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Career & Self-Assessments
Making a major or career decision involves asking yourself a number of self-reflecting questions. Key and poignant questions can help determine what motivates you, where your skills or potential lay, and what you want out of life. This process is called a career- or self-assessment. The outcomes of these assessments can be quite enlightening and are designed to help you choose a career or major that best suits you as an individual.
Career Coach
What are your top three traits? How about your top career matches? Career Coach will help you with these answers and much more:
- Find the LPC Programs to get you to your goals.
- Take a career assessment.
- Discover majors and in-demand careers based on your interests.
- Explore career salaries.
- Build your résumé.
Personality Assessments
Knowing your personality type can not only help you with choosing a major or career but also once you’re on the job.
- Take a free, short personality assessment to find your type:
- Then, find out more about careers that fit your personality type:
RoadTrip Nation
Take a 3-question career assessment about your interests and then watch videos and read about professionals who have pursued careers that match your interests. Learn about others' career journeys:
Career One-Stop
The Department of Labor is sponsor and partner in the national network of One-Stop Job Centers, similar to the Tri-Valley Career Center. Its site has a host of information for your career exploration, including self-assessments. It includes separate assessments for your interests, skills and work values.
Labor Market Resources
Explore nationwide data about different occupations, including their common tasks, salary, expected growth, and educational requirements:
Find the average salary range for any job in any location:
See the current labor market in action and filter for salary, experience level, location, and more: