Resources
The Office of Career Services is well equipped to help students explore the world of work. We have a resource room to research occupations, employers, and educational institutions. We believe it is important to have knowledge of job personality types, descriptions of occupations, job qualification and salary surveys, and various employers. Our resource room is filled with the latest, up-to-date information on all of the above including job hunting and job search skills.
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®
An instrument for measuring a person's preferences, using four basic scales with opposite poles, the four scales are: (1) extraversion/introversion, (2) sensate/intuitive, (3) thinking/feeling, and (4) judging/perceiving. "The various combinations of these preferences result in 16 personality types." says Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc., which owns the rights to the instrument. Types are typically denoted by four letters--for example, INTJ (Introversion, Intuition with Thinking and Judging)--to represent one's tendencies on the four scales.
The Myers Briggs model of personality is based on 4 preferences.
- Where, primarily, do you direct your energy?
- How do you prefer to process information?
- How do you prefer to make decisions?
- How do you prefer to organize your life?
Strong Interest Inventory®
Use for Career Change, Identify College Major, or to find a Vocation.
The SII is based on the idea that individuals are more satisfied and productive when they work in jobs or at tasks that they find interesting and when they work with people whose interests are similar to their own. The SII takes about 25 minutes to complete and contains 317 items that measure your interests in a wide range of occupations, occupational activities, hobbies, leisure activities and types of people. Your interests are compared to thousands of individuals who report being happy and successful in their jobs. Your personalized report identifies your optimum career choices based on your interests and includes additional related occupations with concise job descriptions.
Use the Strong Interest Inventory® to:
- Choose a career
- Increase your job satisfaction
- Make a career change
- Choose appropriate education and training
- Plan fulfilling retirement
- Find a balance between work and leisure
