What Turns You On - a brief
career planning worksheet |
Self-Assessment
- a more elaborate personal inventory and
self-portrait; the first of U. Pennsylania’s Five
Steps to Career Discovery and Planning |
Career
Key - answer a short series of questions about your abilities
and values, plus activities you enjoy and jobs that interest you; learn
your Holland personality type and link to info on good career choices for
you. Especially recommended for middle schoolers. NOTE: now costs $9.95.
FOR FREE, you can review the 6
Holland Types, the Work
Environments that suit each, and lists of personal
job options for each type (near the bottom of the page). |
The
Keirsey Temperament Sorter II - An on-line questionnaire designed
to identify different kinds of personality. It is similar to
other devices derived from Carl Jung’s theory of
“psychological types,” such as the Myers-Briggs, the
Singer-Loomis, and the Grey-Wheelright. It identifies four temperament
types: Guardian, Artisan, Idealist, and Rational, with each having
four variants. |
Index
of Learning Styles - assesses preferences on four dimensions
(active/reflective, sensing/intuitive, visual/verbal, and
sequential/global) of a learning style model |
Personal Learning Style
Inventory - brief questionnaire (at upper right)indicates whether
your preferred learning style is visual (picture), kinesthetic
(physical), or auditory (hearing). (The site is selling something, but
offers a lot of good information free.) |
Multiple Intelligences
Survey - helps you pinpoint your strengths in linguistic-verbal,
logical-mathematical, bodily-kinesthetic, spatial-visual, musical,
interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalist, and spiritual-existential
areas. |
Work
Interest Quiz - oriented toward non-college careers, but linked
to especially good resources on military careers, from Broadcast Director
to Graphic Designer to Meteorologist to Veterinarian |
Career Planning - part of the
comprehensive NextNET career
exploration, planning, and job search site from Calgary, Canada; helps
you identify your interests, skills, and values, plus how to research
for more information, evaluate it, and make decisions. Begin with
Discover Yourself - what are
your interests, personal goals, and lifestyle values? |
Career Development
eManual - This Canadian site takes you through self-assessment,
occupational research, decision-making, employment contacts, job
offers and the work environment. |