The University Career Center offers four career assessments to assist students with their career planning. The assessments are an excellent place to start when making career choices such as choosing a major, exploring occupations and determining a career plan. The fee to take each career assessment for students is $25 for the first and $20 for each additional ($50 each for alumni) and can
be paid online. After payment has been received, you will be able to access instructions online. See below for details on each assessment.
Please make an appointment with a career coach to discuss your options if you are uncertain which assessment you should take. This will also allow the career coach to get to know you better and to better personalize the results towards your specific career goals.
Strong Interest Inventory
- Most widely used career assessment. Compares your interests with successful workers in over 200 careers.
- Excellent assessment to take when considering choosing a major and discovering new career paths. College profile recommends majors, internships and activities.
- Takes approximately 30-45 minutes to complete
- Requires one follow-up appointment. Please call 785-864-3624 to schedule an appointment with a career coach to go over the results.
Do What You Are
- Personality assessment that provides feedback about your patterns of behavior, your work preferences and a list of careers suited for your personality type.
- Assists in career planning by providing information about what personality types are most often represented in different career fields.
- Takes approximately 30 minutes to complete
- Requires one follow-up appointment. Please call 785-864-3624 to schedule an appointment with a career coach to go over the results.
StrengthsQuest
- Based on positive psychology; helping individuals identify, develop, and use their strengths on a regular basis is more beneficial than focusing on overcoming weaknesses.
- Helps students recognize their unique talents and learn how these talents can be used in their everyday lives to maximize their potential for personal growth and career satisfaction.
- Takes approximately 30 minutes to complete.
- Results will be released to you immediately after completion. You are strongly encouraged to schedule a follow up appointment with a career coach to discuss the results. Please call 785-864-3624 to schedule an appointment with a career coach.
FOCUS
- FOCUS is a self-paced, career and academic planning tool that will assist you in self-assessment and career exploration.
- If you are a new user, you will first need to create your own personal account.
- Once you have an account, you may login and use it up to 25 times.
- Results are immediate and on-going. You are strongly encouraged to schedule a follow up appointment with a career coach to discuss the results. Please call 785-864-3624 to schedule an appointment with a career coach.