Career Assessments

Career Counseling Assessments and Resources

Not sure what you want to do? Take a career survey using Career Coach to find a program that matches your skills and interests. You can also use the websites below to begin exploring career options based on your interests, skills, and goals you already have!

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Lightcast Career Coach

Career Coach is a career planning platform that helps students explore careers, find the right education and training. It provides insights to help students make informed career decisions. It offers a variety of features, including a personalized career assessment, a searchable database of careers and educational programs.

Roadtrip Nation

Roadtrip Nation Roadmap empowers individuals to identify their interests and discover career pathways aligned with their unique ambitions and skills. Explore content and resources to help you answer the question, “What should I do with my life?” in order to find fulfilling career possibilities based on what matters to you. 

16 Personalities 

The 16 Personalities assessment creates insights into who you are and why you do things the way you do. You will learn what really drives, inspire, and worries different personality types, helping you build more meaningful relationships. 

 

This free Enneagram personality test will show you which of the 9 personality types suit you best. See how you score for all 9 Enneagram types, and understand where you fit in the Enneagram personality system.

 

The Meaningful Work Kit was designed by Stanford Career Education to help you understand and prioritize what makes you thrive.

 

The California CareerZone is a website designed to assist students with career planning. It offers tools to help you choose a career path, explore various options, and create a roadmap to achieve your goals. The website allows you to track your progress and organize your thoughts, and if collaborating with others, it facilitates assigning tasks, monitoring progress, and reporting on outcomes.

 

My Next Move, empowers students to explore potential career paths. Users can take an interest profiler to discover suitable occupations, search for specific jobs based on keywords to learn about tasks, skills, salary, and related fields, or browse careers by industry to uncover new possibilities. This comprehensive resource offers guidance for both job seekers and students navigating their career journeys.

 

123test.com offers a variety of free, anonymous personality and career assessments. Explore your Jungian personality type, discover your career path with aptitude tests, or gauge your Big Five personality traits. The website prioritizes user privacy and utilizes tests developed by experienced psychologists.  Whether you're seeking self-discovery or career guidance, 123test.com provides tools to help you on your journey.

 

 

Explore Your Career Options

 

The What You Can I Do With This Major sites helps students explore career options tied to their college major. It delves into common career paths, the types of employers that hire in those fields, and offers strategies to maximize your chances of landing a job. It also provides links to relevant professional associations, occupational outlook information, and job search resources.

 

The Boombox Collaboratory maximizes the value of your network by providing opportunities for 1:1 meetings with professionals in the careers that excite you!  

 

Upwardly Global is the premier national organization working to support work-authorized immigrants and refugees with international credentials to restart their careers. To qualify must:

• Arrived in the U.S. within the last 10 years.
• Have a bachelor’s degree or professional training equivalent.
• Have an intermediate or advanced level of English.
• Candidates may be based anywhere in the U.S.
• Have work authorization through any one of these visas.

 

CareerOneStop, provides a wealth of resources to help students navigate their career path. Explore detailed career profiles with videos, identify training opportunities to acquire relevant skills, and discover job search tools to find your perfect fit. CareerOneStop also offers resources for veterans, students, and those seeking to change careers, empowering everyone to achieve their career goals.

 

The O*Net website is about exploring careers. You can search for jobs by keyword or browse by category, like industry or skill set. O*NET data includes details on abilities, interests, work styles, and other factors to help you find a good fit.

 

San Mateo County Labor Market Information has an overview of job sectors, in demand jobs by skill level, and top paid occupations in San Mateo County. 

 

Are you looking for an alternative to college? Would you like the opportunity to have a career with good pay and benefits? Where you can work with technology and your hands? Would you like to be part of building America’s highways, bridges, green infrastructure and buildings? If so, consider joining a Building Trades Registered Apprenticeship Program. 

For more information take a look at the Trades and Apprenticeship Programs Information Session PowerPoint