Find Your Career Fit Assessment

Are you undecided about which major or career path to choose? You are a unique individual, full of potential to pursue and accomplish your career dreams. Sometimes it
can seem very overwhelming to figure out which next step to take. With a little reflection and organization, however, this process can be so much easier.

 

There’s an overlap with so many other factors to finding your career fit. For this assessment, we will focus on your skills in order to explore careers that would be a good fit for you. We will also help you determine if you’re good at working with people, things or data.

DIRECTIONS: Put a check in the box next to each skill you enjoy using on a daily basis. You can select more than one skill per question.

1.Helping/Human Relations Skills I Enjoy Using

Active listening, caring

Developing rapport and trust

Working with groups

Understanding, empathizing, accepting

Helping others clarify alternatives, values and needs

Counseling, advising

Interviewing, referring, consulting

Dealing constructively with difficult people/situations

Advocating, negotiating for others, confronting

Working with special populations, social service

2.Management Skills I Enjoy Using

Organization, coordinating (people, programs, structures)

Supervising, managing, directing, motivating

Establishing, planning, developing

Implementing policies and procedures

Producing, setting up, assigning, maintaining

Problem-solving, trouble-shooting

Reconciling conflicts, mediating

3.Communication/Teaching Skills I Enjoy Using

Speaking, conversing, telephone skills

Dealing with general public, providing resources

Office writing, memos, letters, reports, minutes

Journalistic writing -newspapers, magazines, blogs

Proofreading, editing, revising, adapting

Reading, translating, interpreting

Teaching, instructing, coaching, tutoring, training

Leading discussion groups/workshops/performing

4.Public Relations/Promotional Sales Skills I Enjoy Using

Representing (an employer, an organization, an issue)

Lobbying, building support, advocating

Coordinating conflicting groups to work together

Selling (commodities, services, programs, ideas)

Public presentations, debating, media appearances

Public information, press releases, newsletters, publicity

Organizing, planning, executing, producing, directing

Theatrical poise, stage presence, audio-visual presentations

5.Administration/Leadership Skills I Enjoy Using

Initiating action, working without supervision, can work under stress

Defining objectives, setting standards, compromising

Analyzing situations objectively

Simplifying complex problems (breaking them down)

Prioritizing tasks, revising goals, managing time

Evaluating, reviewing, recommending

Delegating responsibility, chairing meetings

6.Numbers/Finance/Office Skills I Enjoy Using

Computing, calculating, estimating, projecting

Bookkeeping, accounting, auditing

Cost analysis, financial planning, budget management

Taking inventory, appraising, purchasing, buying

Designing office forms, procedures, filing

Using statistics, compiling statistical reports

Attention to detail, follow-through, accuracy, precision

7.Research Analysis Skills I Enjoy Using

Gathering information, investigation, surveying

Organizing, classifying, sorting information into categories

Dissecting, abstracting, seeing patterns of meaning in results

Conceptualizing, coming up with theories

Writing articles, summaries, reports

Synthesizing, getting to essence of core tasks

Seeing inter-relations between different phenomena

8.Observation/Problem Solving Skills I Enjoy Using

Sensing, perceiving, examining

Diagnosing, estimating, anticipating, projecting

Drawing plans, drafting

Designing experiments and tests

Tracing errors to their source

9.Physical/Mechanical Skills I Enjoy Using

Manual Dexterity

Performing intricate lab procedures, preparing slides

Operating equipment, computers

Working with scientific instruments, laboratory machinery, mechanical devices

Using tools, operating heavy machinery (trucks, cranes)

Skilled-trades-carpentry, masonry, plumbing

Plant care, gardening, farming, landscaping

Hiking, walking, camping, bicycling, swimming, dancing

Traveling, navigating

10.Design and Construction Skills I Enjoy Using

Molding, shaping, composing

Fixing, adapting, repairing

Measuring physical accuracy or quality

Drawing plans, drafting, crafts

Mechanical problem solving, mechanical ingenuity