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A source of reliable online information for use in degree planning, career planning, and job searching.
Last update: Jun 24th, 2009 URL: http://subjectguides.esc.edu/careers  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Mission and Values

Ideally there should be more to your career than earning a paycheck. It should at least be something you enjoy - it can be more. What we choose to do can reflect who we are and the difference we want to make in the world.

 

Skills Assessment

Knowing your transferable skills can help you choose positions - and convince your potential employer that you're qualified for them.

  • Action Verbs Categorized by Skills  
    From CheckmateResume.com. This list of keywords for resumes emphasizes specific, action-oriented skills, calculated to get the attention of the person who reads your resume.
  • Motivated Skills Test  
    From Stewart, Cooper & Coon, an executive recruiting and placement firm. This online test evaluates not only what skills you posses, but what skills you enjoy using.
  • Quintessential Careers - Transferable Skills  
    Detailed article on what constitutes a transferable skill.
  • Transferable Skills Inventory  
    From LifeworkTransitions.com, this inventory categorizes skills according to specified activities.
  • Transferable Skills Survey  
    Primarily geared toward graduating college students, this interactive survey will determine the degree of skills you possess in communication, research, human relations, organization and work survival.
 

Your Interests

Knowing what inspires your interest and enthusiasm will help you choose a career where you will be motivated and happy with your job.

  • O-net Interest Profiler  
    From CareerZone. This online test requires that you set up a free account. You mark whether you like, are unsure about, or dislike each specific activity and then find out how strongly you match each category in the RIASEC model of occupations.
  • The Career Interests Game  
    From the U. Missouri Career Center, this resource is based on the RIASEC model of occupations, which matches your interests and skills with various careers. You select your preferred category based on its description and then discover more about it.
  • Work Preference Inventory  
    From CareerPerfect.com. Tells you which work styles you most resemble: "Focuser," "Relater," "Integrator," and "Operator." Work styles involve what you value and want, how you manage, how you work with others, how you learn, and more.
 

Your Personality

Knowing whether you are introverted or extraverted, details-oriented or a holistic thinker, and other facets of your personality, can help you determine what fields and job descriptions suit you.

 

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