule an appointment with the Career Development Center to complete the following self-assessments. FOCUS (Computer System for Career Education Planning) With the eight phases of FOCUS you can assess your interests/values/skills, explore occupations, plan your career, select the right college major, and search for jobs, graduate schools, internships, and financial aid. You are in charge of how extensive the program will be used. You may choose to go through the entire program step by step or choose only the steps you see beneficial. SDS (Self Directed Search) Your personality type will be revealed by completing this assessment tool. You will also be able to determine which careers best suit your personality type (based on the combination of your interests, skills, and abilities). You are given a three-letter code, which is based on your responses. You can view a list of occupations and educational fields that match your assigned code by using the Occupational Finder and the Educational Opportunities Finder booklets. MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) The MBTI assessment can be completed on the computer. Results indicate preferences only, or how strong you “voted” one way. The results can be applied to family interactions and relationships, choosing majors/careers, team building and leadership styles, and self-understanding and acceptance. Strong (Strong Interest Inventory) The Strong Interest Inventory is a carefully constructed questionnaire that inquires about a respondent's level of interest in a wide range of familiar items (i.e., words or short phrases describing occupations, occupational activities, hobbies, leisure activities, school subjects, and types of people). For each of the 317 items, the respondent is asked to indicate his or her preferences from among three response categories on an answer sheet. The answers are then analyzed by computer to derive scores on measures of interest type, called scales. The results are printed on a report called a Profile, which presents the scale scores in an organized format and offers interpretive information. After completing the assessments: Completing these assessments will not make decisions for you. It is up to you to make decisions regarding your choice of major. In conjunction with using one or more of these assessments, we recommend you take time to do further research in order to make informed decisions regarding your choice of major/career. Based on your interests, skills, and abilities, you will need to research specific occupations and decide which career path is the best for you. We will guide you through the process, but it is ultimately up to you to make these final decisions. Great Resources for Career Information: Career Development Center, Shepherd University www.shepherd.edu/jobweb Explore information about services provided by the Career Development Center. This site contains a great deal of information about Career Services, Cooperative Education and internships, and the Washington Gateway program. Also, visit the Career Development Center and spend time reviewing the variety of books and resources available on careers and graduate school opportunities. Bureau of Labor Statistics http://stats.bls.gov Go to the website and click the link for “Occupational Outlook Handbook”. Extensive and current information on occupations (including education, work environment, similar occupations, salary, geographic location, and job outlook) can be found at this website. |
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