Self-Assessment Tools
DISCOVER is an interactive Internet Career Planning Program that provides guidance to assist with important career and education decisions. Take the career inventories (there are no right or wrong answers). Explore career areas that DISCOVER will then suggest for you and link up with the training required. Your ideas about who you are and what you want to become influence your career plans and decisions. The role of the inventories in DISCOVER is to collect information about you and organize it in a way to assist your career exploration and planning. The results of the interest, abilities and values inventories are presented in an integrated way that makes it easy to understand the results as a whole by relating them to the world of work. To access this self-assessment tool, please call (502) 852-6585 to obtain the username and password required.
The Career Key is a shortened version of John Holland's SDS that can be taken for free. This educational tool, by Lawrence K. Jones, Ph.D., can be used for assistance in making sound career decisions. You can take the Career Key to measure your personality types, to find the job that fits you best, and to research a job in the Occupational Outlook Handbook. Holland personality types will be identified and linked to related occupations.
The Self-Directed Search (SDS) is an interest inventory designed for career exploration and planning. The inventory surveys your interests, competencies, and preferences and relates your pattern of interests to many careers. The SDS can also provide information about preferred working styles, values, and work environments. The SDS may support your current career goal or suggest other possibilities. If you are unsure about what career path to follow, the SDS can help you to establish a list of careers for further exploration.
The Keirsey Temperament Sorter II is a Myers-Briggs type personality sorter. It will assess your temperament free of charge. However there is a fee to receive your 4-letter personality type and a ten-page description.
Monster.com provides several assessment tools and additional resources for you to explore.
Jackson Vocational Interest Summary (JVIS) is based on years of research. The JVIS accurately measures your interests, showing how they relate to the worlds of study and work, and mapping out your route to an interesting career. For only $14.95, you can discover the college majors and rewarding careers that match your interests. The detailed JVIS report graphs your scores on 34 work roles and work styles, and then goes on to compare your interest pattern with students in a wide variety of college majors, and people already working in a broad range of careers. The report is packed with detailed information, including the professional organizations, suggested readings, and web links that match your interests. Your personal JVIS report is a valuable planning tool that will renew your hope and interest in your career.
Iseek offers a comprehensive list of self-assessment tools for you to access. Remember that the career exploration process means more than taking an assessment. Be sure to do a lot of research and take multiple assessments before making any major decisions.

